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[LISTEN] COVID-19 Dividing “Rainbow Nation” Not Uniting All
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) says the COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed South Africa’s underlying issues of race, class and extreme levels of poverty. The IJR’s Stan Henkeman was speaking...
Domestic Workers Allowed to Return to Work Under Level 3 Lockdown Starting 1 June
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the country prepares for Level 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown, Trade and Industries Minister Ebrahim Patel announced that domestic workers would also be allowed to return to work on 1 June, subject to safety...
COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 577, Infections Jump to 27,403
Faizel Patel -29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 27,403. This is an increase of 1,466 from Wednesday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...
The Country Needs To Make The Best Decisions Based On Science – Dr Glenda Gray
Naseerah Nanabhai 28-05-2020 Last Sunday South Africa recorded its biggest jump in new COVID-19 cases at 1,160. Fears remain as our knowledge is limited to how the pandemic will continue to spread throughout the continent. Professor Glenda Gray, a member of the...
[LISTEN] COVID-19 Dividing “Rainbow Nation” Not Uniting All
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) says the COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed South Africa’s underlying issues of race, class and extreme levels of poverty. The IJR’s Stan Henkeman was speaking...
Domestic Workers Allowed to Return to Work Under Level 3 Lockdown Starting 1 June
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the country prepares for Level 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown, Trade and Industries Minister Ebrahim Patel announced that domestic workers would also be allowed to return to work on 1 June, subject to safety...
COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 577, Infections Jump to 27,403
Faizel Patel -29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 27,403. This is an increase of 1,466 from Wednesday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...
The Country Needs To Make The Best Decisions Based On Science – Dr Glenda Gray
Naseerah Nanabhai 28-05-2020 Last Sunday South Africa recorded its biggest jump in new COVID-19 cases at 1,160. Fears remain as our knowledge is limited to how the pandemic will continue to spread throughout the continent. Professor Glenda Gray, a member of the...
[LISTEN] COVID-19 Dividing “Rainbow Nation” Not Uniting All
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) says the COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed South Africa’s underlying issues of race, class and extreme levels of poverty. The IJR’s Stan Henkeman was speaking...
Domestic Workers Allowed to Return to Work Under Level 3 Lockdown Starting 1 June
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the country prepares for Level 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown, Trade and Industries Minister Ebrahim Patel announced that domestic workers would also be allowed to return to work on 1 June, subject to safety...
COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 577, Infections Jump to 27,403
Faizel Patel -29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 27,403. This is an increase of 1,466 from Wednesday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...
The Country Needs To Make The Best Decisions Based On Science – Dr Glenda Gray
Naseerah Nanabhai 28-05-2020 Last Sunday South Africa recorded its biggest jump in new COVID-19 cases at 1,160. Fears remain as our knowledge is limited to how the pandemic will continue to spread throughout the continent. Professor Glenda Gray, a member of the...
[LISTEN] COVID-19 Dividing “Rainbow Nation” Not Uniting All
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) says the COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed South Africa’s underlying issues of race, class and extreme levels of poverty. The IJR’s Stan Henkeman was speaking...
Google Announces Plus Codes in Google Maps
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) While most people take having a fixed, physical address for granted, 2 billion people across the globe either don't have an address or have an address that is hard to locate. This makes it difficult for...
Domestic Workers Allowed to Return to Work Under Level 3 Lockdown Starting 1 June
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the country prepares for Level 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown, Trade and Industries Minister Ebrahim Patel announced that domestic workers would also be allowed to return to work on 1 June, subject to safety...
COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 577, Infections Jump to 27,403
Faizel Patel -29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 27,403. This is an increase of 1,466 from Wednesday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...
Tanzanian Official Calls to Celebrate ‘End of Coronavirus’
In a highly provocative move, senior Tanzanian politician, Paul Makonda, announced to his fellow citizens, ‘Coronavirus has ended.’ Makonda is regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam. Makonda called on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. He is said to ...
Twelve ‘Terror’ Suspects ‘Found Dead in Cells’
Twelve people have been found dead in their cells in Burkina Faso. All had been detained on alleged ‘terror’ charges. 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday. The prosecutor for the town of Fada N'Gourma said, "……..unfortunately, 12 of them have died during...
Overly Stringent Nigerian Governor Orders Hotels Demolished for Breaching Lockdown Rules
Nigerian authorities in Rivers State have demolished two hotels over an alleged breach of the country’s coronavirus lockdown rules. State Governor Nyesom Wike, supervised the tearing down of Edemete Hotel and Prodest Home on Sunday. He claimed the operators had defied...
