Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 14 April 2023 | 14:30 CAT 1 min read The US Geological Survey announced an...
News Articles
The Middle East Report – The Saudi-Houthi Ceasefire
Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 14 April 2023 | 13:00 CAT 1 min read Today, award-winning scholar and journalist...
Patriotic Alliance to vote with ActionSA to outs Thapelo Amad as Joburg mayor
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 13 April 2023 | 21:30 CAT The Patriotic Alliance (PA) says it will be...
Power cuts affecting water supply says Rand Water
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 30 January 2023 | 21:40 CAT Rand Water says it’s water purification plants across different municipalities are failing due to load-shedding that has left many reservoirs without water. The bulk water supplier says on...
Suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Pakistan kills dozens
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 30 January 2023 | 20:30 CAT Dozens have been killed in a suicide bomb attack targeting a mosque in a security compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan. According to a policeman who survived the attack,...
Heatwaves could lead to the deaths of our most vulnerable
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 29 January 2023 / 21:35 pm CAT South Africans are struggling as they are hit by heatwave upon heatwave, without any hope of cooling down as Eskom continues to raise its levels of loadshedding between Stages 4 and six....
Desperate Rohingya Drown While Fleeing Remote Bangladesh Island
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 28 January 2023 / 19:02 pm CAT In early January, a boat with 185 Rohingya refugees washed ashore on the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province. They had spent weeks at sea in desperate conditions, fleeing cramped and...
It is a family affair as all family members of a KZN family choose UKZN to study medicine
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 28 January 2023 / 18:51 pm CAT It is a family affair for the Maharaj family from Umhlanga in Durban, who are alumni or current students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Parents, Naren and Jenita, are alumni of UKZN...
NUMSA files papers at High Court to stop loadshedding
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 28 January 2023 / 18:34 pm CAT Trade union NUMSA has filed papers at the North Gauteng High Court to stop loadshedding. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa says the ANC that leads the government is not...
Mpho Phalatse ousted as Joburg mayor yet again
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 26 January 2023 | 16:10 CAT Mpho Phalatse has been voted out as the City of Johannesburg executive mayor after councillors voted for her removal with 140 votes in support of the motion of no confidence. A total of 129...
Amid load shedding, South Africans become victims of solar equipment fraud: SABRIC
Goodhope Dlangamandla | goodhope@radioislam.co.za 26 January 2023 | 14:45 PM CAT 2 min read SABRIC has warned the public against falling victim to solar equipment scams as we enter stages four and five of load shedding for the next few days. Many South Africans are...
47-year-old man spends 20 days at sea without food. How did he survive?
Muhammad Bham | mbham@radioislam.com 26 January 2023 | 14:30 PM CAT 2 min read Elvis Francois, 47, of Dominica, survived more than 20 days lost at sea by consuming tomato sauce and other seasonings. Francois was repairing his boat near St Martin in December when the...