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Quick-Witted Woman Saves Family From Getting Trapped Under Quake Rubble
Muhammad Bham | mbham@radioislam.co.za | 3 min read | 11 February 2023 | 8:50am The presence of mind of a 19-year-old...
Ramaphosa announces a state of disaster; energy minister to curb loadshedding
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 10 February 2023 | 19:15 CAT President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared...
Student’s Mental Health in the Spotlight after Two Suicides on Campus
By Neelam Rahim The mental health of students and first-year students, in particular, is in the spotlight after two recent suicides at the University of Stellenbosch. Twenty-year-old Ky Rowe died at the Simonsberg men’s residence, weeks after the body of 20-year-old...
The City Of Joburg Wants To Buy Electricity from Private Producers
By Neelam Rahim South African households and businesses are again under pressure after Eskom started load shedding yesterday evening, with further rolling blackouts possible today and tomorrow. At the same time, Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse says the municipality...
William Ruto wins Kenyan elections as results gets questioned by voters
Umamah Bakharia William Ruto has won the race to be the fifth president of Kenya; this is according to results announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Monday. However, the opposition candidate, Raila Odinga, is contesting the...
MP Patricia Kopane resigns from DA to join ActionSA
Umamah Bakharia The DA has lost another high-ranking member after the resignation of MP Patricia Kopane after 19 years. She was DA leader in the Free State from 2012 to 2020. Speaking to Radio Islam, Kopane says even though she takes her time served with gratitude,...
GDE removes Ennerdale school teacher following a racial altercation with a parent
Umamah Bakharia The Gauteng Education Department (GDE) is investigating the conduct of a teacher from the Fred Norman Secondary School in Ennerdale, Johannesburg South, following a video showing the teacher casting racial slurs at a parent. The video surfaced Friday,...
Deadly shooting at Nizamiye mosque, Midrand leaves boy, 9, dead
Umamah Bakharia Police are searching for two suspects after a woman, and two children were shot outside the Nizamiye Mosque in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Tuesday, at approximately 15h00. The 41-year-old mother and her 9-year-old son were taken to medical care after...
Namola safety app modified to accommodate each extension individually
By Neelam Rahim South Africans, including Lenasians, are exposed to many dangers from crime to hijacking, road accidents, fire, vehicle breakdown etc. a few years ago, there was a conversation around an app that has been launched, the Namola app. There have been some...
Gender-Based Violence Cost More than R36 Billion
By Neelam Rahim New research indicates that the cost of gender-based violence in South Africa could be higher than the estimated R36 billion. The figure was calculated as part of a research project by the Shared Value Africa Initiative and the University of...
Africa Report: Climate change and crisis impact area of sport
By Neelam Rahim In discussion with Radio Islam International on this week’s Africa Report is Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, Thandi Smith. Kenyan election results are out. Many are asking whether Raila Odinga is perhaps the most unlucky candidate in...