LOCAL The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has welcomed the arrest of 16 suspects accused of swindling R2.2 million from the COVID-19 TERS scheme. The suspects were apprehended in Gauteng and the North West province. The UIF’s Commissioner Teboho Maruping says, “It’s a combination of both the employers and employees. We are expecting more arrests. All of them will be facing charges of fraud. We are going to be freezing all […]
INTERNATIONAL A group of Muslim and Jewish firefighters in Washington have asked a judge to hold the city in contempt for a policy that bans beards, saying it unfairly targets the two minority faiths of Islam and Judaism. The firefighters - Steven Chasin, Calvert Potter, Jasper Sterling and Hassan Umrani - filed a motion this month in a district court, in which they said they were removed from duty, reassigned, […]
INTERNATIONAL There’s a new course that was offered this Fall for the first time at California's Stanford University, and it’s all about teaching students how Islamophobia manifests in the United States. The course, named Interrogating Islamophobia, is being taught by Abiya Ahmed, the associate dean and director of Stanford’s Markaz Resource Center, the student-run newspaper, The Stanford Daily, first reported. Islamophobia remains steady in the US, but why do some Muslims […]
INTERATIONAL A Palestinian doctor with Israeli citizenship was fired from his job after he gave sweets to a wounded Palestinian boy in police custody. The doctor's family told Middle East Eye that the Israeli Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem dismissed Ahmad Mahajna on Sunday, following a weeks-long probe. The Tel Aviv-based Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said the termination was the result of "racist, nationalist, and populist witch hunt". The probe was launched in late October after […]
INTERNATIONAL Saudi Arabia on Monday announced plans for a new airport in Riyadh capable of eventually receiving 180 million passengers a year, as part of the kingdom’s efforts to diversify its economy away from petrodollars. The airport will be named after 86-year-old King Salman and was announced by his son, 37-year-old de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The project is designed […]
LOCAL The inaugural flight from Durban to Cape Town took off from King Shaka International on 25 November 2022, marking LIFT’s much-awaited Golden triangle expansion. The landing of the Airbus A320 was greeted by a water cannon salute and The Cape Minstrel performers, who welcomed the disembarking passengers landing at Cape Town International. “This is a very special moment for the entire LIFT team and the local aviation industry as […]
LOCAL It is that time of the year when The Hope Exchange sets out on its festive season feeding campaign #Feed5000. The NPO is getting ready to serve over 10,000 meals between the 10th of December and the 15th of January to the homeless and others in need in central Cape Town. Over the festive season, the main feeding scheme in CBD takes a deserved break and as the city […]
LOCAL A R5 000 reward is on offer for information around the torching of three pitbulls in Gatesville last week. Reports indicate that community members had beaten and set the dogs alight after they attacked and injured a young girl on an open field. Amid ongoing debate around pitbull ownership in the country, the Cape of Goodhope SPCA clarified that the reward is not a matter of bias but rather […]
LOCAL SANCCOB in Table View was placed under temporary quarantine last week, after at least three penguins had to be euthanized to prevent the spread of bird flu. SANCCOB says the absence of treatment necessitates the euthanizing of infected birds, adding that all birds are being closely monitored. An off-site quarantine facility has since been set up, to cater to the admission of seabirds in need of rehabilitation. Read more […]
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.
