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Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched along Cape Town’s Sea Point promenade as George Galloway and Yvonne Ridley concluded a South African tour with calls to intensify boycott action and create awareness for the cause of Palestinian justice. By ANWAR OMAR An estimated 10 000 demonstrators walked the Sea...

By PROFESSOR NAJMA MOOSA In her 2021 study, The Mystery of the Apostasy of Shaykh Yusuf of Makassar’s Alleged Grandchildren: The Children of the Rajah of Tambora, Prof Najma Moosa challenges centuries of accepted Cape historiography. She argues that the children of the twice exiled Rajah of...

By HASSEN LORGAT Kamohelo Chauke questions Section27’s defence of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng. Yet the timing of his intervention, the chronology of the dispute and the court outcome reveal an effort to discredit a leading health-rights advocate in South Africa. The recent opinion piece by Kamohelo Chauke is...

By HASSEN LORGAT When the South African Zionist Federation invoked Hassen Lorgat’s successful complaint against the SABC in its case against 702, it affirmed a vital principle: broadcasting standards and precedents must apply consistently to all complainants. On the morning of September 16, 2026 I woke up...

By MUSLIM VIEWS REPORTERS Muslim Views journalist Anwar Omar was the top performing Master’s graduate at the International Peace College South Africa (IPSA) graduation ceremony. He achieved a cum laude with an overall mark of 86%. Omar achieved distinctions in every module of the Master of Arts...

By ANWAR OMAR Lineal descent has become a live legal and Islamic governance question at Mowbray Muslim Cemetery. The debate turns on whether lineage can confer participation rights without granting descendants perpetual authority over a public waqf. This changed when the cemetery’s governance came under the spotlight...

By HASSEN LORGAT Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng secured a decisive High Court victory after the Health Professions Council of South Africa agreed to set aside its misconduct finding and dismiss the South African Zionist Federation’s complaint against her entirely. “Today, I declare victory against imperialism and Zionism,” Dr...

South Africa and Saudi Arabia are strengthening ties around Hajj and Umrah travel, tourism and aviation, with plans for more direct flights, joint marketing, digital visa access and a working group to improve the pilgrim experience. By ANWAR OMAR South Africa's Minister of Tourism, Patricia de Lille,...

Around 350 people from 80 organisations joined Cape Town’s Operation Ubuntu anti-xenophobia march, calling for arrests, migrant protection and government accountability as a consolidated memorandum was handed to police and officials. By ANWAR OMAR Representatives from 80 organisations gathered in District Six on the morning of Saturday,...

The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) brought journalists and editors together for specialised mental resilience training, highlighting the emotional toll of modern newsrooms and offering practical strategies to build healthier, more supportive workplace cultures. By ANWAR OMAR AND YASEEN BARDIEN On 7 and 8 July, the...