CASSIEM KHAN attended the closing arguments on April 24-25, 2023 of the reopened inquest into the killing of Ash-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron. He points out that the closing arguments exposed the false narrative that has been on the record books for 53 years. A generation of anti-Apartheid...

THE daily humiliation of Palestinians at Israeli checkpoints intensifies in the sacred month of Ramadaan. According to the International Journal of Conflict and Violence, Israeli soldiers are trained to ‘degrade, humiliate and oppress’ Palestinians. Checkpoints symbolise the daily humiliation experienced by Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. The...

THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have been planning a 'national lockdown' for South Africa on March 20, 2023, calling for the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa and an end to loadshedding among a number of other issues. Concern has been raised for citizens including the safety of...

DAVID HEARST AN area 12 times the size of Belgium was hit by 20 earthquakes in two days. The Turkey-Syria earthquake, which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, released an explosion the equivalent of 7.5m tons of TNT on Monday February 6. This was soon followed by...

AZAD ESSA ON Wednesday (February 22), as Israeli forces embarked on a murderous rampage in Nablus, in occupied Palestine, in which 11 Palestinians were killed, the Israeli ambassador to Delhi, Naor Gilon, held a press conference to ‘mark three decades of Indo-Israel formal diplomatic ties’. Surrounded by...

While Minister Enoch Godongwana may believe that this is not an austerity budget, the Institute for Economic Justice declares that it in fact goes further, with cuts to expenditure for the majority while giving a helping hand to those with higher incomes. The 2023 National Budget presented...

The South African Rugby Union must stand by its decision to withdraw its invitation to the Israeli rugby team, Tel Aviv Heat, argue JAAMIA GALANT and IQBAL JASSAT. THE decision by South Africa's premier rugby body South Africa Rugby Union (SARU), to outlaw an Israeli rugby team's...

In April 2022 the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) of South Africa appointed an internal Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate complaints of financial irregularities at the council brought to its attention by a member of its general majlis. MAHMOOD SANGLAY reports on these developments and provides an...

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...

According to AFAD, Turkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, the energy released during each earthquake is reportedly equivalent to 132 atomic bombs, and the affected area is 110 000 square kilometres, writes DR FATIMA HENDRICKS. ON early Sunday morning, February 5, 2023, while on a working visit...