Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read | 10 December 2024 | 11:20 CAT A senior councillor from ActionSA,...
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Border Authority cracks down on human and child smuggling at Beitbridge and Lebombo borders
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 9 December 2024 | 15:00 CAT 5 min read The Border Management Authority (BMA) has...
Syria’s new dawn
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 09 December 2024 | 13:30 CAT 3-minute read Israel targeted weapon...
Desperate Yemenis dig up and sell landmines as booty of war
By Neelam Rahim Yemenis have become so desperate they are digging up and selling land mines as booty of war. This is after years of hunger and economic hardship. These land mines have become a currency, and people are willing to risk their lives to exchange the deadly...
Civil society calls for suspension of IT contract after HAWKS raid homes of former Chief Justice Office officials
By Goodhope Dlangamandla 25:08:2022 The Civil Association society organization of public interest SA, Tebogo Khaas, says the chief justice is not to be implicated anyhow in the 225 million rands as only the officials get into the office running. "The chief justice is...
US student receives violation for wearing hijab
By Goodhope Dlangamandla 24:08:2022 An eighth-grade student in Malden, Massachusetts, received a uniform violation form for wearing a hijab on her first day at the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School. An Active member of the At-Taqwa Mosque in Malden, Ahmed Kadmiri,...
WHO chief comments on Tigrays “color of skin” indifference
Umamah Bakharia The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the world has not been focusing on the conflict in the Tigray region because of skin colour. This follows a civil war that broke out in November 2020 between...
Media Lens: Ethiopia’s peace committee issues a framework for peace in the Tigray region
Umamah Bakharia The Ethiopian government has called for a formal Tigray ceasefire agreement to be reached as soon as possible that will help to enable the resumption of essential services to the war-stricken northern region. In June, a committee was established to...
CSIR and SIU Sign Agreement to share knowledge in fighting corruption, curbing cybercrime
By Neelam Rahim The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Special Investigation Unit combine forces to curb maladministration and corruption. The two organisations have agreed to collaborate in capacitating the country with fraud and corruption...
South Africa’s Nuclear Sector Has Failed Its Test: The Koeberg Nuclear Plant Life Extension
By Neelam Rahim As South Africa’s power problems intensify, the country’s only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, has frequently been in the news this year – for the wrong reasons. Professor of Physics at the University of Johannesburg, Hartmut Winkler, says South Africa’s...
How do you stop a Hospital Heist? Asks Wits Prof Alex Van Den Heever
By Neelam Rahim The country’s health system is under scrutiny, with a News24 investigation indicating that corruption at just one hospital, Tembisa in Gauteng, ran into hundreds of millions of rands. Prof Alex van den Heever of Wits school of governance writes that...
Babita Deokaran: One Year after her Assassination
By Goodhope Dlangamandla 24:08:2022 A year later, the family of Babita Deokaran, who was assassinated, while assisting with investigations into PPE tender scandals that rocked the provincial Health Department, still bleeds and weeps from their loss. The corruption...
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