By Neelam Rahim The police have chased unknown men who shot and killed a Benoni Flying Squad warrant officer and...
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The cold front hampers Cape Town causing floods and power cuts
By Neelam Rahim The South African Weather Service reported: “A cold front has made landfall over the western parts of...
A Gauteng boy is missing after he slipped and fell down a manhole
By Neelam Rahim Johannesburg water and emergency services have embarked on a desperate rescue operation after a...
Paris Migrant Camp Violently Cleared Overnight
A migrant camp set up in the center of Paris was raided and cleared by the city’s police last night. Franceinfo reports that hundreds of tents were lifted right off the pavement as law enforcement sought to evacuate some 500 people who had set up camp just an hour...
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[LISTEN] A World-First as South African Scientist Develops Tech that Identifies People Wearing Face Masks
Faizel Patel – 24/11/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, a South African scientist has made a world first technological breakthrough developing a facial recognition technology prototype, able to recognise human faces...
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[LISTEN] Popcru: Malema’s Threats to Police Childish…Putting Officers & Their Families Lives in Danger
Faizel Patel – 24/11/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) says Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema’s threats against the police is childish and akin to a child throwing his “toys out of the cot” Popcru slammed...
Cape Karamats Preserved through Heritage Declaration
By Naadiya Adams Representing the advent of Islam to Southern Africa, now deemed a significant historic symbol, 10 karamats in the Cape will be preserved as a National Heritage site for generations to come. Speaking to Radio Islam, Yusuf Delwai of the Cape Mazaar...
AstraZeneca announces vaccine “highly effective” in preventing COVID-19 and easier to store
By Naadiya Adams Developed with Oxford University and based on two regimens, the vaccine shows an average efficacy of 70%. The first involving two full doses at least a month apart proving to be 62% effective. A second regimen, involving a half dose followed by a full...
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed gives Tigray 72 Hours to Surrender
In an increasingly escalating situation, Tigrayan forces have been given a 72 hour ultimatum to surrender before the Ethiopian federal military begins an offensive on Mekelle, the regional capital of Tigray. Africa News reports that advancing Ethiopian troops plan to...
Saudi Arabia Leading Force in Empowering Global efforts to Promote Digital Economy
Faizel Patel – 23/11/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Saudi Arabia’s Communications & Information Technology minister Abdullah Al-Sawahah says the G20 Presidency has been a leading force in empowering the world with efforts to promote digital economy....
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[LISTEN] Lenasia Residents Fed Up With Illegal Land Grabs – No Action from Gauteng Government
Faizel Patel – 23/11/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Illegal land invasion and land grabs continue to plague Lenasia with many hoping that with a new political party and ward councillor, the problem will be alleviated. It’s emerged that a group of land grabbers were...
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[LISTEN] Mufti Zubair Bhayat Shares Story of Ml Cassim Sema after Ship Torpedoed During World War II
Faizel Patel – 23/11/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Today marks the seventy-eighth anniversary of the attack on the SS Tilawa, a ship transporting mostly Indian nationals including the founder of Darul Uloom Newcastle, Marhoom Ml. Cassim Mahomed Sema (ra). The vessel...