Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 7 September 2023 | 11:30 CAT 2 min read For decades, Iran had been scrutinised for...
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Samoosa vs Golden Pocket: A battle for the taste buds of South Africa
Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 31 August 2023 | 06:00 CAT 1 min read Samoosas are a popular snack in South...
The art of sustainable living – simple steps for a greener lifestyle
Naseerah Nanabhai | naseerahnanabhai@gmail.com 25 August 2023 | 11:00 CAT 1 min read Over recent years, sustainable...
RECURRING COUPS WORSENS MALI’S ECONOMIC FUTURE
By Zuleikha Ahmed 10:06:2021 Mali has come under the media's eye as the country faces the most coups in the past years; with its nine-month recent coup, the countries struggle seem to be worsening. The land-locked country of 20 million is one of the poorest in the...
Blood batteries’ fuel the fortune of Elon Musk
By Zuleikha Ahmed 09:06:2021 Elon Musk, one of the top five wealthiest people globally, has set his mission and vision of making electric vehicles available to the masses. Cobalt is a crucial component of a battery, but also the most expensive. Recent projections by...
The new stigma needs to go
By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 09:06:2021 As infections start to rise, we see a dangerous trend of people afraid to disclose their COVID positive status—the perceived stigma attached to contracting COVID-19 needs to be stopped immediately, as it is life-threatening. It’s not...
Understanding emotional eating and ways to overcome it
By Naseerah Nanabhai 09:06:2021 Emotional eating is when people use food to deal with emotions rather than to satisfy hunger. Almost everyone experiences emotional eating at some point in their lives. But if it becomes a constant, especially unconsciously, emotional...
KZN sees increase in adolescent runaways
By Annisa Essack 08:06:2021 In recent weeks, KZN has seen an increase in the number of adolescent runaways. Families requesting assistance are usually helped by private security companies and small organisations, who are generally the first to respond. Often though,...
Take Aways Delivered Costs Up To 30% More Than It Should
By Naadiya Adams Food delivery services offer the convenience of having your meal brought to your doorstep but with it a hefty price tag. Mr D. and UberEats have dominated the South African food delivery industry for years however consumers may have never realised...
Building and Maintaining Healthy Relationships
Naseerah Nanabhai 16-06-2021 Healthy relationships have healthy characteristics such as mutual respect, understanding, patience, honesty and maintaining boundaries. They also contain a great deal of compromise, anger control and communication, but ultimately they rely...
Government steps up vaccine roll out with 41 million as the goal
By Zuleikha Ahmed 02:06:2021 As more vaccines have been made available to South Africa and the creation of more vaccine sites, we ask what is being done to ensure that rural communities have the same privileges as the rest of the country. Most of these areas affected...
Losing a loved one
By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 01:06:2021 Our phones buzz daily with funeral notifications reminding us constantly of death. As Muslims, we are taught that we belong to our Creator from a young age, and we will return to him. Many families over the past month have lost...
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