By Annisa Essack 22/02/2020 Sara Haba, a Tunisian, has become the first woman to reach Makkah by bicycle. She began her travels on 4th November 2019 and arrived in Makkah fifty-three days later. Initially, she was afraid that she would not be allowed to enter the city as she was travelling alone. As per Saudi law, any woman under the age of 45 who wants to undergo the religious pilgrimage of Hajj needs a visa and must travel with a mahram or a...

    By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 20/02/2020 Not to sound like a typical mother but it is appalling what children are doing on social media these days! Sure, everybody wants to be famous, but it gets real serious, real fast when it becomes too dangerous.  Remember in 2018 when we saw teens eating laundry detergent capsules as part of a challenge?  Well, lo and behold, 2020 has brought on the "Skull Breaker Challenge" via  "Tik Tok." This new viral video trend that...

  By Annisa Essack17/02/2020 By definition, “oppression” means “prolonged, unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power. Oppression is exercised in multiple ways, ranging from subtle comments to murder. It is a tool wielded throughout human history by those with power and authority to keep those with less power in a position of submission, and it continues today throughout the world. Recently, a confidential report by the German Foreign...

  By Annisa Essack 17/02/2020 The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) says that skills shortages will be the single biggest challenge facing the South African information and communication technology (ICT) sector over the next ten years. South Africa’s highly innovative and entrepreneurial ICT sector is on par with global counterparts, but the ICT brain-drain and slow ICT skills development are threatening the...

    By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 13/02/2020 Last Friday, I was having lunch when suddenly without warning or even a clue my husbands’ phone was snatched.  At the moment it happened, we assumed it was a prank until the perpetrator got into a car.  Just like that, my husbands’ phone and wallet were gone.     Now, with an iPhone, you can track the phone via the Find My Phone app so it’s really important that you activate this setting.  However, shortly afterward the...