Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 6 December 2024 | 11:40 CAT 4-minute read Jo’burg Mayor Floyd Brink given...
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Is the ANC-SACP Alliance Nearing a Breaking Point? | Political analysis from Prof Sipho Seepe
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 6 December 2024 | 10:30 CAT 2 min read South Africa’s historic tripartite alliance...
Gauteng Health spends R16.7 million on suspended officials: DA’s Jack Bloom weighs in
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 6 December 2024 | 10:00 CAT 2 min read The Gauteng Health Department has spent R16.7...
Taxi Bosses Getting Ready For Massive National Shutdown
By Neelam Rahim The country is heading for a massive national shut down within the next couple of weeks. The taxi industry is the latest group to voice its support for a National Shutdown. Teacher’s union SADTU has also called for a mass demonstration towards the end...
Media Lens Report: Biden Meets With Middle East Leaders to Strengthen Ties
Umamah Bakharia Last week, US president Joe Bidden met one-on-one with the leaders of Egypt, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates before attending a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which included Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. On...
Experts Not Enamored With Planned KZN Taxi Violence Task Team
By Neelam Rahim Police Minister Bheki Cele has announced that a police task team is to be established to address the violence linked to the KwaZulu-Natal taxi industry. Last week, the minister met with taxi industry members in Ugu and Harry Gwala districts, explaining...
Numsa Suspended Members Going to Court to Demand Reinstated before Next Week’s National Congress
By Neelam Rahim About 30 suspended NUMSA elected leaders, including shop stewards and officials, are taking the union to court as they believe their suspension was unconstitutional. The suspended members say this is a mass purge designed to prevent anyone who opposes...
Country Loses Two Giants in Struggle Hero Duarte and literature Legend Don Materra Who Died 24 Hours Apart
By Neelam Rahim The country is reeling after the loss of ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte on Sunday and yesterday that of internationally renowned poet, literature legend and activist Muhammed Umar-Udeen Don Mattera. Mattera died just a day after Joburg...
Africa Report: People in Africa have to die in big numbers before the media covers the issue
By Neelam Rahim In discussion with Radio Islam is Thandi Smith, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa. Thandi speaks about the misinformation in the Kenyan elections and as far as the candidate’s qualifications are concerned. According to Thandi, Several weeks...
What’s Behind The Recent Mass Killings in SA? – Experts Unpack
Umamah Bakharia In the past few weeks, South Africa has been witnessing mass killings across the country. In the lastest, four people were killed and two others injured in a shooting in Thembelihle informal settlement in Lenasia. While in Alexandra an armed robbery...
Ghana Reports Cases of Marburg Virus While Tanzania Identifies ‘Rat Fever’
Umamah Bakharia Ghana has identified two cases of the deadly Marburg virus. According to health authorities, this is the first time the Ebola-like virus has been identified in the West African nation. This comes after blood samples were taken from two people in the...
SA’s most popular days for driving to work are Tuesdays and Wednesdays, according to recently released driving data
By Neelam Rahim The South African workforce seemed to have adopted two days a week work from a home pattern. Driving data by Discovery’s vehicle insurance division suggests this. Its new work from an index which tracks driver’s habits found that people are more likely...
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