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Shehbaz Sharif Submits Nomination for Pakistan Prime Minister to Parliament
Umm Muhammed Umar Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government fell in the early hours of Sunday. The 70-year-old...
Guinea Warns Foreign Mining Firms to Share Profits Equally
Umm Muhammed Umar Guinea's military junta has told foreign mining companies they must share profits equally...
No Protests for Mali until after Eid
Mali’s opposition movement has announced plans that all protests in the country will be postponed until after the Eid-ul Adha festivities. Africa News reports that the group’s leaders have decided to withhold all activates till the end of July, saying this is not a...
SA COVID-19 Recoveries Now at 54%
Faizel Patel – 21/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) South Africa has now recorded 208,144 recoveries which translates to 54% of the total infections in the country. The Health Department has also announced that the number of COVID-19 infections has...
UUCSA Clarifies Moon Sighting & Start of Dhu al Hijjah 1441
Faizel Patel – 21/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The United Ulama Council of South Africa (UUCSA) hereby informs the Muslim public that it has not been able to confirm moonsighting marking the start of the month of Dhu al Hijjah 1441, this evening of 21 July 2020....
COVID-19 infections Rise to 373,628, Deaths Jump to 5,173
Faizel Patel – 20/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 373,628. This is an increase of 9,300 from Sunday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also increased by...
Migrants Drown Trying to Enter Turkey
60 bodies have been pulled out of Lake Van in Turkey by Turkish rescue teams. At least two children were reported to be among the dead. A boat carrying migrants had sunk in the lake almost three weeks ago. The migrants had been crossing the lake on a fishing boat...
UIF Extends Pandemic Pay-Outs to mid-August
Government has extended the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) until the middle of August. Workers who have been put on leave, laid off temporarily, or who are not currently being paid their full salary due to the coronavirus pandemic, had been...
Gwede Mantashe Admitted to Hospital After Testing Positive for COVID-19
Faizel Patel – 20/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Presidency has announced that Mineral Resource’s Minister Gwede Mantashe has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. Mantashe and his wife Nolwandle Mantashe tested positive for the virus...
Dr Imtiaz Sooliman Alive & Well, South Africans urged to Stop Spreading Fake News
Faizel Patel – 20/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the COVID-19 pandemic infections continue to rise at a rapid rate, South Africans are once again being urged to verify news related to the virus before sharing it on social media and other platforms. This...
Africa Hurtles Toward One Million Cases
Africa’s coronavirus case load crossed 700,000 infections, on Monday. More than half of the cases have been recorded in South Africa. According to Africa News, on Friday, the WHO reported a 27% increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the continent....