Our four-page special feature this month focuses on Islamophobia, in partnership with Muslim Societies, Global Perspectives (MSGP), an interdisciplinary initiative at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. Explore this nefarious phenomenon as we expose, map and propose ways to combat Islamophobia prevalent particularly in Western nations. Click here...

Biker club Race_Info to ride 1000 km’s for the Palestinian cause. NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI reports. SOCIAL media has been a buzz with the #GazaStarving, highlighting the famine faced by Palestinians due to the Israeli genocide. 'Various media outlets such as www.aa.com.tr wrote an article with the headline “Hungry...

Tarikh al-Brasil, which can be translated from Arabic as 'History of Brazil', is a visual research project by MARCELLO SCHELLINI on the visibility/ invisibility of Muslims of African origin in Brazilian history and society. With more than four hundred years of presence in Brazil, African Muslims first...

Invisible Hands is on the brink of achieving its target of feeding four million people. NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI reports. ‘KANALA does titie or boeta have something for me to eat?’ In a contest to rank the most frequently heard yet heart-breaking appeal in the Western Cape, this...

In the heart of Cape Town, amidst the roar of engines and the thrill of speed, lies a group of bikers with a unique mission. NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI reports. RACEINFO_CPT is no ordinary biker club, but a community of riders bound together by a shared passion for...

With South Africa’s seventh democratic general elections scheduled for May 29, 2024, the IEC has confirmed its readiness for the elections. NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI reports: DURING his address to various stakeholders, Michael Hendrickse, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Western Cape (WC) Provincial Electoral Officer, underscored the pivotal...

MAHMOOD SANGLAY reports on the now-discredited NYT story alleging ‘systematic’ rape by Hamas. SO how do you function as a journalist when your role is not to present evidence in your reporting? How do you retain your credibility when you fail to disclose that before your December...

The Habibia Siddique Muslim Brigade is set to celebrate 70 years of existence. NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI reports: In the vibrant streets of 1952 Cape Town, a pivotal moment in South African Muslim history occurred. As the late Moulana Muhammed Abdul Aleem Siddiqui (RA), a respected leader in...

The work of Doost covers a diverse range of human rights support for subject peoples, including defending Palestine liberation advocates. DANIEL PETER AL-NADDAF, also a Bertha Fellow and a Public International Law specialist in Cape Town, South Africa, interviewed Doost on the case brought against the American...

NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI IN a heart-breaking turn of events, the Habibiya Superette and its surrounding area have succumbed to flames. The bustling community hub which was also a place of dawah, situated at the corner of Hood and Johnson Road in Rylands, Cape Town, now bears the...