Aneeqa Du Plessis, Author at Voice of the Cape

Millions handed over to SA NGOS for Syria

Almost R10-million was presented to seven charities today by #OperationSA for the #SAveSyria humanitarian efforts. The money was raised following an urgent call for donations over the past ten days. R14 110 668.00 was pledged as at 8am today. Speaking at a cheque handing over ceremony in Houghton Johannesburg today, #OperationSA's Yusuf Abramjee said the response from South Africans has been over-whelming. "People have opened their hearts and have dug deep […]

28 December 2016

News

SA ulema united in condemnation for Aleppo shelling

As calls to halt the military bombardment in Aleppo grows in volume, South African clerics have condemned the attack on civilians, caught in the brutal conflict. After a brief pause in airstrikes and discussions around a possible deal to allow residents to flee their destroyed neighbourhoods, it seems an evacuation is on hold. On Wednesday afternoon, Syrian government forces renewed shelling on the last holdouts of rebel-held eastern Aleppo. There […]

14 December 2016

News

New prayer room at Christian Barnard hospital launched

While a hospital can be a place of anxiety and fear, a quiet place for reflection and prayer makes a world of difference to patients, visitors, doctors and staff members in a bustling healthcare facility. Islamic prayer rooms for men and women have therefore been incorporated in the new Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital for religious and spiritual observance, as part of the facility’s efforts to provide a welcoming environment for […]

11 December 2016

Features

49 pieces of the world’s most powerful wood hold the Kaaba

The roof of the Kaaba is held by 49 piece of teak wood brought from Burma and processed in Jeddah. They were evenly distributed on the walls of the Kaaba. Teak tree wood is known for its strength. They grow in tropical forests in Southeast Asia and can reach a height of 45 meters. They are usually used in the shipbuilding and high-quality industries. The Kaaba has witnessed many phases […]

10 December 2016

Features

The young Muslims finding love via an app

Arzo Kazmi has been looking for a husband for some time. But eight years of matchmakers, mutual friends, and dating websites have been futile in finding that special someone. "It feels like for ever," says the 33-year-old financial adviser from Birmingham who is of Pakistani-Kashmiri heritage. As most of her friends are secular and white, she says she rarely meets single Muslim men. For the past four weeks, she has […]

10 December 2016

Opinions

Sunni vs. Shi’ah: transcending takfir and the great divide

THIS is the second article aimed at two critical issues I broached the other day: the first was the 27 October false flag attack on Makkah, in which I proved how the Saudis had used a Houthi scud strike on Jeddah (65 kms from Makkah) to garner sympathy for their war against Yemen, and to dupe the world into believing that this was an Iranian-inspired assault. The second question refers […]

10 December 2016

Opinions

Media Freedom: Let Palestine Be The Barometer

OPINION by Iqbal Jassat Recent changes effected within parts of South Africa’s mainstream media, may be interpreted differently by consumers. Some may use the glass of water test and come to contrasting positions: half full or half empty. This after all is the nature of the media beast. It’s newsroom and editorial desks either reflects the demographics of this country’s diverse population, or not, or at best attempts to inject […]

10 December 2016

International News

Russia ‘intervened to promote Trump’: US intelligence

US intelligence agencies believe Russia acted covertly to boost Donald Trump in the election race, US officials have told leading newspapers. A report in the New York Times says the agencies had "high confidence" about Russian involvement in hacking. A CIA assessment reported by the Washington Post made similar findings. But Mr Trump's team dismissed the CIA line, saying: "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass […]

10 December 2016

International News

Aleppo back under air attack as UN warns of missing civilians

Syria's government resumed air strikes on remaining rebel-held territory in east Aleppo on Friday, a day after ally Moscow announced a "pause" in the assault, an activist group said. The apparent resumption came hours after Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Syria's army was halting its three-week operation to recapture east Aleppo in order to allow the evacuation of civilians. In the hours after the announcement, the […]

10 December 2016

Aneeqa Du Plessis

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