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COSATU calls on workers to defeat federation

Cosatu President S’dumo Dlamini has called on workers to defend the federation and fight to end the pending job losses in the current economic climate. He said workers faced multiple challenges and that Cosatu was the only federation that could defend them. Dlamini was addressing thousands of people at the[…]

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Anti-Trump rally held in New York

Hundreds of activists rallied on Thursday in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in midtown New York City to condemn the Republican 2016 presidential candidate’s call to bar Muslims temporarily from entering the United States. Chanting “Dump Trump” and “refugees welcome,” the protesters castigated Trump’s comments. “We are not asking for[…]

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VOC broadcasts live from Hamas welcome rally

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), Al Quds Foundation South Africa and National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) will be hosting a mass rally at the Darul Islam Boys Campus on Wednesday, as part of its welcome to a visiting delegation of high-ranking Hamas officials. The delegation includes the group’s head of[…]

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Ex-Malaysian PM questioned over rally remarks

Malaysian police have said they will call on former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to give a statement on allegations he made against Prime Minister Najib Razak at an anti-government rally in Kuala Lumpur last weekend. A police spokesperson said that Mahathir, Malaysia’s longest-serving prime minister had made comments that warranted[…]

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‘Sisi worse than Israel’, say Egyptian ex-pats

Hundreds of Egyptian expats gathered outside Darul Islam masjid in Surry Estate after Jumuah on Friday afternoon to voice their disdain at the current political situation in Egypt. Today marks two years since the military coup which saw the removal of democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi. Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood[…]

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CT stands with Egypt on anniversary of Morsi coup

Capetonians and members of the Egyptian ex-pat community will hold a rally at Darul Islam masjid in Surrey Estate on Friday to mark two years since the Egyptian coup of 2013. July 3 marks the day that Egypt’s military chief Abdel Fatah El Sisi removed democratically elected president Muhammad Morsi[…]

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Small crowd at CT Egypt rally

A small crowd gathered at the Blackpool hall in Salt River on Wednesday evening in a collective effort from civil society to stand against oppression in Egypt. The Justice for Egypt rally was hosted in order to increase awareness around the current political situation in Egypt as well as the[…]

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