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Earthlife Africa’s Women and Climate Justice Seminar provided a platform for women environmental justice activists to raise awareness and educate their communities to protect natural resources they rely on to create their livelihoods. JUST as Africa Climate Week focuses on Africans and climate action, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg...

EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR reports on some of the issues raised at the second SABMC held recently. The second South African Black Muslim Conference was held from June 17 to 19, 2022, at the Palm Continental Hotel, in Crown Mines, Johannesburg. Delegates from most regions of the...

Willowton Group, one of Africa’s leading edible oil processors and a leader within the broader South African fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, is setting an important example for both industry and local communities with its commitment to a monthly clean-up of one of South Africa’s most polluted...

A Special Correspondent reports on the return to the original grave of a career diplomat of the Ottoman Empire 106 years after his untimely death. Consul-General Mehmet Remzi Bey, a distinguished career diplomat of the Ottoman Empire was reburied on January 18, 2022 in the Enoch Sontonga...

The IDP’s Cape Town facilitator, Sirferaaz Ebrahim, said that the event was aimed at providing an avenue for Muslims, especially those who reverted to Islam, to meet one another, share experiences, stories, challenges and suggestions, writes NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI. ‘TAKING a decision to become a Muslim is...

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 Ismail Ebrahim succumbed to his illness at...

ASHRAF GANGRAKER joined an African Muslims Agency delegation from South Africa to attend the opening of a school in Lebanon which promises hope for Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian children. It is said that, in order for dreams to come true, you must dream first. In the dusty,...

MUNA el Kurd visited South Africa from October 15 to 27 and participated in a programme focused on youth and their responsibility to address social justice issues. MAHMOOD SANGLAY reports: This was the second trip of the 23-year-old to South Africa, and the seventh country she has...

THE Imam Haron Foundation will, for the second year in succession, host the annual Imam Haron Memorial Lecture. The lecture, on Monday, September 27 at 7:00pm, will be presented virtually, broadcasting from the studios of On Screen Productions, courtesy of Al Ikhlaas Academia Library. The public can...

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, the eldest son and student of Mufti...