Moegammad Fasiegh Petersen, Author at Voice of the Cape

US Muslim man says he was fired for using personal days to attend Friday prayers

A Muslim man is alleging that an airline company discriminated against him by not allowing him to switch his shifts in order to attend Friday (Jummah) prayers. Justin Mavins, who also goes by Dauwd Mavins, started working for Southwest Airlines at Baltimore-Washington International Airport on 28 November 2022. His duties included loading and unloading luggage and ushering in planes. At the time, Mavins was a trainee and had to complete […]

17 February 2023

Local

Cadre deployment did not break Eskom, says Lamola

Justice and constitutional development minister Ronald Lamola has denied ANC cadre deployment was the cause of Eskom’s woes. Speaking during the state of the nation address debate this week, Lamola defended cadre deployment and said it was not to blame for looting at Eskom and corruption at the South African Revenue Service (Sars). “The two institutions were not broken down by cadre deployment. They were broken down by systematic corruption, […]

17 February 2023

International

Arab League warns: Israel’s ‘criminal’ policies endanger entire region

The Arab League has condemned the Israeli Knesset's [Parliament] approval of a law allowing the Israeli government to revoke "citizenship or residency" from Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jerusalemites and deport them to the West Bank or the Gaza Strip, if they obtained financial assistance from the Palestinian National Authority. In a statement issued Thursday, the League described the law as "unfair and racist, and constitutes a dangerous escalation and […]

17 February 2023

Local

Public sector unions withdraw from special council meeting

Public sector unions have withdrawn their participation from a special council meeting scheduled by government to take place on Friday, to discuss the next round of wage negotiations. Unions say they will not allow their negotiators to engage in any wage talks before the dispute over last year’s wage increase is resolved. The unions have accused government of attempting to engage in a meaningless box-ticking exercise to further justify the 3% […]

17 February 2023

International

Northwestern Syria suffers economic stagnation after quakes

Jandaris, Syria – The earthquakes that struck northwestern Syria and southern Turkey caused severe damage, not only to residential buildings but to the economic sector as well. With many commercial and industrial facilities reduced to rubble, northwest Syria has witnessed visible stagnation in its commercial sector, along with a steep increase in prices for basic goods. The situation was exacerbated by a halt to the transport of goods across the Bab al-Hawa border […]

16 February 2023

Local

Food price escalation hits 14-year high amid more than 100 straight days of load-shedding

Food prices increased at the fastest pace in almost 14 years in January, when Eskom intensified rolling blackouts. Annual food and nonalcoholic beverage inflation quickened to 13.4% from 12.4% in December, Pretoria-based Stats SA said Wednesday in a statement on its website. That’s the highest rate since April 2009, it said. The increase in food prices came as the state power company imposed power cuts of as long as 12 […]

16 February 2023

International

Turkey earthquake: World Bank estimated making homes safe would cost $465bn

The World Bank estimated in 2021 that retrofitting or rebuilding millions of residential buildings in Turkey to withstand an earthquake would cost almost half a trillion dollars. In December 2021, the Washington-based bank, which provides loans and grants to governments, said it was providing the Turkish government with "technical assistance" to help it meet the "massive financing needs" necessary to undertake the urgent work. The bank warned that "most housing stock in Turkish cities […]

16 February 2023

Local

Peter Jones, arrested and detained with Steve Biko, has died

Jones was arrested along with Biko as they were travelling to Cape Town in August 1977 and were both tortured and interrogated by apartheid security police The man who was arrested with Steve Biko and was the last person to see him alive, Peter Cyril Jones, has died. This was announced by heritage activist Patric Tariq Mellet who confirmed that the Black Consciousness advocate died on Wednesday at his Pringle […]

16 February 2023

International

UN Security Council extends Yemen sanctions through November

The UN Security Council unanimously agreed, Wednesday, to extend its Yemen sanctions mandate through November, Anadolu News Agency reports. The increasingly rare Council unity allows for the asset freeze on Yemeni entities to continue, as well as an ongoing travel ban on designated individuals. The mandate for the Yemen Panel of Experts is also being extended through mid-December via the UK-submitted resolution. The sanctions were slated to expire 28 February after being […]

16 February 2023

Moegammad Fasiegh

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