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Health Department slams fake news calling for South Africans to mask up again because of new Covid-19 variant
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3 min read 13 December 2022 | 10:00 pm CAT The Department of Health has slammed...
National shelter movement speaks out on brutal murder of Muslim woman
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3 min read 13 December 2022 | 9:30 pm CAT There is again outrage following the...
Europe turning into a global hub for narcotics, EU warns
By Neelam Rahim Europe is increasingly becoming a hub for production and transhipment of cocaine to other regions of the world, in addition to being a major consumption market, EU agencies said on Friday, warning also about the expanding methamphetamine industry....
Hijackings, kidnappings and murder top Gauteng crime statistics list
By Neelam Rahim More than 1,400 people were murdered in Gauteng between January and March this year. Gauteng police commissioner Elias Mawela has revealed the staggering figure during the community safety portfolio committee’s sitting in Randburg on Tuesday. Mawela...
Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis Worsens As Inflation Increases
Written by Umamah Bakharia Zimbabwe's economic crisis seems to be worsening. The fall-out from the Ukraine invasion, a local currency and government interventions are all contributing to skyrocketing cost of living in Zimbabwe. With official inflation rates at 130%,...
Calls For Legislation Amendments for Incompetence & Misconduct By Educators
Written by Umamah Bakharia South Africa’s education legislation lacks teeth when it comes to regulating the misconduct and incompetence of some of the educators in the public basic education system. This is according to Mercantile Law graduate, Dr Cecile de Villiers...
Another Doctor Speaks Out On the Strained Public Health Care System in SA
Written by Umamah Bakharia The dust has not settled following the open letter of Rahima Moosa Hospital paediatrician Dr Tim de Maayer on the broken public healthcare system that he said had devastating consequences on young patients. Now another doctor has written an...
15,000 sheep drown in the Red Sea as ship sinks in Sudan
By Neelam Rahim Officials said more than 15,000 sheep drowned on Sunday in Sudan’s Red Sea port of Suakin after a livestock ship sunk. The livestock vessel exported the animals from Sudan to Saudi Arabia when it sank. The ship, Badr 1, sank during the early hours of...
1 in 6 Germans skip meals to save money – poll
By Neelam Rahim Nearly one in six Germans have been forced to skip meals regularly to meet ends, according to a poll conducted earlier this week by the Institute for New Social Answers and published on Friday by the newspaper Bild. Another 13% say they fear such a...
Unanswered questions on Shireen Essop’s disappearance and subsequent return
By Neelam Rahim The MEC for Community Safety in the Western Cape has praised the efforts of a neighbourhood watch group that helped find missing Capetonian Shireen Essop. Shireen Essop’s face had been shared over the internet since she was reported missing on 23 May...
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE RAHIMA MOOSA HOSPITAL AFTER PAEDIATRIC DOCTOR’S SHORT SUSPENSION
By Neelam Rahim The SA Human Rights Commission will be visiting the embattled Rahima Moosa Hospital this morning after it was mired in controversy last week. Paediatric Dr Tim de Maayer was briefly suspended last week after he wrote an open letter to the Gauteng...