As matriculants prepare for the important examinations of their school career to date – the 2017 Senior Certificate examinations, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) Presidency and its structures has wished the class of 2017 well. “We remind you that only with hard work and the necessary effort ploughed into your[…]
The Western Cape Department of Health has assured the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) that the unwritten policy to prioritise Muslim postmortems still stands. This reassurance was given at a special high level meeting held with senior MJC members, Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo and top health officials in the department in[…]
Following a lengthy and exhausting wait, a total of six bodies of deceased have been released to their family members for burial. This amid a severe backlog at the province’s Forensic Pathology Services (FPS) of 176 bodies awaiting postmortem. Speaking to VOC News, the chairperson of the Western Cape Muslim[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) will on Monday meet with the Western Cape Health Department to table recent issues relating to the slow release of Muslim bodies currently awaiting autopsies in the province’s mortuaries. This as the metro’s Forensic Pathology Services (FPS) has a backlog of 176 bodies awaiting postmortem.[…]
A group of Muslim undertakers under the Western Cape Muslim Undertakers Forum are gathering outside the Salt River Mortuary this morning to protest the current backlog of autopsies. The Forum says state mortuaries have had a long standing policy of prioritizing the autopsies Muslim bodies but this policy was allegedly[…]
The MJC says the Western Cape Department of Health is trying to put interim measures in place at its Salt River mortuary to speed up the backlog of autopsies. The Department’s Forensic Pathology Services (FPS) is currently experiencing a very high case load. Five Muslim families are waiting for bodies[…]
By Mishka Daries The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has raised concerns following reports from the community that bodies are not being swiftly released from Cape Town mortuaries in time for the customary 24-hr burial procedure in Islam. A number of families in Cape Town are waiting anxiously for the bodies[…]
By Yaseen Kippie Al Azhar Primary School will move from Lotus River to Mitchell’s Plain in the new academic year, a move that has upset some parents. The school will be relocated to a new complex setup by al-Khair Foundation on the corner of Jakes Gerwel and Highlands Drives, close[…]
The historic St. Marks Anglican Church, lauded as a symbol of standing the test of time against oppressive Apartheid policies, was set alight this week in an incident that has been widely condemned. On Wednesday, vandals petrol-bombed the church, setting a section of the 130-year-old land mark ablaze. The fire, which caused partial[…]
While the City of Cape Town continues to urge residents to conserve water, VOC in collaboration with the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) is scheduled to host another Salatul-Istisqaa – the Islamic prayer for rain – symbolically coinciding with Sunday, the 10th of Muharram. This comes as the City this week[…]
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