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 […]
By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed “I don’t need anything… there are people that don’t even have running water.” These were the words of 48 year old Abdurahmaan Roopen, who despite his home gutted by a devastating blaze last week, is remarkably content. Roopen is the caretaker of the Shaykh Nurul Mubeen shrine on the hills of the mountain in Oudekraal, which was engulfed in flames after a fire broke out […]
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, […]
Following a spate of robberies, the Nurul Latief Masjid, located steps away from the Macassar Kramat, was last night once again burgled. This time vandals destroyed priceless calligraphy that adorned the walls of the mikhraab. According to the imam of the masjid, imam Adam Philander, the stolen items were gifted to the masjid by Indonesia’s President. The imam says that the perpetrators entered the majid through a window near the […]
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.
