Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 28 November 2024 | 10:37 a.m. CAT 2-minute read A report by the South...
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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 28 November 2024 | 09:03 CAT -minute read RBNZ lowers cash rate, NZ$ spikes...
Global talks on plastic pollution stalled over production limits
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 27 November 2024 | 17:15 CAT 2 min read Global efforts to tackle the plastic...
Who Allegedly Influenced The Gupta’s Billion Rand Theft?
By Umamah Bakharia Two Gupta lieutenants and a former deputy director-general in the Department of Mineral Resources have appeared in court on charges related to the raiding of R1,75-billion in rehabilitation trust funds from the Optimum and Koornfontein mines in...
DA UNPACK VARIOUS PLANS TO SLASH FUEL PRICE
By Annisa Essack 26:05:2022 Unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund warned of massive fuel price increases across the board in June. Experts and economists estimate a petrol price hike by almost R4 a litre, which will see it breaching the R25 a litre mark. Leader...
Climate activists demand ADB commit to just transition to 100% renewable energy in SA
By Annisa Essack 25:05:2022 Activists, including those from African countries, demonstrated outside African Development Bank offices globally on Africa Day. Radio Islam International spoke to Alia Kajee, Public Finance Campaigner, at 350Africa.org to find out more....
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Rally Banned After Police Attack in Islamabad
By Umamah Bakharia Pakistan’s government has banned a planned protest march that was called by former Prime Minister Imran Khan calling for elections after he was ousted by a vote of no-confidence in parliament in April. On Tuesday, the ban was announced by Interior...
Major rooftop solar project to power 11 hospitals in Gauteng
By Annisa Essack 24:05:2022 Gauteng Finance and e-Government MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko announced during her budget speech for the 2022/23 financial year that at least 11 public hospitals in Gauteng are to benefit from a rooftop solar power project. The project aims...
Jenny Ricks: Is the World tired of the World Economic Forum?
By Annisa Essack 23:05:2022 Since the last time top politicians, billionaires and CEOs gathered in the Swiss mountain village of Davos to discuss the world's biggest problems and pitch their solutions to them, the Coronavirus pandemic was a blip on the radar for all...
Umm Muhammed Umar Senior Research Fellow at the South African Institute of International Affairs, Stephanie Walters, was interviewed on Radio Islam’s ‘Africa Report’. Mali has withdrawn from the G5 Sahel in protest against ECOWAS sanctions, the latest in a series of...
Most Middle Class Income Households Broke by Fifth of The Month
By Umamah Bakharia South Africa's average middle-income earners spend up to 80% of their salary within five days of payday, this is according to data from First National Bank (FNB). This means that most South Africans survive on 20% of their monthly income for more...
Why Is The ANC So Enarmoured With Cuba?
By Umamah Bakharia Government is continuing with its plans to donate R50-million in humanitarian aid to Cuba. Even though lobby group, AfriForum took them to court and won the case against the Cuban donation. International Relations and Cooperation Minister...
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