A three-day Pakistan-Africa Trade Development Conference and Exhibition concluded in Sandton this week attended by key...
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Moroccans carry out Salaatul Istisqaa amid rainfall delay and water shortage
Muhammad Bham | mbham@radioislam.co.za 01 December 2022 | 13:30 PM CAT 1 min read Thousands of Moroccans, on Tuesday,...
Ramaphosa to address the nation on Phala Phala report
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 1 December 2022 | 13:00 CAT Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya...
Battered KZN Still Awaiting Funds From Treasury For Reconstruction Following April Flooding
By Umamah Bakharia The KwaZulu-Natal government says its resources have been stretched thin as it tries to limit the impact of the floods on residents and infrastructure. On Saturday, the South African weather services issued a level 10 red warning of torrential rain...
India: Elderly Hindu Man Beaten to Death on ‘Suspicion of Being a Muslim’
Umm Muhammed Umar The body of a 65-year-old man, believed to be mentally unstable, was discovered by the police in Madhya Pradesh, India, on Thursday night, just hours after he was severely assaulted by a man, who had demanded he reveal his identity. A video of the...
AfriForum Launches Court Bid To Have License Card Renewal Scrapped
By Umamah Bakharia AfriForum has launched a watershed court bid to have driver license card renewals scrapped at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula last month stated that there were 1.3 million expired driving license cards that have...
Muslim Women Denied Firearm Licenses in South Africa Due To Their Headscarf
By Umamah Bakharia The South African Muslim Network (Samnet) has written a letter to the Minister of Police General Bheki Cele, demanding answers after reports that two Muslim women were refused gun licences because they were wearing headscarves. It was widely...
Public Protector Back in Court To Interdict Her Suspension By Ramaphosa
By Umamah Bakharia Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is back in court to interdict President Cyril Ramaphosa from suspending her. Mkhwebane is also challenging the Constitutional Court's decision to reject her impeachment rescission bid. The Western Cape High Court...
Why Is The ANC So Enarmoured With Cuba?
By Umamah Bakharia Government is continuing with its plans to donate R50-million in humanitarian aid to Cuba. Even though lobby group, AfriForum took them to court and won the case against the Cuban donation. International Relations and Cooperation Minister...
Evacuation Operations, Electricity And Communication Outages In eThekwini As Floods Return
By: Zahid Jadwat Officials in eThewkini, KwaZulu-Natal, have confirmed that several overnight evacuation operations were conducted in parts of the city, including Tongaat and uMdloti, as heavy rainfall battered the region just over a month after the...
ATM Reignites Calls For Death Penalty To Combat GBV
By: Zahid Jadwat A gruesome incident of alleged gender-based violence in the Eastern Cape has prompted the African Transformation Movement (ATM) to reignite calls for the reinstatement of capital punishment, commonly referred to as the death penalty....
Dr Kevin Barrett: Shortage of baby formula in the US
By Annisa Essack 20:05:2022 Parents are in a panic as the ongoing infant formula shortage worsens. What started with challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic has declined in recent weeks. Dr Kevin Barrett spoke to Radio Islam International to shed more light on the...