Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 21 August 2024 Despite the fact that there are ‘bigger...
Political (opinion) Articles
My Vote Counts Back in Court over Electoral Matters
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za Researcher at lobby group My Vote Counts, Joel Bregman, spoke to Radio Islam...
Understanding the Bangladeshi Riots and Their Causes
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 7 August 2024 | 10:30 CAT 2 minute read For weeks, Bangladesh has been rocked by...
Trump – The Ultimate Strategist
By Annisa Essack 04:10:2020 Strategy. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines strategy as “the science and art of employing the political, economic, psychological, and military forces of a nation or group of nations to afford the maximum support to adopted policies in...
Now Everyone is a Statistician. Here’s what armchair COVID exports are getting wrong
By Jacques Raubenheimer Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, University of Sydney 15:09:2020 If we don’t analyse statistics for a living, it’s easy to be taken in by misinformation about COVID-19 statistics on social media, especially if we don’t have the right...
Abraham Accord- A marriage of convenience or a stab in the back?
By Annisa Essack 24:08:2020 The Abraham Accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates promises to establish normal relations between the two countries which include business relations, tourism, direct flights, scientific cooperation, and, in due course, full...
Retrenchments on the Rise in SA
By Naseerah Nanabhai 20:08:2020 Among the extensive effects of lockdown regulations, job losses remain the most devastating. With findings suggesting a larger than the usual number of retrenchments during the months of May and June this year. A National Income...
SA could move to level two soon- what to expect
By Naseerah Nanabhai 15:08:2020 The Forum of South African Directors-General (FOSAD) has recommended to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) that South Africa be moved to level 2 of the nationwide lockdown. This comes after a decline in the number of...
Africa’s Forgotten Refugees
Catherine Constantinides and Vitalio Angula World Refugee Day falls each year on June 20th and is dedicated to refugees around the globe. World Refugee Day was held globally for the first time on June 20, 2001, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the...
The Gig Worker Evicted and Left to Perish from Coronavirus
This is the story of a guy called Rajesh. Rajesh was also, like the rest of the world, sheltering in place due to the coronavirus outbreak, only, unlike most of us, who were locked down at home, Rajesh was stuck in the UK. I know there are many people all over the...
The Country Needs To Make The Best Decisions Based On Science – Dr Glenda Gray
Naseerah Nanabhai 28-05-2020 Last Sunday South Africa recorded its biggest jump in new COVID-19 cases at 1,160. Fears remain as our knowledge is limited to how the pandemic will continue to spread throughout the continent. Professor Glenda Gray, a member of the...
Madagascar ‘Covid-Organics’ questioned
Madagascar’s president, Rajoelina claims that the island nation has found a cure for Covid-19. He launched the tonic last month, claiming it had cured several people and so far urged his fellow African heads of state to embrace the herbal remedy. This is despite...
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