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South Africa
COVID-19 Infections Hit More Than 10,000 On Day 100 of Lockdown – Deaths Jump to 3,026
Faizel Patel – 04/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Department has announced that the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 187,977. This is an increase of 10,853 from Friday’s announcement. The number of deaths has also...
DA Calls for Clarity on Advanced Level 3 Tourism Regulations
The Democratic Alliance has called on Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane to shed light onthe "badly written" regulations on business and leisure travel accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic. IOL reports that DA shadow minister of tourism Manny De...
Africa
Egypt Receives International Tourists Amidst Pandemic
Egypt has received more than 800 visitors on the third day of it having resumed of international flights. Passengers arrived at Cairo International Airport from France, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Lebanon on Thursday night. Egypt Today reports that Tourism...
Addis Ababa Calms Down, but Internet Block Still in Place
Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, had this week witnessed deadly protests, bomb blasts and the army being deployed to curb the increasingly violent protests. The chaos followed the murder of popular Oromo entertainer, Hachalu Hundessa, earlier this week. An...
World
Nine Tower Blocks under Hard Lockdown in Melbourne
Residents of nine apartment blocks in Melbourne, Australia have come under strict lockdown because of an outbreak of coronavirus. The roughly 3,000 residents of the apartment blocks have been instructed not to leave their homes under any circumstances for at least...
US Leaves it’s Diplomats in Saudi Arabia Open to Coronavirus
The New York Times reports that the US State Department and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, John P Abizaid, had failed to take the measures required to protect diplomats and staff at the embassy in the Kingdom from the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of employees at the...
Ummah
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[LISTEN] Kashmiri Activist Languishing in Indian Jail During COVID-19 Pandemic
Faizel Patel – 02/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) A Kashmiri journalist based in Turkey whose father is languishing in the Tihar jail in India's capital New Delhi says she fears for his life. Ruwa Shah was speaking to Radio Islam on Thursday about the...
Saudis Move into the ‘New Normal’
Ten days after coronavirus lockdown restrictions were lifted, Saudis are their enjoying their reintroduction to freedom. Arab News reports it is now business as usual in the Kingdom. Sociologist Musaab Al-Abdullah said that in recent weeks it has become clear that...
Community
Fake Check: Reassuring Whatsapp Voice Note from Nurse
There has been an avalanche of fake news hitting social media platforms since the coronavirus began. Recently one such ‘must listen’, purportedly by a nurse, appeared on WhatsApp. Many people on my Whatsapp groups expressed relief after listening to her considerably...
Game in Trade Route Mall Lenasia Closed for Sanitizing and Deep Cleaning
Faizel Patel – 02/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Game at the Trade Route Mall in Lenasia has temporarily closed the store for sanitizing and deep cleaning A notice on the on the door on Thursday states the store will be closed until further notice....
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OPINION
Political
Africa’s Forgotten Refugees
Catherine Constantinides and Vitalio Angula World Refugee Day falls each year on June 20th and is dedicated to refugees around the globe. World Refugee Day was held globally for the first time on June 20, 2001, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the...
The Gig Worker Evicted and Left to Perish from Coronavirus
This is the story of a guy called Rajesh. Rajesh was also, like the rest of the world, sheltering in place due to the coronavirus outbreak, only, unlike most of us, who were locked down at home, Rajesh was stuck in the UK. I know there are many people all over the...
Social
Ode to Corona
Faheema Ayob - Radio Islam Listener Ode to Corona You have brought the whole world to its knees🌍 Humankind have lost their sense of peace Sent down by a power even greater then you To teach us a lesson or two We realise upon reflection, 🤔 That Our existence...
“I Was Tested Positive For COVID-19” – Heartfelt Story By A Muslim Sister
Assalamu alaykum and hi to all. I recently tested positive with covid 19, doing much better now. Alhamdulillah I want to share my story with you all. Im the most paranoid mom and i was always careful even before covid 19 came into our country, I'm the germs...
Religious
Poetry: A Form of Expression
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Ml Sulaiman Moola Encourages Muslim Women to Don Niqab Instead of Masks During COVID-19 to Earn Double Reward
As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing the face mask has become compulsory in many countries including South Africa to stop the spread of the virus. Men, women and even children don the new apparel to stay protected against infection from Coronavirus....
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Current Affairs
Malema Briefs Media On His “Links” To VBS
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South Africa’s First Clinical Trial For A Vaccine Against Covid-19 Launched
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Religious
Book Review Islamic Ethics for Academics by Ml Muhammad Ibn Ml Haroon Abasoomar
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The Benefits of Juicing – Bibi Ayesha Vawda
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Other
Tech Talk with Faizel Patel – 28 June 2020
Faizel Patel – 28/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) (Instagram: @faizelpatel143) (You Tube: Faizel Patel) On this week's show, Faizel chats about Vodacom & Microsoft partner top deliver digital education platform for SA learners; MTN agrees to drop data...
The Big Picture with A B Dawjee
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Theme Discussions
Dua/Asking Allah for forgiveness, Avoiding Sins
Sources of Barakah 9. Dua/Asking Allah for forgiveness We should make Dua and ask Allah for Barakah. The baby who cries will get the milk, similarly, the one who asks will receive. If we take note of some of the Duas of Nabi S.A.W. we’ll notice that he used to make...
Tying your ties of kinship , Waking up early
Tying your ties of kinship We learn in a Hadith that maintaining family ties is a means of bringing Barakah in our wealth and in our lives. This does not mean that we have to constantly invite people and keep on phoning them every day. But just having a good...
Tafseer
DAILY TAFSEER: SURAH YUSUF – PART 4
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