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Major hospitals in SA to be exempted from loadshedding
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 5min read 30 September 2022 | 11:00 am CAT Health Minister Joe Phaahla says that major hospitals in the country will be exempted from loadshedding. This comes after hospitals across the country began a petition on loadshedding,...
Public Servants Association rejects government 3% salary increase
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 13:07 pm CAT Government and public servants are on a collision course after the Public Servants Association announced that its members seem to be leaning towards rejecting its latest wage offer. The government tabled...
Africa
The Africa Report: tourism boom on the continent
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 5 min read | 15:00 CAT This week's edition of the Africa Report with Radio Islam International, Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues, Ebrahim Thembisa Fakude, highlights the various issues on the African continent. An...
Eswatini’s Supreme Court judgement threatens the rule of law
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 5min read 27 September 2022 | 10:00 am CAT The Supreme Court of Eswatini has issued a judgment to which legal experts are saying constitutes a threat to the rule of law and the protection of human rights in Eswatini. In its...
World
Two blasts in parked buses in J-K’s Udhampur, 2 injured
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 13:45 pm CAT Yesterday, a blast took place in Jammu, Kashmir. There is not much information surrounding the reasons behind the explosion. In conversation, Texas-based advocate for Kashmir Solidarity Movement's Mary...
China urges the US to do something ‘real and beneficial’ for flood-hit Pakistan
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 13:50 pm CAT On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin called out the US for “passing unwarranted criticism against Pakistan-China cooperation” and urged it to do something “real and beneficial”...
Ummah
President of SA prisoner’s organisation for Human Rights has reverted to Islam
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 11:30 am CAT A man who has become well known in the country for fighting for the rights of prisoners in South Africa’s overcrowded prisons, Golden Miles Bhudu is an outspoken critic of the deplorable circumstances in...
JUSA Relief team responding to Pakistan Floods
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read | 17:02 CAT The Jamiatul Ulama humanitarian team is currently in Pakistan on the ground and has been there for the past few days, primarily working in the Sindh area in different parts. Speaking to Radio Islam...
Community
Several people were injured in an attack at a Pietermaritzburg school
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read | 18:28 pm CAT Several people have been injured at a primary school in KwaZulu-Natal, with the violence playing out in full view of terrified children. It was at first believed that a man opened fire at the Alston...
House fires are on the rise because of load shedding
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 13:35 pm CAT There has been an increase in home fires, which could be linked to load shedding. The fire threat has emerged from dangerous power surges that can happen when electricity is restored after an outage....
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Political
SA Justice System Has Failed Seekers of Justice
By Abu Muhammad Yesterday, hundreds of people gathered in Marikana to commemorate the 44 people who died ten years ago when a mine strike turned violent. Today is forty years since the assassination of apartheid activist and journalist Ruth First who was killed by a...
Is South Africa on the brink of collapse? Experts weigh in
Umamah Bakharia South Africans have recently been facing tough times – with economic turmoil, increased crime, inequality and/or racism. In between fuel and inflation hikes, there was an escalation in protest action in the trucking industry, where in some cases entry...
Social
You have got to love South Africans
2 min read 27 September 2022 20:30 We may be a divided nation, but we often find those rare moments when we unite to help each other. Yesterday while standing in line at the supermarket, the norm in South Africa, people began to chat. As I approached the cashier, the...
The sedentary lifestyle and how to overcome it
1 min read 23 September 2022 12:45 South Africa has been identified as having one of the highest rates of inactivity in the world. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 47% of all South African adults live sedentary lifestyles, which is more...
Religious
Have you got your Will in place?
By Muhammad Bham 08:09:2022 Al Baraka's Wills week highlights the importance of having a will and creating awareness around its importance. Al Baraka's Moulana Safwaan Navlakhi, speaking to Radio Islam International, explained that we all own wealth according to what...
The Last Moments of Sayyidina Umar Radiyallahu Anhu – Mufti Yusuf Moosagie
Martyrdom of Sayyiduna Husain (radhiyallahu ‘anhu): Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was stabbed towards the end of Zul Hijjah 23 A.H. and passed away on 1 st Muharram 24 A.H. at the age of 63. (Taareekhul Kulafaa pg. 136) We are generally accustomed to only...
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The Noble Quran is undoubtedly the most Holiest of all the Holy Books which were revealed by Allah. All Prophets were given miracles and the miracle that was given to the Messenger of Allah was the Holy Quran. The Prophet ﷺ thus had tremendous love for the Quran and...
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