Stern words, standing ovations, and raw emotions dominated the final send-off for ANC veteran Ahmed Kathrada on Wednesday. Friends, family, dignitaries, activists and struggle veterans said their last goodbyes to Kathrada at the Westpark cemetery, Johannesburg. Throngs of mourners gathered at the Houghton mosque early on Wednesday morning before heading[…]
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday painted Ahmed Kathrada as a model leader who had integrity. Speaking at Kathrada’s funeral at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg‚ Mantashe said Kathrada was “incorruptible‚ not only in his politics but also in his personal life.” “He was a man you knew who[…]
Tens of thousands of people are set to say a final farewell to boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his home city of Louisville in Kentucky. The heavyweight champion and rights activist died last Friday aged 74. A procession will take Ali’s body past key sites in his life, ahead of[…]
Thousands of mourners gathered for Muhammad Ali’s jazanah on Thursday, in Louisville, Kentucky. An Islamic prayer service was held on Thursday and a memorial will be held Friday. [Source: NewsDay]
Members of the commmunity have expressed their sadness over the passing of Yusuf Bharoochi, the founder of the Islamic Coordinating Council. Bharoochi was the former treasurer of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and the former chairperson of the Al Azhar Institute. He is considered a stalwart in the Muslim community,[…]
Hundreds of mourners marched the streets of Hebron city on Sunday in the funeral procession for an 18-year-old Palestinian woman killed by Israeli forces on Saturday after the teen stabbed and lightly injured an Israeli soldier in Hebron’s Old City. Mourners carried the body of Kilzar al-Uweiwi from her family home[…]
Israeli forces shot and injured eight Palestinians with live rounds in fierce clashes that broke out across Ramallah district on Monday following the joint funeral of two Palestinians who were killed in Qalandia refugee camp the night before. Israeli forces reportedly exchanged fire with Palestinian gunmen, thought to be from[…]
Thousands of Palestinians attended a funeral for Muhammad al-Kasbah, 17, who was shot dead by Israeli forces Friday morning near the Qalandia checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. The funeral march went from the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah to al-Kasbah’s house in Qalandia refugee camp before his body was[…]
Following a call for family and friends to claim his deceased body, Salie Hendricks was finally laid to rest at Johnstone Road cemetery on Thursday just after 12pm. Hendricks body had been laying at a non-Muslim parlour for nine days after he died in Somerset West hospital last week. The[…]
Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane will receive a category one official funeral at the weekend, the presidency said on Tuesday. “The minister will be accorded an official funeral,” spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement. Zuma ordered that the national flag be flown at half-mast at all flag[…]
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