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Calls For Government to Extend Driving License Renewal Deadline
By Umamah Bakharia Calls are growing on Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula to extend the driver’s licence deadline....
Discussion: Is the Russian army achieving its strategic goals in the Ukraine war?
https://soundcloud.com/radioislam/discussion-is-the-russian-army-achieving-its-strategic-goals-in-the-ukraine-war...
Al-Aqsa School in Lenasia Extension 10 Closed after Educator Tests Positive for COVID-19
Faizel Patel – 16/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Al-Aqsa School in Lenasia Extension 10 has confirmed that one of the educators at the school has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, the school principal Hamida Moosa says the educator only started...
Why There is a Decline & Shift in the Number of People Reading about COVID-19 on Social Media
Faizel Patel – 16/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the COVID-19 lockdown continues in South Africa, a transformation expert has told Radio Islam there seems to be decline and shift in the amount of social media users that are interacting on Facebook and...
COVID-19 Deaths Jump to 1,568, Infections Rise to 73,533
Faizel Patel – 15/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 73,533. This is an increase of 3,495 from Sunday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also increased...
Rage Burns in Pakistan as Hospital Signs Read ‘Full’
Hospitals in Pakistan have shut their gates and have put up signs reading ‘full house’. People infected with the coronavirus are being refused admittance. According to the NYT, the rates at which doctors and nurses are falling ill is frightening. It adds that medical...
Commemorate Youth Day from Home, With Technology
Faizel Patel – 15/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) At the country prepares to the uprisings of 16 June 1976, the importance of the day has been described as a pivotal day in our country’s struggle against apartheid, led by young people of school-going age....
Madinah Nurse Succumbs to Covid-19
A Saudi female nurse Nujood Al-Khaibari Nujood, who had been working in the health sector in the Holy city of Madinah, succumbed to coronavirus last week. 45 year old Nujood is survived by three daughters and a son. Ambassador to the United States Princess Reema Bint...
Cold Weather Expected to Continue, Getting Worse…
Faizel Patel – 15/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The South African Weather Service says the cold weather conditions that gripped parts of South Africa during in the past few days, is expected to continue this week getting worse. It says freezing...
Ramaphosa: Recent Murders of Young Women at Hands of Men Shocking Acts of Humanity
Faizel Patel – 15/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is deeply disturbed by the recent spate in the murders women in the country at the hands of men calling them shocking acts of inhumanity that have no place in society....
COVID-19 Deaths Spike to 1,480, Infections Jump to 70,038
Faizel Patel – 14/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 70,038. This is an increase of 4,302 from Saturday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...