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This is how we can fix inequality: Thuli Madonsela

Corporate social investment (CSI) has the power to bring about social justice and to end poverty‚ inequality and unemployment. This is according to former public protector Thuli Madonsela‚ who was delivering a keynote address at the eleventh annual Trialogue Business in Society Conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday. “Business is in a position of power and privilege and business has a voice‚ in the same way that when you become an […]

today9 May 2018

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Eid, a time to reflect on the critical challenges facing South Africa

In his ‘Id al-Fitr khutbah delivered at Claremont Main Road Mosque today, Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar provides modest guidelines for conscientious Muslims to engage the South African crisis of ‘state capture.’ We gather here at this `Id al-Fitr service today to bid farewell to the blessed and beautiful month of Ramadan. By the Grace of Allah, the ever-Merciful and all-Compassionate, our spiritual and moral resources have been replenished by […]

today26 June 2017

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Muslims call for introspection on Eid Day

As the Muslim world approaches the end of the sacred month of Ramadan, Muslim activists and organisations in South Africa are extended their well-wishes to the Muslim community, but also urged locals to use the moral lessons of Ramadan to fight for social justice. Muslims have observed this month as not only a period of abstinence from food and drinks, but also a period of spiritual purification in an effort […]

today26 June 2017

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