Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Dan Plato has called for more transparency as to the current progress on the reintroduction of specialised drug and gang units, a month after police minister,Nathi Nhleko announced that the units would be re-established within SAPS. Within a Western Cape context, these units would[…]
The Western Cape chapter of the ANC has launched an offensive against the DA-run City of Cape Town in a bid to gain answers over allegations the City, and several of its members may have had illegal dealings with local drug lords and gang bosses. The party has called on[…]
With just a week left to the 2015 VOC Festival at Vygieskraal Stadium in Athlone, the organising team and VOC staff are hitting the road to promote the popular event. The marketing drive kicks off on the long weekend on Friday, with the Friday Jumuah and Afternoon Cruise teams at[…]
Humanitarian workers from Gift of the Givers (GOTG) have a monumental task on their hands as they try to bring South Africans stuck in quake-ravaged Katmandu to safety, while assisting in the search and rescue missions on the ground. GOTG’s first team arrived in Nepal on Thursday with a group[…]
The Kaaf Trust has finally received approval from the City of Cape Town to continue construction on the Al Kaaf Human Rights Centre, after the building was put on hold for nearly three years due to several objections. This includes complaints over the height of the proposed development, with the[…]
The continuous shooting and killing of innocent people has become the order of the day for the community of Parkwood Estate and Ottery. According to the Community Policing Forum, the free flow of illegal firearms are to blame for the bloodbath that claimed the lives of four people in Parkwood[…]
“Now the Muslims will milk this”, read one comment posted online shortly after news that Cape Judge president John Hlophe had embraced Islam before marriage to a fellow judge on Freedom Day. The story made headlines on the front page of the Sunday Times and Cape Argus and has sparked[…]
Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa will address the National Development Plan (NDP) at the first ever Muslim Civil Society Conference next month. The Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute (ASRI) is embarking on an initiative to activate Muslim civil society on domestic policy issues and together with other civil society groups to collectively[…]
The Department of International Relations (DIRCO) has been given a deadline until the end of business on Wednesday to respond to the Bassiouni family on questions around the imprisonment of Johannesburg-based scholar Shaykh Abdus Salaam Bassiouni in Cairo. Shaykh Bassiouni is an Egyptian-South African citizen who has been detained without[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has partnered with local medical practitioners in a bid to raise awareness on dealing with diabetes through the holy month of Ramadan. While Islam does exempt individuals suffering with dangerous ailments from observing fast during the month, many members of the community often push their[…]
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