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by NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI ‘OUR journey began in the year 2000, when the late Moulana Shaikh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani (who was a world leader of the Naqshbandi order) remarked at a masjid in Cape Town, that he is in Africa. And he asked: where are African Muslims?...

The Islamic Medical Association of South Africa will join a global ‘save a life, save humankind’ training programme on Saturday, September 25, organised by the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations. KHASHIEFA MARTIN provides background and details of the training programme. The Johannesburg branch of the Islamic Medical...

Early this year, the information regulator (IR) announced that failure to comply with certain provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia) may result in the IR imposing an administrative penalty of up to R10-million from July 1, 2021, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding...

As the country begins Arbour Week on September 1 and the start of Heritage Month, CASSIEM KHAN reflects on his heritage that led him and his family to undertake the Az Zahra Garden project. Arbour Week provides us with the opportunity to highlight the importance of trees....

SIXTY-YEAR-OLD Ntombikazi Rwayi, fondly known as Ma Agnes, is the Restoration Facility Team leader at the Westlake Conservation Centre. She takes care of plants, empowers Expanded Public Works Programme workers and has a passion to grow specialised fynbos plants. Ma Agnes lives in Khayelitsha and has no...

STAFF REPORTER THE Asa Majeed Learnership Centre (AMLC), situated in Mitchells Plain, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The learnership centre has 160 full-time students and nine staff members, which include the principal, caretaker and teachers, and offer the Tafelsig community Islamic classes at no cost....

WE live in a time of speed and haste. Ramadaan is a month that offers us a few additional moments for reflection, contemplation and learning. Still, we find ourselves looking for faster ways of assimilating knowledge. The Basics is a series of booklets, written by Shaikh Ismail...

Salaamah Solomon, a registered dietitian in the Department of Human Nutrition at Tygerberg Academic Hospital is conducting a study aimed at finding out how Muslims with diabetes are managing during Ramadaan with regards to their diabetes treatment and diet. If you or someone you know has diabetes...

ANVER SEDAN, the chairperson of the Worcester Muslim Jamaa and leader of the gadat, gajaat and dhikrs in the community, writes about the two-hundred year history of a community that rose from a colonial and slave legacy. WORCESTER is known to many, particularly those from Cape Town,...

DR MEDEE RALL outlines the short courses across a range of disciplines on offer at the UCT Summer School 2021. THE University of Cape Town’s annual Summer School, which will run from January 11 to 30, offers over ninety short courses across a range of disciplines. It...