Social (opinion) Articles

Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 31 May 2023 | 11:45 CAT 1 min read Johannesburg started as a dusty mining city that has blossomed since 1886 into one of South Africa's most significant cities, named jointly after Johann Friedrich Bernhard Rissik and Christiaan...

Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@me.com 24th May 2023 | 17:00 CAT 2 min read With temperatures dropping drastically and loadshedding, people have started to look at economical and cost-effective ways to stay warm during the long winter nights.  With loadshedding, some fantastic...

Fahmida Choonara | fchoonara@radioislam.co.za 23 May 2023 | 18:00 CAT 2 min read Screen time includes watching television, using an iPad, computers, cellphones, gaming etc.; too much of this dramatically affects children and adults. There have been ongoing studies...

Naseerah Nanabhai | naseerahnanabhai@gmail.com 18 May 2023 | 19:00 CAT 2 min read As we go through life, we experience numerous transitions, such as becoming an adult, leaving school and attending university, starting work, getting married or moving houses –...

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...