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ANC PEC in KwaZulu-Natal put its weight behind Zweli Mkhize as the preferred presidential candidate
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read | 13:50 CAT The ANC Provincial Executive Committee in KwaZulu-Natal...
House fires are on the rise because of load shedding
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 13:35 pm CAT There has been an increase in home fires, which could...
YouTube takes the vaccine
By Staff Writer 04:10:2021 Tech giant YouTube on Wednesday said that it would block any content aimed at spreading misinformation around any approved Coronavirus vaccines worldwide, in an extension of its policy about removing content on misinformation about the...
Africa: Leaders’ Secret Offshore Wealth Emerges in Pandora Papers
Umm Muhammed Umar An international conglomerate of journalists has named a number of African leaders as covertly owning assets abroad. Some of them have been exposed as being tremendously wealthy, in contrast to their peoples. According to AllAfrica News the ‘Pandora...
WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram All Down, Twitter Last Man Standing
By Naadiya Adams Millions of WhatsApp users across the globe have been left wondering what’s up with WhatsApp as the popular instant messaging service is seemingly down. Allegedly due to Facebook DNS records that have been wiped off global routing tables. Users around...
ActionSA Expresses Distrust of IEC after Party’s Name Excluded from Ballot Papers
Umm Muhammed Umar South Africa’s newest political party, ActionSA, has found itself with its name left out from the ballot list. It is now to approach the Electoral Court courts regarding the issue just weeks ahead of the upcoming local government elections, with the...
North Korea Switches its Phone Back on
Staff Writer North Korea has re-opened a communications hotline between the North and South, which had been severed since August, in a move the South Korean Foreign Ministry called a ‘foundation’ for intra Korean dialogue and peace. September has been an extremely...
Minor Royal and Close Advisor to Mohammed Bin Salman Loses Appeal for ‘Destabilizing’ Jordan
Staff Writer Jordan’s Court of Cessation on Thursday upheld the decisions of the security court having found Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan Zaid guilty of sedition, and working with a foreign country to destabilize the monarchy. The court had found the acts...
A criminal investigation into the UPL chemical spill has gotten underway.
By Hajira Khota 04.10.2021 Following the protests and subsequent toxic spill in...
Rohingya Leader Shot Dead in Cox’s Bazaar
Umm Muhammed Umar The leader of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, known as Mohibullah, was shot to death in a camp in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, in Bangladesh, on Wednesday night. Al Jazeera reports that in his late 40’s and with eight children,...
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[LISTEN] Cape Town: DA Fails to Address the ‘Noise’ Issue Regarding the Adhaan
Umm Muhammed Umar The DA has been involved in the ban on the Muslim call to prayer that has sparked outrage in Cape Town, amongst Muslims, as well non-Muslims. Radio Islam spoke to the Good Party’s mayoral candidate for Cape Town, Brett Herron, regarding the...