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Public outraged over desecration and criminal intrusion at the Kramat of Sayed Moegsin Bin Alawi (R.A), at the Mowbray Cemetery

Following reports received by VOC News regarding desecration and criminal intrusion at the Kramat of Sayed Moegsin Bin Alawi (R.A), located at the Mowbray Cemetery, the Moslem Cemetery Board has condemned the actions. Cape Mazaar Society Speaking to VOC News, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Cape Mazaar Society, Advocate Yusuf Khan Dalwa, emphasized that the primary focus is to bring the perpetrators to justice. "This desecration and vandalism of […]

today30 July 2025

News

Public comment opens for Kramat national heritage

As South Africa celebrated a historically different Heritage Day in 2020, the Muslim community in the Western Cape is being urged to add their voice to calls for the Cape Town Kramats to be declared National Heritage Sites. It comes after the Cape Mazaar Society and Vidamemoria heritage agency initiated the nomination of the ‘Circle of Tombs’ in 2019, to have the gravesites of those who founded Islam in the […]

today25 September 2020

News

Kramat untouched by Camps Bay fire

By Yaseen Kippie The fire on the slopes of Twelve Apostles mountain in Camps Bay has reportedly made its way past a number of Kramats of Awliya Allah in Belsfontein and Bakoven, near Oudekraal. According to Sanparks spokesperson Merle Collins, the fire has now reached the picnic area of Oudekraal. The City of Cape Town said the fire is still burning high up behind the 12 Apostles hotel. Last night, […]

today13 October 2017

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