AWQAF SA FOUNDER AND CEO, ZEINOUL ABEDIEN CAJEE WAS RANKED 149 ON THE ISLAMICA 500 2016. Published annually, the ISLAMICA 500 is a business guide providing hard-to-find biographical details for 500 of the world’s most prominent and influential personalities in the Islamic world and economy. The 2017 edition of the ISLAMICA 500 was launched on 10th October 2016 in Dubai. Because the Islamic economy is multi-sectorial and global, the ISLAMICA […]
As crime continues to plague South African communities, fishing spots at many of the countries beaches has not been left unaffected. In recent months, anglers and beachgoers who frequent Strandfontein beach, in Cape Town, have voiced concern about the impact of crime on the stretch of beach, in particular between Strandfontein and Macassar beaches. In response to a string of criminal activity, last week a group of anglers held a […]
Fifteen student leaders are expected to meet to negotiate free education with Wits University management in Solomon House on Thursday morning. There are strict controls in place at entrances by security and everyone who enters must prove they are a student by presenting their student cards. There is a heavy police presence with police sniffer dogs and dozens of officers making their rounds on campus. Wits' Senate says the academic […]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is expected to make a presentation to the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training when it sits in Centurion on Thursday. The commission was established by President Jacob Zuma as part of a range of measures to address a demand for fee-free education. Nzimande's presentation comes in the third week of violent protests over his announcement on fees for 2017. On September 19, […]
The showdown between South African President Jacob Zuma and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan over control of the nation’s finances appears to be reaching its endgame, after prosecutors summoned the minister to appear in court next month on fraud charges. While Zuma, 74, reaffirmed his support for Gordhan on Tuesday, opposition parties and analysts have speculated that the president intends using the case as a pretext to appoint a more pliant […]
Japan will lease additional land next year to expand a military base in Djibouti, eastern Africa, as a counterweight to what it sees as growing Chinese influence in the region, three Japanese government sources said. China is seeking closer ties with African nations that could help it gain access to natural resources and provide new markets. Beijing said late last year it would pump $60 billion into development projects on […]
A black man shot dead by police in Charlotte, North Carolina last month sustained four wounds, two of which killed him immediately, a private autopsy reportedly shows. Police have neither released their own autopsy, nor charged the white officer involved. “The cause of death is two, penetrating, indeterminate range gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen,” Keith Lamont Scott’s family’s autopsy report read, according to the Washington Post. The forensic […]
Thousands of people have marched in cities across Colombia to demand a peace deal between the government and leftist rebels not be scuttled. Wednesday's demonstrations marked the second time in a week that Colombians took to the streets to support the accord signed last month with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and now hanging by a thread after a shock referendum defeat for the deal. "We have seen […]
The US military has launched cruise missile strikes to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi rebel forces, in retaliation to missile attacks at its Navy ship. Thursday's strikes, authorised by President Barack Obama, represent Washington's first direct military action against Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen's conflict. The Pentagon said the strikes were aimed at radars that enabled the launch of at least three missiles […]
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.
