Tributes

While his achievements as an academic stand tall, Brian O’Connell also carved a niche for himself as a highly talented all-round sportsperson. by MOGAMAD ALLIE Most of the richly deserved and warm tributes paid to the late Professor Brian O’Connell...

DR AAYESHA SONI remembers Dr Yakub Essack, who passed away on Wednesday May 1, 2024, as someone who infused ‘passion with a gentle and caring nature, making him both responsible and approachable’. Being a junior member of the Gift of...

DR REEDERWAAN CRAAYENSTEIN pays tribute to Nabil Swart, a teacher and activist whose role in challenging the notion of worth based on skin colour and instilling values of integrity, honesty and courage in his students reshaped the education system in...

MUHAMMAD FAZL-UR-RAHMAN RAWOOT, the nephew of the late Haji Omar Ahmed Essack Karjieker, reflects on the life of his uncle, a humble man, whose quiet presence and wise guidance will be sorely missed. And the servants of (Allah) Most Gracious...

THE recent passing of Omaruddin ‘Don’ Mattera, a giant in the African and South African literary worlds, leaves us with a legacy we must celebrate. His death also leaves a gap that is almost impossible to fill, writes YUNUS OMAR....

South African-born and now based in Turkey, master calligrapher, MUHAMMAD HOBE, pays tribute to Mufti Taha Karaan who inspired him to choose this vocation. I am a former Waterval Islamic Institute student of the 90s. As a student at what...

With the passing on of Shukoor Mowzer, the man who is synonymous with Nakhlistan, DR REEDERWAN CRAAYENSTEIN and IMAM DR ABDUL RASHIED OMAR reflect on the context within which this organisation came into being. ON 31 May 2022, Cape Town...

THE Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) and the Media Review Network (MRN) have paid tribute to Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim who passed away earlier today, at the age of 84. Ahmed Kathrada Foundation After fighting a valiant battle with cancer, Comrade Ebrahim...

ASLAM KHOTA pays tribute to two cricketers – one who served the game as the greatest cricket manager and the other, like many other during his era, were denied full international honours because of apartheid. The third wave of the...

Mufti Ebrahim Desai (RA), the prominent grand mufti of South Africa, passed away on Friday, 5th of Dhil-Hijjah, 1442, corresponding to Thursday, July 15, 2021 in Durban, South Africa. THE sad news was announced via Twitter by Islamic finance scholar,...