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Van Rooyen visited Guptas 7 days in a row prior to appointment as finance minister

Des van Rooyen visited the Gupta family compound not just once, but seven times, in the days before his appointment as finance minister by President Jacob Zuma in December last year. The visits, on consecutive days between December 2 and 8, have been revealed by a team of public protector investigators tasked with probing alleged state capture by the family. The BBC previously reported that cellphone evidence put Van Rooyen […]

30 October 2016

News

Cpt ranks as Lonely Planets 2nd best city worldwide

Cape Town has once again done Capetonians proud by receiving the title of Second Best City Worldwide in the Lonely Planet’s newly published travel guides category, Top 10 Cities, with France in first place. If excitement, adventure, beauty and scenery are things you are searching for, search no further. Cape Town is blossoming with beauty from every corner, whether you visit the world renowned Table Mountain or simply want to […]

28 October 2016

Tourism – Hajj and Umrah

Umrah operators already feeling the pinch

Umrah tour operators in Cape Town have reported a slump in umrah bookings for the forthcoming season, as a result of the high visa fees. South Africans now have to pay an additional R7 800 for an umrah visa. In August, the Saudi Government confirmed its intent to increase all visa charges, effective from Muharram 1, 1438. The price hikes included a 2000 Saudi Riyal visa charge on all umrah […]

28 October 2016

News

IPSA to host annual WIWISA symposium

The International Peace College South Africa (IPSA) will be hosting its annual IPSA Women in Islam - Women in South Africa Symposium on campus this Saturday, 29 October. The WIWISA symposium is an important flagship event on IPSA’s annual academic calendar, as it initiates important conversations and engaging debates on various issues related to gender and gender-justice within the South African Muslim community. Previous symposia have looked at women’s contributions […]

28 October 2016

News

Student perspectives on protests, free education and the urgency of decolonisation

The following khutbah was delivered by UCT economics student Ihsaan Bassier at Claremont Main Road masjid on Friday and is a response to the debate around free, decolonised education Repected Jamaah, shukran for letting me speak. I love this masjid because it is unapologetically political. We recognise that we are part of a system with structural injustice. We ask uncomfortable questions, of Islam, of ourselves, of society. Gender, sexuality, xenophobia. We strive to centre […]

28 October 2016

News

Ulema wish Matrics well

The Muslim Judicial Council (SA) has urged the community to keep South Africa’s Matriculants in their duas, as they embark on the most important examinations of their schooling journey. The MJC in a statement wished all Grade 12’s well and urged students to put in all the necessary effort to achieve good results. “We need to remind ourselves that the beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: ‘Indeed Allah loves if any […]

28 October 2016

Local

SARS confirms probe into manhandling as Hawks hunt for evidence

The South African Revenue Services (SARS) says that a full investigation would be conducted into the reported manhandling of an official by the Hawks as they allegedly tried to obtain evidence to use against Finance Minister Pravhin Gordhan. “SARS has noted the media reports and circulated video material to the extent that the matter relates to members of the Hawks. The enquiries must be directed to the relevant law enforcement […]

28 October 2016

Local

African delegates welcome decision to exit ICC

African academics, civil and government representatives have welcomed African nations’s decision to exit the International Criminal Court. Delegates from over 29 African states are gathered in Centurion to try and find lasting solutions to Africa's challenges. The programme has debated A d perceptions of bias against Africans levelled against the ICC. Africa's leading political and social thinkers discussing ways to solve the continent's problems. Delegates are calling for similar engagements […]

28 October 2016

Local

Mogoeng calls on SA to treat possible downgrade as junk status

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has called on the country to treat the possible ratings downgrade to junk status delicately. Giving the keynote address at the OR Tambo Memorial Lecture in Newtown, Johannesburg on Thursday night, Mogoeng cautioned that leaders must do everything to avoid the country being relegated to the bottom. "Let us do whatever we can, all of us put together, to create an investor friendly climate. […]

28 October 2016

VOC

Van Rooyen visited Guptas 7 days in a row prior to appointment as finance minister

Cpt ranks as Lonely Planets 2nd best city worldwide

Umrah operators already feeling the pinch

IPSA to host annual WIWISA symposium

Student perspectives on protests, free education and the urgency of decolonisation

Ulema wish Matrics well

SARS confirms probe into manhandling as Hawks hunt for evidence

African delegates welcome decision to exit ICC

Mogoeng calls on SA to treat possible downgrade as junk status

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