Botswana MP’s Under Supervision after Flouting Isolation
Botswana’s Director of Health Services Dr Malaki Tshipayagae, on Thursday placed all sixty-nine of the country’s lawmakers, including the country’s president and speaker, under compulsory quarantine. This followed a nurse on duty at Wednesday’s Parliament session...
Tanzanian Official Calls to Celebrate ‘End of Coronavirus’
In a highly provocative move, senior Tanzanian politician, Paul Makonda, announced to his fellow citizens, ‘Coronavirus has ended.’ Makonda is regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam. Makonda called on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. He is said to ...
Twelve ‘Terror’ Suspects ‘Found Dead in Cells’
Twelve people have been found dead in their cells in Burkina Faso. All had been detained on alleged ‘terror’ charges. 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday. The prosecutor for the town of Fada N'Gourma said, "……..unfortunately, 12 of them have died during...
Widespread Arson, Looting in Protests against George Floyd Murder
Violent protests erupted across South Minneapolis overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, following the death of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer. The police fired rubber bullets...
German Ikea Allows Car Park to be Used for Mass Eid Prayer
In Germany, an Ikea store near Frankfurt loan it’s car park to a local mosque for socially-distanced mass Eid prayers. On Sunday, around 800 Muslims prayed in the sizeable open-air space. Kadir Terzi, a mosque chairperson, said that to the Muslims the prayer felt like...
Muezzins to Recite Eid Takbeeraat from Saudi Mosques
In Saudi Arabia, muezzins will be allowed to pronounce the Eid takbeeraat over the loudspeaker systems in all mosques across the Kingdom. This will be done after the predawn or Fajr prayer, until the time of the Eid prayer without actually holding the prayer itself....
‘No visits for Eid, but you can call’ Signs on UAE Doors
In light of the swift spread of the coronavirus in the United Arab Emirates, authorities have warned against get-togethers this Eid al Fitr. In compliance, some families have put up 'No Visit on Eid' signs on their doors and gates. The celebration, which follows the...
Widespread Arson, Looting in Protests against George Floyd Murder
Violent protests erupted across South Minneapolis overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, following the death of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer. The police fired rubber bullets...
German Ikea Allows Car Park to be Used for Mass Eid Prayer
In Germany, an Ikea store near Frankfurt loan it’s car park to a local mosque for socially-distanced mass Eid prayers. On Sunday, around 800 Muslims prayed in the sizeable open-air space. Kadir Terzi, a mosque chairperson, said that to the Muslims the prayer felt like...
Widespread Arson, Looting in Protests against George Floyd Murder
Violent protests erupted across South Minneapolis overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, following the death of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer. The police fired rubber bullets...
German Ikea Allows Car Park to be Used for Mass Eid Prayer
In Germany, an Ikea store near Frankfurt loan it’s car park to a local mosque for socially-distanced mass Eid prayers. On Sunday, around 800 Muslims prayed in the sizeable open-air space. Kadir Terzi, a mosque chairperson, said that to the Muslims the prayer felt like...
[LISTEN] COVID-19 Dividing “Rainbow Nation” Not Uniting All
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) says the COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed South Africa’s underlying issues of race, class and extreme levels of poverty. The IJR’s Stan Henkeman was speaking...
Google Announces Plus Codes in Google Maps
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) While most people take having a fixed, physical address for granted, 2 billion people across the globe either don't have an address or have an address that is hard to locate. This makes it difficult for...
Domestic Workers Allowed to Return to Work Under Level 3 Lockdown Starting 1 June
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the country prepares for Level 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown, Trade and Industries Minister Ebrahim Patel announced that domestic workers would also be allowed to return to work on 1 June, subject to safety...
COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 577, Infections Jump to 27,403
Faizel Patel -29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 27,403. This is an increase of 1,466 from Wednesday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...
Tanzanian Official Calls to Celebrate ‘End of Coronavirus’
In a highly provocative move, senior Tanzanian politician, Paul Makonda, announced to his fellow citizens, ‘Coronavirus has ended.’ Makonda is regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam. Makonda called on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. He is said to ...
Twelve ‘Terror’ Suspects ‘Found Dead in Cells’
Twelve people have been found dead in their cells in Burkina Faso. All had been detained on alleged ‘terror’ charges. 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday. The prosecutor for the town of Fada N'Gourma said, "……..unfortunately, 12 of them have died during...
Overly Stringent Nigerian Governor Orders Hotels Demolished for Breaching Lockdown Rules
Nigerian authorities in Rivers State have demolished two hotels over an alleged breach of the country’s coronavirus lockdown rules. State Governor Nyesom Wike, supervised the tearing down of Edemete Hotel and Prodest Home on Sunday. He claimed the operators had defied...
