3 min read |12:25 Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za This week, the Jamiatul Ulama South Africa (JUSA) informed...
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China’s Communist Party elects Xi Jinping for a historic third term
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 3 min read 26 October 2022 | 11:15 am CAT China’s President Xi Jinping has made...
Mpho Phalatse reinstated as Joburg mayor after being removed in no-confidence vote
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 26 October 2022 | 10:40 am CAT The Johannesburg High Court has ruled...
Bulli Bai app case in India under global spotlight
By Annisa Essack 18:01:2022 As the world welcomed in the New Year 2022, Muslim women in India woke to a vile and shocking site on social media. Their pictures were uploaded to an app called the Bulli Bai, an auction online! Some of those included in the app were...
Zak Park a community that has been forgotten
By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 18:01:2022 Today, many Zak Park residents have had to spend the fifth day with intermittent electricity to no electricity at all. Between the constant updates and promises residents have had to adapt, this could take another few days before they...
Kazakhs Demand Political Reform in Worst Unrest in Decades
By Naadiya Adams Kazakhs have reached boiling point as protests erupt in the region. This is a sentiment very evident in the recent uprising that took place in the Asian country at the onset of the New Year. Driven by the soaring fuel prices, the people’s plight goes...
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[LISTEN] Durban’s Tourism Industry Crumbling (Irreversibly?) as Beaches Lose Blue Flag Status
Umm Muhammed Umar Radio Islam spoke to the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance’s Desmond D'sa about the critical state of South Africa’s water, in particular the state of the country’s beaches. Several beaches in Durban have been closed because of serious...
Fourteen people died in two mass shootings in KwaZulu-Natal
By Hajira Khota On Friday, fourteen individuals were killed in two separate mass shootings in KwaZulu-Natal, which authorities think were linked to drugs. According to spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker who spoke to Radio Islam International, eight of the victims were...
Sisulu’s opinion piece attacking SA judges and constitution continues to stir controversy
By Annisa Essack 17:01:2022 The back-and-forth regarding the controversial op-ed penned by Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has garnered many responses in her defence and support and against her. The article contended that mentally colonised" black judges had "settled...
Why is Guantanamo Bay still open – twenty years later?
The prison has been one of the few things all Americans seem to agree on – it is bipartisan and is something that unifies people of every race - black and white. It seems as if the prisoners there have been demonized to such an extent that they have become the common...
Kenyan Domestic Workers in the Gulf in Peril
Umm Muhammed Umar All Africa reports that there had been 1 025 distress calls made, in 2021, from helpless Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia, due to mistreatment, and even torture, by their employers. This was a huge jump from 88 in 2019/2020. The search by African women,...
Giant Volcanic Eruption Triggers Tonga Tsunami
Umm Muhammed Umar Tonga has been hit by a tsunami following an undersea volcano. According to the BBC, the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano could be heard as far as New Zealand and Australia. "Loud thunder sounds" were heard in Fiji, more than 800km...