Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 20 November 2024 | 16:30 CAT 2 min read Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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What’s Going On In The EFF?
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 19 November 2024 3-minute read The EFF has barred its popular member of...
Eyes On EFF
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 12 November 2024 4-minute read All eyes are on the EFF as leaders leave the...
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...
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...
Will Biden’s Middle East visit play a role in Saudi Israeli normalisation?
By Neelam Rahim In a discussion with Radio Islam International, Hafez Ebrahim Moosa says that Joe Biden, the United States President, is travelling to the Middle East for his tour starting on Wednesday, which will continue until Friday. “It starts meeting the Israeli,...
Arab’s Are Losing Faith in Democracy To Deliver Economic Stability
Umamah Bakharia In an interview for BBC News Arabic, nearly 23 000 people across nine countries in the Middle East, North Africa and the Palestinian territories agreed with the statement that the Arabian economy has weakened under democracy. The findings come just...
Electricity cuts in Pakistan sparks outrage
Transcribed by Yumna Moosa - Telecom operators in Pakistan have been threatening to cut off mobile and internet services. The National Information Technology board has announced that telecom operators in Pakistan have warned about shutting down mobile and internet...
Ramaphosa discusses food security in a phone call to Putin
By Neelam Rahim President Cyril Ramaphosa had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. They discussed possible Russian agricultural products and fertiliser deliveries to Africa, including South Africa. “The presidents expressed satisfaction...
Russia blocks the export of grain by Ukraine
By Neelam Rahim In February, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine halted Kyiv’s Black Sea grain exports, threatening a global food crisis. Has driven up world food prices to record levels. Black Sea ports in Ukraine, the world’s fourth-largest grains exporter, have been...
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...
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...
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