Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read | 12 December 2025 This week’s ASRI Report highlighted pressing...
Opinion and Analysis Articles
Tracy Hanna: Supporting Mums With Hidden Kindness
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 27 November 2025 4-minute read Despite the pressures of public hospitals...
A Slice Of Life
Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za 06 November 2025 3-minute read Shaatirah Baboo Hassim is an attorney deeply...
ASRI Report: A Tumultuous Week for South Africa – Diplomacy, Corruption, and Coalition Tensions Under Scrutiny
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read | 04 October 2025 | 14:28 CAT As South Africa grapples with mounting diplomatic and domestic challenges, the week’s events have cast a revealing light on the country’s governance fragility and its shifting place in...
The Debrief Report
29 September 2025 | 12:00 CAT 2-minute read United Nations’ Viability Questioned Amid Global Crises; Calls for New Multilateralism Eighty years after its founding, the United Nations is facing a crisis of credibility so deep that some observers now ask whether the...
ASRI Report | Helen Zille, the Mask of Efficiency, and the Cost of Denial
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 26 September 2025 | 14:53 CAT In this week’s Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute’s (ASRI Report), Senior Research Associate at ASRI and Political Analyst Dr Imraan Baccus weighed in on Helen Zille’s...
Malema’s Millions? Money, Power and Patronage Unmasks Politics for Profit
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 15 September 2025 | 11:21 CAT A new book set to hit shelves, Malema, Money, Power and Patronage, is reigniting questions around the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his financial dealings....
ASRI Report | Political Splintering, Gang Violence, and Walmart’s Entry into South Africa
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 13 September 2025 | 11:00 CAT South Africa’s political, social, and economic landscape is entering a turbulent phase marked by new splinter parties, rising crime, and shifting business dynamics. Speaking to Radio...
Israel’s Policy of Withholding Palestinian Bodies Is a Crime Against Memory
Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 28 August 2025 | 07:15 2-minute read On the National Day for the Retrieval of Martyrs’ Bodies, Palestinians confront one of the most haunting dimensions of the occupation: their loved ones are not only killed, but their remains...
When the law calls for a body’s return – What families need to know
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 15 August 2025 | 12:30 CAT 2 min read The sudden recall of a body for a post-mortem after it has been released for burial is a deeply distressing experience. It raises important questions about the legal framework and how Muslim...
Empty Stomachs on a Full Earth
Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 8 August 2025 | 16:30 CAT 2 min read “And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive, [saying], ‘We feed you only for the countenance of Allah.’” — Qur’an 76:8-9 I grew up in a home where the...
ASRI Report: The West’s Grip on Narrative Weakens as South Africa Emerges a Defiant Voice
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 01 August 2025 | 15:39 CAT South Africa is increasingly challenging the dominance of Western narratives, especially in the wake of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, which resumed on 18 March 2025. With over 1,000...
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