Botswana MP’s Under Supervision after Flouting Isolation
Botswana’s Director of Health Services Dr Malaki Tshipayagae, on Thursday placed all sixty-nine of the country’s lawmakers, including the country’s president and speaker, under compulsory quarantine. This followed a nurse on duty at Wednesday’s Parliament session...
Tanzanian Official Calls to Celebrate ‘End of Coronavirus’
In a highly provocative move, senior Tanzanian politician, Paul Makonda, announced to his fellow citizens, ‘Coronavirus has ended.’ Makonda is regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam. Makonda called on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. He is said to ...
Twelve ‘Terror’ Suspects ‘Found Dead in Cells’
Twelve people have been found dead in their cells in Burkina Faso. All had been detained on alleged ‘terror’ charges. 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday. The prosecutor for the town of Fada N'Gourma said, "……..unfortunately, 12 of them have died during...
[LISTEN] COVID-19 Dividing “Rainbow Nation” Not Uniting All
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) says the COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed South Africa’s underlying issues of race, class and extreme levels of poverty. The IJR’s Stan Henkeman was speaking...
Google Announces Plus Codes in Google Maps
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) While most people take having a fixed, physical address for granted, 2 billion people across the globe either don't have an address or have an address that is hard to locate. This makes it difficult for...
Domestic Workers Allowed to Return to Work Under Level 3 Lockdown Starting 1 June
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the country prepares for Level 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown, Trade and Industries Minister Ebrahim Patel announced that domestic workers would also be allowed to return to work on 1 June, subject to safety...
COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 577, Infections Jump to 27,403
Faizel Patel -29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 27,403. This is an increase of 1,466 from Wednesday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...
Tanzanian Official Calls to Celebrate ‘End of Coronavirus’
In a highly provocative move, senior Tanzanian politician, Paul Makonda, announced to his fellow citizens, ‘Coronavirus has ended.’ Makonda is regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam. Makonda called on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. He is said to ...
Twelve ‘Terror’ Suspects ‘Found Dead in Cells’
Twelve people have been found dead in their cells in Burkina Faso. All had been detained on alleged ‘terror’ charges. 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday. The prosecutor for the town of Fada N'Gourma said, "……..unfortunately, 12 of them have died during...
Overly Stringent Nigerian Governor Orders Hotels Demolished for Breaching Lockdown Rules
Nigerian authorities in Rivers State have demolished two hotels over an alleged breach of the country’s coronavirus lockdown rules. State Governor Nyesom Wike, supervised the tearing down of Edemete Hotel and Prodest Home on Sunday. He claimed the operators had defied...
Botswana MP’s Under Supervision after Flouting Isolation
Botswana’s Director of Health Services Dr Malaki Tshipayagae, on Thursday placed all sixty-nine of the country’s lawmakers, including the country’s president and speaker, under compulsory quarantine. This followed a nurse on duty at Wednesday’s Parliament session...
Tanzanian Official Calls to Celebrate ‘End of Coronavirus’
In a highly provocative move, senior Tanzanian politician, Paul Makonda, announced to his fellow citizens, ‘Coronavirus has ended.’ Makonda is regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam. Makonda called on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. He is said to ...
Twelve ‘Terror’ Suspects ‘Found Dead in Cells’
Twelve people have been found dead in their cells in Burkina Faso. All had been detained on alleged ‘terror’ charges. 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday. The prosecutor for the town of Fada N'Gourma said, "……..unfortunately, 12 of them have died during...
OPINION
The Country Needs To Make The Best Decisions Based On Science – Dr Glenda Gray
Naseerah Nanabhai 28-05-2020 Last Sunday South Africa recorded its biggest jump in new COVID-19 cases at 1,160. Fears remain as our knowledge is limited to how the pandemic will continue to spread throughout the continent. Professor Glenda Gray, a member of the...
Lockdown Price Hikes: Have Retailers Increased Food Prices?
By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 26:05:2020 Recently I purchased my staple fresh produce, I have noticed that food items prices have increased compared to pre-lockdown. Initially, it was a small increase, so I took to social media to see what others had to say about staple...
Madagascar ‘Covid-Organics’ questioned
Madagascar’s president, Rajoelina claims that the island nation has found a cure for Covid-19. He launched the tonic last month, claiming it had cured several people and so far urged his fellow African heads of state to embrace the herbal remedy. This is despite...
Are you part of the “Acceptable Theft”?
In recent weeks since the lockdown, there has been much talk from different quarters regarding several issues ranging from conspiracy theories to corruption. At first, my natural curiosity drove me to follow some conversation threads which sometimes gave an...
[LISTEN] COVID-19 Dividing “Rainbow Nation” Not Uniting All
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) says the COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed South Africa’s underlying issues of race, class and extreme levels of poverty. The IJR’s Stan Henkeman was speaking...
