Following packed crowds at public events in Johannesburg and Durban, a group of Palestinian children activists are headed to Cape Town this weekend for the last leg of their South African tour. The delegation of 5 children are in SA on an awareness program called the Shamsaan PalS4Peace tour, to learn[…]
The following Jumuah khutbah was delivered by Imam Rashied Omar at the Claremont Main Road Mosque on Friday. During the first half of Ramadan 1438 AH the Claremont Main Road Masjid (CMRM) organized a number of events aimed at making Ramadan and our forthcoming `Id al-Fitr celebrations more child friendly.[…]
By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed South African retailers have been hit by the latest frenzy of Fidget Spinners with scores of people flocking to get their hand on them. The newest sensation has created waves in other parts of the world and their entrance into the South African market has[…]
The South African Communist Party’s (SACP) General Secretary, Blade Nzimande, is concerned about the escalation of gender-based violence in the country. His comment follows a rise in the number of women and children who have been abused, raped or killed in recent weeks. Speaking in Ekurhuleni where the SACP has[…]
War and famine have forced more than 2 million children in South Sudan to flee their homes, creating the most worrying refugee crisis in the world, the United Nations said on Monday. The civil war in the oil-producing country began two years after it won independence from neighboring Sudan, when[…]
By Melanie Sauer The sheer violence and brutality that children are exposed to in the Western Cape on a daily basis is severe. That’s according to one expert, working in the field of gender research commenting on a spate of horrific murders of young girls in Cape Town. Fear and[…]
On a winter morning in January, Majed, 13, and his friend Omar, 11, were heading to a public park near their homes in eastern Aleppo to play and ride their bikes. It was only two weeks since the December ceasefire began, and the lull in fighting allowed the two friends[…]
Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, rights group Defence for Children International (DCI) has said. The organisation’s chapter in the occupied Palestinian territories recorded the killings of 32 Palestinian children (under 18),[…]
An invitation to participate in the inaugural Nablus Festival, coordinated by Project Hope and the Municipality of Nablus in April / May 2016, resulted in the conceptualisation of a collaborative project to benefit Palestinian children and to advance solidarity with Palestine internationally. Through extended engagement with over 200 Palestinian children,[…]
There are increased calls on national government to allocate adequate funding to allow for maintenance courts to function efficiently. This comes as South Africa marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism for women and children. A number of women picketed outside the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on Thursday calling[…]
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