As educators and principles begin the academic year, many questions have been raised regarding the increasing number of educators and principles who have chosen to exit the education system. While senior educators might have been given their fair share to the education system of our country, the early retirement of[…]
If your olfactory senses have been intrigued by the origins of Oud, then Scent from Heaven is a must-watch upcoming Al Jazeera documentary about one of the world’s rarest and most expensive commodities. Also known as Agarwood and Gaharu, kilo for kilo Oud costs more than gold and in recent[…]
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is on lockdown as workers and students barricade all entrances the university with protests for higher wages and an end to outsourcing. Police have tried to disperse protesters with rubber bullets after workers chanted on university premises from all main entrances. Students watched[…]
Social rights group Black Sash believes the increase in the budget for social grants is meagre and will not cover the rise in the cost of living. In Wednesday’s Budget speech, finance minister Pravin Gordhan announced that 11-and-a-half-billion-Rands would be added to social grant allocations. But Black Sash national advocacy[…]
Solutions for contemporary Islamic global challenges are amongst a host of topics to be explored at a special symposium on the life of Bediuzamaan Said Nursi (ra) taking place in Cape Town this week. The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) is hosting the event in partnership with the International Turkish organization[…]
The SA Zionist Federation (SAZF) has expressed its outrage at moves to arrest Shimon Peres when he arrives in South Africa this week. The former Israeli prime minister will be in the country this weekend for a fundraising dinner hosted by the Zionist lobby. Palestinian solidarity groups in South Africa[…]
Parkwood residents who erected illegal structures on private land have acted out of “frustration” due to housing bureaucracy. So says, Grassy Park Community Policing Forum (CPF) chairperson, Rev Phillip Bam, following violent clashes in Parkwood late yesterday afternoon as residents confronted law enforcement officers who were instructed to demolish illegally[…]
The Right to Know campaign (R2K) is petitioning against the proposed changes to the Film and Publication Amendment Bill, tabled in parliament on Tuesday. R2K’s national spokesperson, Murray Hunter, said the bill “raises real questions about what our government can regulate.” R2K have launched the #HandsOffOurInternet campaign, in response to[…]
Mayhem broke out in Parkwood on Tuesday as residents clashed with law enforcement officials attempting to dismantle illegal structures in the area. Residents burnt tyres and threw stones in protest, as the City of Cape Town’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit (ALIU) swooped into the area to demolish the 63 structures, unoccupied[…]
The planning and management of this year’s hajj will be discussed when the South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) hosts its annual roadshow in Cape Town. Sahuc’s roadshow will be directed toward creating awareness within communities about the various processes and structures of accreditation. A public notice will be[…]
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