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AWQAF SA, in association with the Department of Education, K-Way Institute and ISkill, will be hosting their second online Maths workshops for 2023 to prepare grades 10, 11 and 12 learners for their examinations. The lively and inspirational Mohammed Khota from the K-Way Institute will be the...

AS the month of Rabbi al Awwal approaches, the Pinelands-based Breeze Foundation is arranging a comprehensive programme of Thikr, talks, and commemoration of the beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW's ongoing mercy through Allah. For several years, members of the Breeze Foundation have generously helped feed the hungry and...

Cape Town, South Africa - In an event that has ignited excitement and anticipation among the Muslim community, the esteemed Hazrat Allama Dr Kukab Noorani Okarvi has landed in Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday 09 August 2023. Dr. Noorani is a respected scholar of Islamic studies...

HARVARD University has been named one of the best universities in the world. It was founded in 1636 and is known as the country's oldest higher education institution located in the beautiful city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT spoke to three of our own Cape Town Muslim...

THE Wheel to Heal Cycle Challenge, which took place in Cape Town, in December, 2022, raised R1,7-million, which was donated to Groote Schuur Oncology, PinkDrive NPC and Multiple Sclerosis South Africa, writes our STAFF REPORTER. In the challenge, 33 dedicated cyclists, most of whom had some association...

Driven by the belief that education is one of the most effective tools with which to realise a more equal and prosperous society, we welcome this new year with a special focus on education, writes EBRAUHIM ALLIE, of Islamic Relief. ISLAMIC Relief South Africa wishes you a...

THE Centre for Contemporary Islam, at the University of Cape Town, in collaboration with Claremont Main Road Mosque, has the pleasure of inviting you to a public lecture on the critical study of Islam and gender. Muslim marriage and Muhammadi masculinity: reclaiming the legacy of Khadija This lecture...

MAHMOOD SANGLAY attended the media launch of the Wheel to Heal Cycle Tour which was conceived as an initiative to benefit people living with cancer and multiple sclerosis. THE 560km cycling event from Mossel Bay to Cape Town is designed to raise R2-million for cancer and multiple...

Manage your fear by equipping yourself with knowledge, says Campaigning for Cancer CEO Lauren Pretorius. ‘Leukaemia used to be a very scary word,’ says Lauren Pretorius, CEO of Campaigning for Cancer. ‘Most people in their forties or older can remember when it was a dangerous cancer. But...

NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI reports on a dialogue on LGBTQI in Langa organised by an organisation aimed at fighting gender-based violence. ‘ISLAM is totally against any homosexual act but it equally does not encourage disrespect and violence against anyone who holds an opposing view,’ claims the administrator of...