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Syria-Turkey quake: death toll surpasses 5 000 as rescue operations continue
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 3 min read 7 February 2023 | 21:00 CAT Rescuers are still digging through the...
SANBS urges South Africans to donate blood to boost reserves
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 7 February 2023 | 20:00 CAT The South African National Blood Service...
The America Report: “when you have Muslim communities that are very active and visible, you end up seeing a backlash”
Umm Muhammed Umar Radio Islam spoke to the Council on American Islamic Relation’s Deputy Director, Brother Edward Ahmed Mitchell. Brother Edward is also the vice president of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers, in the US. Israel has once again shown its heavy...
Migration crisis in South Africa and on the African continent
By Neelam Rahim Many people choose to migrate for various reasons, including better job opportunities, civil wars, and unstable economies are just some of the possible causes. In discussion with Radio Islam International is the South African Research Chair Initiative...
Russia Launches Iranian Satellite Amid Ukraine War Concerns
By Neelam Rahim An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off Kazakhstan early on Tuesday. It went into orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. Radio Islam International is joined in discussion...
Asia Pacific Report: India seeks to oust China firms from Sub $15 phone market
By Neelam Rahim Radio Islam International is joined by a Senior Research Associate fellow at Institute for Global Dialogue, Senusha Naidu, on this week's Asia Pacific Report. Japan's silver democracy, the population, drops most in nine years, and the number over 65's...
Rand Water plans a 53-hour shut down in Johannesburg and Tshwane
Umamah Bakharia Rand Water has announced a planned 53-hour water outage in six of Gauteng's municipalities from Thursday, 11 August to Sunday, 13 August. The water utility said that the outage was necessary for it to complete a tie-in of a newly installed S4 pipeline...
European Union (EU)announces ‘final text’ on the Iran nuclear deal
Umamah Bakharia The European Union (EU) says it had put forward a "final" text to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, days after indirect talks between U.S. and Iranian officials wrapped up in Vienna. In a tweet, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell say, "What can be...
Eswatini’s king commends police on their efforts during last years pro democracy protests
Umamah Bakharia King Mswati III has praised the Eswatini police for the handling of last year's pro-democracy demonstrations in which dozens of protesters were killed. The people of Eswatini have been taking to the streets in demand of the end of the monarchy....
Africa4palestine Condemns Recent Attacks by Israeli Lobby on Naledi Pandor
By Neelam Rahim Human rights NGO Africa4Palestine has condemned recent attacks against South Africa’s Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor by members of the Israeli lobby. According to the NGO, they are tired of what they call the endless insults by the...
ActionSA Dissolves Kwazulu-Natal PEC Following Two Resignations
By Neelam Rahim ActionSA’s Senate met last night and decided to dissolve the party’s Provincial Executive Committee. This follows the resignation of the ActionSA’s interim eThekwini regional chairperson Busisiwe Ntshingila. She quit, claiming the opposition party is...