Apartheid police killed Imam Haron
‘The last days in the life of the Imam, an anti-apartheid guerilla: 28 May to 27 September 1969.’ Judge Daniel Thulare, the presiding judge in the 2022-2023 inquest into the...
Al Nakba – The ongoing catastrophe
Click here to download a special supplement to mark Al Nakba – 75 years of Zionist brutality and occupation (May 1948 – May 2023). NAKBA INFOGRAPHIC: And click here to...
IMAM HARON – Commemorating a lifetime of resistance and activism
The legacy of As-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron is our regular heritage theme in September. This year it also coincides with Moulood-un-Nabi, as it did the day the Imam was taken...
Global webinar calling for the immediate release of Rached Ghannouchi
UMR HURTER THE Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) in Washington DC is hosting a global webinar profiling Rached Ghannouchi, the 81-year-old leader of Tunisia’s main opposition...
Book dedicated to apartheid-era educators
Dr Ismail Vadi, the former MEC for roads and transport, former Wits education department lecturer, and teacher unionist, has launched his new education book titled, “Teachers in the Struggle against...
South African Halaal certifying bodies at Global Halaal Summit in Malaysia
SAYED RIDHWAAN The Global Halal Summit 2023, hosted by JAKIM, is currently taking place in Malaysia with the participation of esteemed South African Halal bodies. Among the attendees from...
South African ulama condemn French ban on abayas
SAYED RIDHWAAN The Cape Town Ulama Board has expressed its strong condemnation of the recent ban on wearing abayas, traditional cultural clothing in schools in France. This discriminatory decision, labeled...
Local organisations host international conference on food security
UMR HURTER ACCORDING to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, nearly 30 percent of the global population – that is 2,4 billion people – were moderately...
Cape Town Swim for Gaza a huge success
UMR HURTER OVER 250 supporters of the struggle for justice for Palestine converged on the beaches of Strandfontein, Cape Town, on Saturday August 26 to show their solidarity with the...
The X factor and its impact on socio-political dialogue
SIPHOKUHLE MKANCU of CW Voices writes that since Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, the platform – now rebranded as X – has seen a rise in misinformation and has had...
