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Experts Say African Leaders Have Been Uniting In Light of the Ukraine-Russia-NATO Conflict
Umamah Bakharia The Concerned African Forum or CAF says as Africans are concerned about an equitable, just and fair...
Calls for the revival of the SAPS Specialised Firearm Investigation Unit
By Neelam Rahim Former Western Cape top cop Jeremy Vearey has called on the government to bring back the specialized...
African Union (AU) Slams Israel Occupation of Palestine & Violence Against Palestinians
Faizel Patel – 09/02/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Palestinian ambassador to South Africa, Hanan Jarrar, has welcomed the African Union's backing of Palestinians. In a statement following its 34th Ordinary Session which was held virtually, the AU condemned the...
Coronavirus allowed to run Rampant at UK Asylum Facility
No longer in use, the Napier army barracks, in the United Kingdom, has, according Al Jazeera, been housing male refugees and migrants since September. The barracks had housed 400 people up until mid-January. Now, following more than 120 residents having tested...
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[LISTEN] Is the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Still Useful? Professor Shabir Madhi Provides Insight
Faizel Patel – 09/02/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Wits University director of vaccines and infectious diseases Professor Shabir Madhi says while the AstraZeneca vaccine does not provide protection against the second variant of the Coronavirus, it does provide...
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[LISTEN] Vaal Dam Now 100% Full
Faizel Patel – 09/02/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) After weeks of persistent heavy rain, the Vaal Dam Reservoir Forum’s Jacques Jansen van Vuuren has confirmed that the Vaal Dam is 100% full. Van Vuuren was speaking to Radio Islam on Tuesday about the replenishment...
Eskom to Implement Stage 2 Load Shedding from 10pm on Tuesday until 5am Wednesday
Faizel Patel – 09/02/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Eskom has announced it will be implementing stage 2 load shedding from 10pm on Tuesday until 5am on Wednesday to preserve and replenish emergency generation reserves. In a statement, the power utility says the power...
‘Mystery illness’ reported in Tanzania
According to local media in Tanzania, an unidentified illness has been causing patients to vomit blood. Channel Africa reports that health officials in Chunya district said that some victims had died within hours. A team of experts has been deployed by the health...
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[LISTEN] UK Muslims Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines in Masaajid
Faizel Patel – 08/02/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Award winning Huffington Post journalist Tasnim Nazeer says places of worship being converted into temporary clinics for the COVID-19 vaccination rollout was a calculated and intelligent move to get people on board...
Eighteen Dead after India Glacier Bursts Dam
A colossal flood in northern India, which followed a piece of a Himalayan glacier falling into a river, into a river has seen 18 dead and 200 others missing. It is not yet clear what caused the glacial burst. Experts, however, say one possibility is that a...
Gift of the Givers Donates Much-Needed CPAP Machines to Rescue 786 Ambulance Services
Faizel Patel – 08/02/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the country battles the second wave of COVID-19, humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has donated six CPAP machines to ambulance service Rescue 786, a subsidiary of Radio Islam International. The...