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Late struggle Poet lifted freedom’s torch in dark times: Rev Weeder

The former Dean of St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, Reverend Michael Weeder says the late renowned struggle poet and writer James Matthews lifted the torch of freedom in the darkest of times. Matthews passed away in Cape Town at the age of 95. The poet and writer wrote for a variety of publications and was a fearless writer and poet during the apartheid era. Weeder says Matthews never walked away from his true […]

today8 September 2024

Local

SA Muslim community rocked by the passing of its first Sheikha

By Aneeqa du Plessis “She was an exemplar to women both young and old,” these are the words that are left lingering in the minds of the South African Muslim community after the passing of its first Sheikha. The local Muslim community has been rocked by the loss of its pioneering Sheikha - Mymoena Solomons. The esteemed mother of knowledge passed away on Sunday (May 12th, 2024). She was the […]

today13 May 2024

Local

The District Six Museum welcomes the new appointment of Ms Zeenat Parker-Kasker as the Executive Director

By Kouthar Sambo The District Six Museum has welcomed the new appointment of Ms Zeenat Parker-Kasker as the Executive Director. This comes after the annual event held to observe the 58 years since the forced removals in the Cape and its effort to keep the history and memory of those displaced communities. Speaking on VOC's DriveTime show on Monday, Executive Director of District Six Museum Zeenat Patel-Kaskar said the museum […]

today20 February 2024

Local

Judgement expected in Dr Hoosen Haffejee re-opened inquest

NATIONAL Judgment is set to be handed down at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in the reopened inquest into the death of Dr Hoosen Haffejee next week Wednesday. Haffejee was found hanging in his cell at Brighton Beach Police Station on 3 August 1977. The apartheid police alleged he had hanged himself in detention from a grille door at the police station with his trousers. This year marks 46 years since […]

today9 September 2023

Local

Al Jama-ah’s Ganief Hendricks has called on the South African Police to take action against the two Jewish bodies based in Cape Town

By Kouthar Sambo Yesterday Al Jama-ah’s Ganief Hendricks has called on the South African Police to take action against the two Jewish bodies residing in Cape Town. This comes after the members were believed to have propagated racism and the violation of the International Law that South Africa has signed. “It is a criminal offense to support racism and apartheid Israel. The United Nations Resolution on Apartheid makes it mandatory […]

today24 May 2023

International

“It is 75 years of agony, 75 years of killing and murder, 75 years of genocide”

By Kouthar Sambo Palestinian supporters showcased their support in commemoration of Nakba Day on Monday, 15 May highlighting 75 years of forced displacement and expulsion of Palestinians. With heightened emotion, hundreds of supporters gathered at the Muir Street Mosque in District 6 and made their way through Hanover and Adderley Street chanting “Free, free Palestine.” Once the crowd eventually arrived at Parliament, various political organizations, activists, and religious scholars addressed […]

today17 May 2023

Local

Haron family closer to justice as closing arguments in inquest wrap in High Court

By Aneeqa du Plessis After more than 53 years, the Haron family are now one-step closer to hearing the truth in their father’s death. This comes as closing arguments in Imam Abdullah Haron’s reopened inquest were wrapped up in the Cape High Court yesterday. The anti-apartheid activist was detained for 123 days, interrogated daily and kept in solitary confinement without trail until his demise in 1969. The initial 1970 inquest […]

today26 April 2023

Local

Fatiema Haron wraps up her testimony in reopened inquest into her father’s death

LOCAL The youngest daughter of anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron, who died in police detention in 1969, has wrapped up the testimony in the reopened inquest into his death. Fatiema Haron Masoet has asked the High Court in Cape Town to overturn the original inquest finding of 1970, that no one is to blame for her father’s death. The court has also heard the testimony of former political detainees, who described their […]

today17 November 2022

News

Imam Haron death inquest to be heard in Nov, 53 years after demise

LOCAL Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald O. Lamola has ordered that the inquest into the detention and death of Apartheid activist, Imam Abdullah Haron be reopened. The inquest is scheduled to take place in open court from the 7th to the 18th of November 2022. This decision comes 53 years after the killing of Imam Haron whilst held in solitary confinement under the Apartheid terrorism act for 123 […]

today5 September 2022

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