Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 7 February 2023 / 10:38 am CAT The latest gun massacres in the...
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State of disaster over Eskom will do more harm than good – Solidarity
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 05 February 2023 / 22:44 pm CAT Trade union Solidarity has fiercely...
DA says home affairs applications are being deleted because of loadshedding
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 05 February 2023 / 22:25 pm CAT As with so many other issues, the DA...
Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad declare a truce in Gaza
By Neelam Rahim There is a ceasefire in Gaza. How long it will hold and what happens next remains to be seen. Speaking to Radio Islam International is the Director of The Islamic University of Gaza, Dr Said Elnamrouti. According to Dr Said, during the last days of the...
The Palestine Report: Another year, another war on Gaza
By Neelam Rahim In a discussion on this week's Palestine Report, Hafez Ebrahim Moosa said that the Gaza strip has been under Israeli Occupation for the past fifteen years. Within five, Israel assaults the Gaza strip. The most recent before the assault in 2021 started...
30 Years of Serving for Gift of the Givers
By Neelam Rahim It has been 30 years this month since Gift of the Givers was founded by Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, and over these three decades, the aid organisation’s presence has been felt not only in South Africa but across the globe. He and his team facilitated projects...
Upcoming Kenyan elections
By Neelam Rahim On August 9th, 22.1 million registered Kenyans will go to the polls to elect the country's fifth President and successor to the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta. Even though the focus is mainly on the high profile Presidential contest, across the 47 counties,...
Israel, Palestinians agree to truce from Sunday Evening
By Neelam Rahim Israel and Palestine's authorities have decided to observe a ceasefire in Gaza from Sunday evening as Cairo proposed after a weekend-long pounding of Palestinian targets by Israel. An Egyptian security source said Israel has agreed to the truce offer,...
The America Report: Halaal Meat Options Increasingly being Introduced at American Schools
Umm Muhammed Umar Radio Islam spoke to Brother Ibrahim Hooper of the of the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, for the latest news regarding events concerning Muslims in the US. Muslim rights groups are calling on the Auburn University basketball team to...
Serial arsonist eludes police
By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 05:08:2022 With the help of drones, helicopters, increased night patrols and a lucrative reward, a request has been made for any information that may lead to the arrest of the serial arsonist in Johannesburg. The arsonist now also faces charges...
Chaos in Kagiso as residents protest over illegal mining activity
By Annisa Essack 04:08:2022 On Thursday, the Kagiso community acted against illegal gold miners operating near their community, but those who helped the Zama-Zama were not spared. Kagiso residents threw rocks at police in a stand-off on Randfontein Road, one of the...
ANC speaks out against attacks and threats by rightwing groups on Panyaza Lesufi
By Annisa Essack 03:08:2022 Gauteng ANC Chairperson Panyaza Lesufi has been attacked maliciously by right-wing and racist groups. Lesufi is among the ANC leaders who sacrificed their youth and were unfairly detained fighting for liberation, according to the Provincial...