Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 14 June 2023 | 19:00 CAT 2 min read My father, who had been on a waiting list for...
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June 16th 2023 and the creation of opportunities for South African youth
Naseerah Nanabhai | naseerahnanabhai@gmail.com 14 June 2023 | 19:00 CAT 2 min read Friday, 16 June 2023, marks the...
The Crucial Role That Civil Society Play in Our Country
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 13 June 2023 2023 | 17:37 CAT Civil society has been part and...
Constitutional Court’s Afrikaans ruling in Support of Afriforum: It’s About the Process Not Necessarily the Policy
Ebrahim Deen The constitutional court’s September 22 ruling upholding a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decision that the University of South Africa’s 2016 language policy was unconstitutional, is substantively different to other decisions in support of the University...
Intercepted migrant numbers double, but still low when compared to previous figures
By Ebrahim Deen 22:09:2021 Over the past week, two vessels rescued over 190 migrants off the Libyan coast en route to Italy, with dozens more reportedly drowning. The International Organisation for Migration reports that more than 24 thousand migrants have been...
Heritage Day 24th September: Braai4Heritage
By Naseerah Nanabhai 22:09:2021 When Heritage Day was proclaimed an official holiday in 1996, former president Nelson Mandela said: "When our first democratically-elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our national days, we did so because we knew that...
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[LISTEN] Behind the Attempted Coup in Sudan
Ebrahim Deen Authorities in Sudan on Tuesday announced the thwarting of a coup attempt from what it called former Omar Al Bashir loyalists. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok argued that, “For the first time, people involved in the attempt were arrested… They are being...
Shared Insights into Significant Recent Events
Umm Muhammed Umar Scott Lucas, founding editor of EA Worldview, a professor at University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, spoke to Radio Islam about some of the significant events that have taken place in the last few weeks. Touching on the developments in...
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[LISTEN] India: Ten Months of Ongoing Farmers Protests
Umm Muhammed Umar The farmers protest in India, now in its 10th month, has been putting pressure on the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nivedita Khandekar, associate editor at IANS, India's largest private news agency, spoke to Radio Islam about the laws...
When liberators face prosecutions
By Staff Writer 17:09:2021 The trial of Salih Mustafa, a Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and Kosovan politician, commenced on Wednesday, with Mostafa criticising the court's motivations. The trial, scheduled to sit between September and October, is taking place...
World Ozone Day 16th September
By Naseerah Nanabhai 15:09:2021 In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the 16th of September as World Ozone Day in commemoration of the date, in 1987 when the nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. This...
The Cabbage Bandit : How one man started a cabbage revolution
By Mumtaz Saley Moosa 14:09:2021 The Cabbage bandit has gone viral on social media over the weekend; Djo BaNkuna was told to remove his cabbage patch in front of his home or face possible jail time. The policeman who had told him to remove the patch asked him to apply...
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