Social (opinion) Articles

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 17 May 2023 | 16:48 CAT A new study on mental health has shown that almost half of Johannesburg students screened positive for depression. It's a major mental illness that essentially goes undiagnosed. The study put...

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 17 May 2023 | 14:50 CAT Most philosophers of education or philosophically inclined scholars of education in the past century and a half would agree with the claim that, ideally, education should be the practice of...

Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 16 May 2023 | 11:15 CAT 2 min read While many groups push for inclusivity within schools, we still must address the elephant in the room. School uniforms! With the temperatures dropping across the country as we prepare for winter,...

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 13 May 2023 | 11:00 CAT Every business relies on water. It requires more than 140,000 litres of water to produce one car and 2,700 litres to make a single t-shirt. Daily consumption by offices and their employees is...

Naseerah Nanabhai | naseerahnanabhai@gmail.com 11 May 2023 | 17:00 CAT 2 min read Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making headlines in recent years as technological advancements are making it more accessible and powerful than ever before. AI has the potential to...

Naseerah Nanabhai | naseerahnanabhai@gmail.com 5 May 2023 | 17:00 CAT 2 min read With unemployment surging at 32%, many young South Africans are choosing to venture into the challenging waters of entrepreneurship. The percentage of young South Africans starting new...

Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 3 May 2023 | 17:00 CAT 2 min read We've seen the latest craze taking over our kids, and as parents, we often quickly dismiss it as sheep-like behaviour. However, we forget that we were the generation with a new craze every few months,...

Parenting is not easy; each parent has a different parenting style. Parenting comes with no handbook. A controlling parent, also called an authoritative or helicopter parent, poses all kinds of challenges for the child. Radio Islam International spoke to Junaid...