Yumna Moosa - yumna@radioislam.co.za 21 September 2021 | 3 minute read | 17:00pm The recent week brought about...
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Communalism Hindu-Muslim Scuffles Lead to Heightened Communal Tension in UK’s Leicester
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read 21 September 2022 15:50 CAT There have been Muslim-Hindu clashes in...
Sudan’s Burhan’s response to Hemetti: The army would hand over power only to the agreed cabinet or after elections
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read 21 September 2022 15:30 CAT Abel Fattah al-Burhan, Head of the...
Palestine: Four Gilboa Prison Escapees Arrested
Umm Muhammed Umar The Middle East Eye reports that four of the six Palestinian prisoners who made a daring escape from a maximum-security Israeli prison on Monday have been captured. Zakaria Zubeidi, a high-profile former commander of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs...
Bonteheuwel community call for police station after weekend of violence
By Zuleikha Ahmed 08:09:2021 Weekend violence in the Bonteheuwel community on the Cape Flats saw the killing of an alleged gang leader. Residents are afraid that the shooting may spark gang violence in the already restive township. The victim is an alleged Dixie Boys...
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[LISTEN] Sudan to Hand Omar Al Bashir Over to ICC and Other Stories from Africa
Umm Muhammed Umar Southern Africa Director of Human Rights Watch, Dewa Mavhinga, spoke to Radio Islam about the coup in Guinea, as well as other current matters, on the continent. The coup in Guinea has apparently been welcomed by the main opposition as part of the...
Human trafficking organisations in South Africa are exploiting children as young as 10 years
By Hajira Khota 09:09:2021 According to the US State Department's 2021 Trafficking Report, South Africa is a hotspot for sex and human trafficking, with girls as young as ten the victims. According to the report, human traffickers in South Africa exploit both domestic...
Eskom launches Renewable Energy Tariff pilot programme
By Hajira Khota 08:09:2021 Eskom started the Renewable Energy Tariff pilot program to supply cleanly sourced electricity to the utility's commercial customers. The initiative is aimed at companies that have set corporate renewable energy goals and want to use...
Automobile Association: Additional R250 for Online Licence Bookings Outrageous, RTMC Says it’s Not an Additional Fee
By Naadiya Adams Online licence bookings could possibly cost you R250 on the department’s e-Natis system in the near future. In a proposed amendment to the Government Gazette, Minister Fikile Mbalula outlined his plan to further tax South Africa’s motoring community....
South African Amongst 41 Killed in Indonesia Prison Fire
Umm Muhammed Umar A fire has swept through a congested prison near Jakarta in Indonesia, killing forty-one prisoners. Inmates at the Tangerang prison were asleep when the fire broke out. The BBC reports that while the guards had managed to unlock some cells, they were...
Russian Emergencies Minister Dies During Training Exercise
By Naadiya Adams Russian Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died when he attempted to save a person’s life during training exercises in the icy city of Norilsk. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said Zinichev, who was 55, was in the Arctic to oversee...
Local Government Elections to Take Place on 1st November
The 2021 local government elections has been set down for 1 November, as announced by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma during a press briefing on Wednesday. “After consultation with the IEC, we have come to the...