By Aneeqa du Plessis Situated in the heart of Wynberg, the sixth oldest mosque in the country, Yusufeyyah Masjied is being desecrated daily after a group of homeless people have erected informal structures on the perimeter of the mosque. This is according to the secretary of the Yusufeyyah Masjid, Yunus Karriem. “The mosque was established 1867 and is rich in history. It sits in the middle of the Wynberg transport […]
VOC After several years of debates and public participation, the National Assembly has passed the Expropriation Bill. In a statement, Public Works minister Patricia de Lille says the bill seeks to replace the ‘unconstitutional Expropriation Act of 1975’. The first version of Bill was withdrawn in 2008 and re-tabled in 2015, only to be returned to national legislature in 2017 over an inadequate public participation process. In August 2018, the […]
LOCAL The Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza says government is ready to deal with the contentious issue of national communal land tenure. The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform will on Friday host a two-day summit on the issue in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. The focus will be on the millions of people that have not secured tenure of the land despite their families having lived there […]
The Western Cape government says land expropriation without compensation is not the appropriate intervention in addressing issues of land reform and skewed property ownership patterns in South Africa. It says the proposed amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution will undermine individual property rights and be detrimental to the economy. The amendment seeks to change a part of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. Provincial […]
ANC economic policy chief, Enoch Godongwana, has outlined some of the key aspects of the party’s draft economic recovery plan – including the use of prescribed assets and pensions. Godongwana said via webinar on Monday (17 August) that the party is moving away from the use of prescribed assets, and is instead focusing on changes to regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act. The regulation currently limits the extent to […]
Khayelitsha residents whose illegal structures were demolished by the City of Cape Town's land invasion unit, have pelted the vehicle of a mayoral committee member with stones. Mayco member for Human Settlements Malusi Booi escaped without injury, but his vehicle was damaged in the incident. The city says there have been a number of attempts to illegally occupy land. This in direct contravention of lockdown and COVID -19 regulations. The […]
Friday marked a historic moment for the Muslim community as the Durbanville Islamic Society (DIS) submitted a tender to the City of Cape Town for a piece of land on which to build a masjid. With the increasing number of Muslims living and working in Durbanville and its surrounds, there is an urgent need for facilities for daily prayers and Jumuah. The City of Cape Town has earmarked a piece […]
By Thakira Desai With intentions to sell a pocket of prime land on the Tana Baru cemetery threatening to divide a local Muslim family, certain members of the family remain resolute that erven 677 and 681 will be sold. The family members are adamant that the land in question does not form part of the historically documented Tana Baru cemetery. The sale by public auction of the two erven of […]
The ANC is holding a land summit this weekend in an attempt to emerge with a united view on how to implement its controversial resolution to expropriate land without compensation. The party's senior members are divided over whether section 25 of the Constitution should be amended and whether all land should be nationalised. Members battled it out over land policy at the party's December congress where the ANC finally adopted […]
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.
