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ZEINOUL ABEDIEN CAJEE argues that there are many ways to become an empowered and strong community. WAQF is a powerful medium or mechanism to empower communities. In the context of community development, empowerment can be defined as a process by which members of a community organise themselves...

TWO generations of activists have paid glowing tribute to Cassiem Christians, who passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 after suffering a stroke a few days earlier. Christians, who matriculated at Spes Bona High School, in Athlone, and majored in psychology, history and English at the University...

SAMEER PARKER ‘They say…’ - famous opening words for a story that is probably unverifiable and shaky at best. When the COVID-19 outbreak reached South Africa in March this year we could not have predicted the impact it would have on individuals, businesses and our daily way...

KAUTHAR ROOMANEY THIS article is dedicated to all teachers. Teaching is a job undervalued and underestimated. Teachers have the most important job in the world. We have the ability to mould future leaders, shape young minds, change lives, guide and aid our youth to become great. Teachers...

by DR FARAH VAHED THERE is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting every aspect of our lives, from home schooling to moving ­businesses online and juggling family time in-between. Globally, we are fast approaching four million infections. In South Africa, the number of positive cases...

by MAHMOOD SANGLAY FEBRUARY 8, 2019 would have been the 95th birthday of Imam Abdullah Haron, who was ­martyred on September 27, 1969. The Imam Abdullah Haron Foundation hosted a special media conference last month coinciding with Imam Haron’s birthday, on February 8, to make two special...

STAFF REPORTER The family of Ash-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron has officially announced the establishment of the Imam Haron Commemoration Committee (IHCC) to mark the 50th year since his killing in detention on the September 27, 1969 by the apartheid police. The family – under the auspices of...

TOYER NAKIDIEN NO more than four kilometres from the Mother City or two train stations away, some exotic and indigenous animals have been captured and donated to the inhabitants of Salt River and ­visitors to the area by generous donors from across the world. Unfortunately, the location...