Cape Town anglers staged a peaceful demonstration on Friday, against what they say is an increase in crime targeting them in the False Bay area. Rafeeq “Fiki” Marlie, a local angler and organiser of the demonstration, said on Friday that thousands of anglers in False Bay were increasingly becoming victims of theft and hijacking. He said they decided to protest on Friday evening, in the hope of garnering help from […]
The Congress of the People (Cope) has laid a complaint with police against the SABC's Hlaudi Motsoeneng, claiming he irregularly sold SABC archives to entertainment and internet company MultiChoice, spokesperson Dennis Bloem said on Saturday. The decision comes after the volatile presentation by the SABC to Parliament's committee on communications, Bloem explained. Cope said in a statement that it had emerged that Motsoeneng "unlawfully and improperly disposed of key state […]
The Boorhanol Islam movement in Bo-Kaap is hosting two Muharram events this weekend, to commemorate the blessed and joyous occasion of the new Islamic year 1438. The first is an outdoor talk on Saturday evening at the Boorhaanol centre. Tomorrow, the organization will host a youth walk in the area in line with the traditional “Tiene Muharram” march historically performed by madaris in Bo-Kaap. The event commences at 10am. “It’s […]
This article was written by Azhar Vadi from Salaamedia. South African Ambassador to Israel, Sisa Ngombane, let loose in an almost drunken stupor, his true feelings regarding the occupation of the Palestinian people and the suffering they have had to endure over the last 7 decades. And it wasn’t a pleasant experience to say the least. Ngombane, a longstanding career diplomat accompanied Leigh-Ann Naidoo, a South African activist, back home […]
The number of people killed in Haiti by Hurricane Matthew has risen sharply into the hundreds, as coastal villages and towns began making contact with the outside world two days after being hit by the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade. Bodies started to appear late on Thursday as waters receded in some places after Matthew's 235 kilometres-per-hour winds smashed concrete walls, flattened palm trees and tore roofs off […]
Voters headed to the polls on Friday for the kingdom's 10th parliamentary elections since independence in 1956 to define a new political map for the North African country. About 16 million Moroccans out of the country's 34 million people have registered to vote. They will choose from 30 parties that are competing for power. Voters from Morocco's 95 electoral districts will elect members to serve five-year terms in the 395-member […]
A Syrian White Helmets rescue centre was targeted on Friday morning in Syria even as the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, for which the civil rescue group was nominated, was taking place in Oslo, Norway. Announcing the attacks on their social media page, the White Helmets, also known as the Syrian Civil Defence Force, said they were going "back to work" after its centre was targeted in Hama. No details were […]
As communities within South Africa continue to suffer the effects of alcohol abuse, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has voiced concern at proposed amendments of the Western Cape Provincial School Education Act (1997) that would allow the consumption of alcohol on school property. In August, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) proposed amendments to the Act and invited the public to submit their comments. In response, the MJC issued a […]
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Vice Chancellor Dr Prince Nevhutalu on Friday announced an 8% increase in fees for 2017 for the 10% of students who can afford it. The other 90%, he told an assembly of stakeholders at CPUT's Bellville campus, are students who either have NSFAS loans or fall in the "missing middle" bracket; students whose parents earn less than R600 000 a year. The government will […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