Google Announces Plus Codes in Google Maps
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) While most people take having a fixed, physical address for granted, 2 billion people across the globe either don't have an address or have an address that is hard to locate. This makes it difficult for...
Domestic Workers Allowed to Return to Work Under Level 3 Lockdown Starting 1 June
Faizel Patel – 29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) As the country prepares for Level 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown, Trade and Industries Minister Ebrahim Patel announced that domestic workers would also be allowed to return to work on 1 June, subject to safety...
COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 577, Infections Jump to 27,403
Faizel Patel -29/05/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 27,403. This is an increase of 1,466 from Wednesday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...
Tanzanian Official Calls to Celebrate ‘End of Coronavirus’
In a highly provocative move, senior Tanzanian politician, Paul Makonda, announced to his fellow citizens, ‘Coronavirus has ended.’ Makonda is regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam. Makonda called on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. He is said to ...
Twelve ‘Terror’ Suspects ‘Found Dead in Cells’
Twelve people have been found dead in their cells in Burkina Faso. All had been detained on alleged ‘terror’ charges. 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday. The prosecutor for the town of Fada N'Gourma said, "……..unfortunately, 12 of them have died during...
Overly Stringent Nigerian Governor Orders Hotels Demolished for Breaching Lockdown Rules
Nigerian authorities in Rivers State have demolished two hotels over an alleged breach of the country’s coronavirus lockdown rules. State Governor Nyesom Wike, supervised the tearing down of Edemete Hotel and Prodest Home on Sunday. He claimed the operators had defied...
Botswana MP’s Under Supervision after Flouting Isolation
Botswana’s Director of Health Services Dr Malaki Tshipayagae, on Thursday placed all sixty-nine of the country’s lawmakers, including the country’s president and speaker, under compulsory quarantine. This followed a nurse on duty at Wednesday’s Parliament session...
Tanzanian Official Calls to Celebrate ‘End of Coronavirus’
In a highly provocative move, senior Tanzanian politician, Paul Makonda, announced to his fellow citizens, ‘Coronavirus has ended.’ Makonda is regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam. Makonda called on the public to celebrate in the streets on Sunday. He is said to ...
Twelve ‘Terror’ Suspects ‘Found Dead in Cells’
Twelve people have been found dead in their cells in Burkina Faso. All had been detained on alleged ‘terror’ charges. 25 people had been detained overnight on Monday. The prosecutor for the town of Fada N'Gourma said, "……..unfortunately, 12 of them have died during...
Widespread Arson, Looting in Protests against George Floyd Murder
Violent protests erupted across South Minneapolis overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, following the death of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer. The police fired rubber bullets...
German Ikea Allows Car Park to be Used for Mass Eid Prayer
In Germany, an Ikea store near Frankfurt loan it’s car park to a local mosque for socially-distanced mass Eid prayers. On Sunday, around 800 Muslims prayed in the sizeable open-air space. Kadir Terzi, a mosque chairperson, said that to the Muslims the prayer felt like...
Muezzins to Recite Eid Takbeeraat from Saudi Mosques
In Saudi Arabia, muezzins will be allowed to pronounce the Eid takbeeraat over the loudspeaker systems in all mosques across the Kingdom. This will be done after the predawn or Fajr prayer, until the time of the Eid prayer without actually holding the prayer itself....
‘No visits for Eid, but you can call’ Signs on UAE Doors
In light of the swift spread of the coronavirus in the United Arab Emirates, authorities have warned against get-togethers this Eid al Fitr. In compliance, some families have put up 'No Visit on Eid' signs on their doors and gates. The celebration, which follows the...
Widespread Arson, Looting in Protests against George Floyd Murder
Violent protests erupted across South Minneapolis overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, following the death of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer. The police fired rubber bullets...
German Ikea Allows Car Park to be Used for Mass Eid Prayer
In Germany, an Ikea store near Frankfurt loan it’s car park to a local mosque for socially-distanced mass Eid prayers. On Sunday, around 800 Muslims prayed in the sizeable open-air space. Kadir Terzi, a mosque chairperson, said that to the Muslims the prayer felt like...
Widespread Arson, Looting in Protests against George Floyd Murder
Violent protests erupted across South Minneapolis overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, following the death of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer. The police fired rubber bullets...
German Ikea Allows Car Park to be Used for Mass Eid Prayer
In Germany, an Ikea store near Frankfurt loan it’s car park to a local mosque for socially-distanced mass Eid prayers. On Sunday, around 800 Muslims prayed in the sizeable open-air space. Kadir Terzi, a mosque chairperson, said that to the Muslims the prayer felt like...
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