Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 21 January 2025 3 minute read “A charade that masks reality!” This,...
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Broken Leadership and Fractured Society: Songezo Zibi on the Lessons from the Stilfontein Tragedy
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 22 January 2025 | 14:00 CAT 2 min read Public attitudes toward the Stilfontein...
ANC restructuring in Gauteng and KZN; impact of Ramaphosa succession debate on decision
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 22 January 2025 | 13:36 CAT 2-minute read In a high-stakes deliberation...
Another chaotic SONA is not just “one of those” – it imperils our future says convener of Rise Mzansi
Nina Bambeni | nina@radioislam.co.za 16 February 2023 | 21:50 2 min read While the country awaits President Cyril Ramaphosa's expected to reply to the debate on the SONA today, the convener of Rise Mzansi, Songezo Zibi, wrote an opinion piece stating that last week's...
The Africa Report
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 16 February 2023 / 09:53 CAT In this week's edition of the Africa Report with Radio Islam International, Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues, Thembisa Fakude, speaks from the perspective of the SONA...
Our schools have become battlefields
Hannah Omarjee | homarjee@radioislam.co.za 15 February 2023 | 10:00 PM CAT Teacher unions are expressing concern over the safety of both teachers and learners as schools nationwide become battlefields. The unions said there had been an alarming rise in violent attacks...
Government declares National State of Disaster over floods
Nina Bambeni | nina@radioislam.co.za 15 February 2023 | 9:30 PM CAT South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a National State of Disaster to enable an intensive response to widespread flooding that has affected seven of the country's nine provinces....
Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool on Govt’s intervention in the annual Hajj and Umrah
Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 15 February 2023 | 14:15 PM CAT 3 min read On Friday, the Ministerial Committee on the efficient management of the Annual Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages concluded its first meeting in Cape Town. Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool will chair...
Personal attacks, allegations, counter-allegations on first day of SONA debate
Goodhope Dlangamandla | goodhope@radioislam.co.za 15 February 2023 | 13:15 pm CAT 2 min read South Africans may be excused for believing they were watching a soap opera as political parties played dirty in Tuesday's debate on the nation's state. Police Minister Bheki...
Solidarity takes Govt to court over declaration of State of Disaster over electricity
Muhammad Bham | mbham@radioislam.co.za 15 February 2023 | 08:15 am CAT 4 min read Trade union Solidarity is taking the government to court over the declaration of a state of disaster over the electricity crisis. The union held a media briefing on Tuesday, announcing...
Twelve cheetahs to be relocated from South Africa to India
Muhammad Bham | mbham@radioislam.co.za 15 February 2023| 11:30 AM CAT 3 min read Cheetahs were deemed extinct in India in 1952. Now finally finding an opportunity to re-establish the wild population that once again can fulfil its ecological role in India; this is made...
Coalitions in Gauteng in jeopardy as Tshwane mayor suddenly resigns
Goodhope Dlangamandla | goodhope@radioislam.co.za 14 February 2023 / 12:00 PM CAT 2-minute read After the abrupt resignation of embattled Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams, the DA-led coalitions in Gauteng became increasingly flimsy. ActionSA, a party with which the DA...
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