Faizel Patel - 2/04/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143)   As South Africa nears the halfway mark of the 21-day lockdown imposed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, social distancing, quarantine and self-isolating; all these ‘restrictions’ means we have been, and will continue to, spend a lot of time at home. While many of you have completed all the ‘intelligent’ activities that you think you should be doing such as...

  Faizel Patel - 1/04/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143)   Esteemed Islamic scholar Ml Sulaiman Moola says the Ummah is only in a crisis because we have abandoned the Qur’an. Ml Moola was speaking during his Reflections with Ml Sulaiman Moola programme on Radio Islam on Wednesday. The renowned scholar says Islam is very practical and pragmatic. “By Allah, if we come back to the book of Allah, you will just be amazed how Allah answers everything in one...

    By Mumtaz Saley-Moosa 31:03:2020   While many schools have stressed and put into measures course work during the lock down, we look at educational websites that may prove that learning can be fun. Firstly, a good routine has to be set up in your home. Every child be it teen or toddler needs some sort of routine. This may seemingly be difficult but its needed, set up a time for learning and for creativity. In my home we do learning in the...

  By Naseerah Nanabhai 27:03:2020 With the 21-day lockdown in progress, many of us are wondering how we will pass the time. While it’s a daunting prospect to have nothing to do - there are plenty of things to keep you going during this time. Stick to a routine A routine often gives a sense of purpose and can stop feelings of being aimless and lost. Having a routine in lockdown would mean waking up and going to bed at the same time every day,...

  By Mumtaz Moosa-Saley 26:03:2020 As Covid-19 has the world at its knees, hackers understand that this is the time that most people would be vulnerable and not take cybersecurity seriously. While I have read many articles talking about dodgy sites that install spy malware, naturally I had assumed that South Africa doesn’t have this sort of issue. The misconception lasted until 23:00pm last night when I was told about a link making its rounds. I...