By Mumtaz Saley Moosa 04/12/2019   It’s the end of the year and while many students and parents eagerly await the end of the year results, many children will not know due to outstanding school fees.  Many schools across the country have been using clever tactics to ensure that they can close the year by blackmailing parents. While there is an importance for one to pay school fees, the Department of Education has instructed parents and school that...

  Umm Muhammed Umar 02/12/2019 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for politicising a tragedy after he blamed Labour policies for the release of the London Bridge attacker. He has been accused of trying to create political leverage out of the deaths of two people in the attack. The PM was accused of distorting the facts of the London Bridge attack in a “distasteful” attempt to turn it into an election issue. The deadly knife...

  By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 28/11/2019   A post that appeared to be about beauty tips turns out to be a teenage girl describing China's concentration camps. Feroza Aziz was later banned on Tik Tok, however, the company has disputed these claims. The company had banned one or more of Miss Aziz’s posts and justified the ban as a rule being broken on terrorism-related rules. Ms Aziz had posted three videos about China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslims....

    By Annisa Essack  26 November 2019 The remnants of failed peace plans, international summits, secret negotiations, and UN resolutions lie scattered over the blood-soaked land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. The possibility of a lasting deal seems as far away as ever – and the history of failed negotiations suggests it’s largely because Israel prefers the status quo. The cycle of Palestinian-Israeli violence that must stop,...

    Naseerah Nanabhai    23-11-2019   Protests in Hong Kong began in June and has so far not ceased. The protests initially began as a movement to oppose the proposal to allow extradition to mainland China. But now it has come to include major demands that are all part of a long-standing call for full democracy.    After the bill was suspended, protests continued as many feared that it could be revived. The demonstrations were aimed at getting it...