By Annisa Essack 29/01/2020 The announcement of the Coronavirus deaths in China saw global stock markets rattled as growing investor anxiety over the fallout from the rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in China. The fallout was felt more acutely in South Africa as the JSE plunged by as much as 2.6%, leaving investors clearly worried about the exposure that many South Africans have to China.  It is after all the source of the deadly viral...

  By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 28/01/2020   By law, all employees who work for 24 hours or more a month need to be registered for Unemployment insurance. However, since the bill was passed nearly one-third of domestic workers including full-time gardeners and drivers have still not been registered. For those who may become unemployed, they will not receive any unemployment benefits. Employers are required to pay 1% of the salary and the employee is...

    By Mumtaz Saley 22 January 2020   It has been dubbed the longest internet blackout in history and has caused the Kashmir economy to collapse. Most businesses rely on e-commerce for sales and now had to find ways to stay online to keep families fed.  The train from the main city of Srinagar travels to a town called Banihal daily to a government-controlled internet café. This train has been dubbed by locals as the "Internet Express".  The Internet...

    By Annisa Essack 20/01/2020   Have you heard about Muslim Central?   Well, if you are looking for a halal family activity or are you wanting to gain an additional understanding of Islam, then, with a simple click of a button, Muslim Central allows you access to a plethora of lectures.  The brainchild of Brother Nathmie Slamang and Mufti Ismail Menk, Muslim Central, with thousands of videos and audios, delivered by a host of Islamic speakers from...

    Umm Muhammed Umar  07.01.20   10 million acres of land in Australia have been burnt to the ground. Almost 400 homes have been destroyed in just the past week alone. 25 people have been killed in the bushfires so far. Thousands of people continue to flee as the exceptional bushfires sweep across the Australian eastern region of New South Wales. The wildfires have caused New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian to declare a seven-day state of...