Ramadan may have ended, but the work doesn’t stop for VOC staff, who now move towards planning for Ramadan next year. While VOC producers are breathing a sigh of relief that the busiest month of the year is behind them, brainstorming sessions have already begun for fresh, creative content for[…]
A petition has been launched by the Concerned Africans Forum (CAF), in response to the British Home Office’s decision to deny a visa to the Afro-Middle East Centre’s executive director, Na’eem Jeenah. The prominent academic was due to attend a conference just outside of London, hosted by the European Council[…]
with possible reforms to the current public holiday schedule on the horizon, the Al Jama-ah party has submitted a proposal to have three of the current paid public holidays declared ‘non statutory’. This would make three of the existing 12 days exchangeable, allowing South African’s to use them for whichever[…]
In the ‘Id al-Fitr khutbah, delivered on Saturday 18th July on International Mandela Day, Imam Rashied Omar urges us to honour of the legacy of the pre-1964 Mandela, by taking forward the struggle for social justice and challenging the systemic and structural inequalities that are at the root of the[…]
The fluctuating dynamics in Yemen are making relief efforts to the front-lines of the country’s civil war extremely difficult, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF SA). The organisation held a closed media briefing in Johannesburg recently, seeking to spread the word on a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the war-stricken gulf[…]
With the winter school holidays having ended, pupils return to their classrooms, well prepared, to begin the third term of the schooling year. The Western Cape Education Department’s Ministerial spokesperson, Jessica Shelver says much has been done for learners from both primary and secondary schools to prepare them for the[…]
“This Ramadan will stay with me for a very long time. It was starkly different and at most times, intensely emotional. Every day was a reminder to me about the plight of the less fortunate in our community.” Those were the words of Islamic Relief South Africa (IRSA) ambassador, Irafaan[…]
This holiday weekend has seen hundreds of people killed across the Middle East with bombings and continued fighting in Yemen and persistent violence in Iraq and Syria. On the first day of Eid in Syria, the Syrian army dropped barrel bombs in the northern Part of the country. Away from[…]
With a dark, wet and gloomy day on Friday, Capetonians are hoping they will wake up to a spot of sunshine and clear skies on Saturday, as the Muslim community celebrates Eid ul-Fitr. This year Eid day also coincides with Mandela Day, in which South Africans will spend 67 minutes[…]
All ten South Africans detained by authorities in China have been released, with five due to jet back into South Africa on Friday, a week after being apprehended on suspicion of viewing propaganda material in their hotel rooms. This comes after fruitful negotiations between local government and their counterparts in[…]
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