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Islamic Relief business profile

Humanitarian NGO Islamic Relief South Africa (IRSA) has embarked on its annual Back to School project, where they will kit orphaned and vulnerable children with school uniforms, school shoes and stationery for the new school year. As parents we all know the huge financial burden of school essentials. Islamic Relief’s…

25 Nov 2014 10AM 6 min

Ferguson in flames

Violent protests have erupted across the US following a court decision not to charge a police officer over the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Gunshots rang out and police lobbed tear gas at an angry crowd in suburban St Louis after the grand jury decision was announced late…

25 Nov 2014 10AM 19 min

16 Days of Activism: analysis

With the launch of the annual 16 days of activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign, government is giving us the usual rhetoric on gender violence. But can we take this campaign seriously when the department of women, children and people with disabilities is in a shambles? Mail…

25 Nov 2014 9AM 6 min

Right2Know Campaign and SAHA challenges national key points

Two South African organisations are arguing that there is an overwhelming public interest in knowing which places are national key points, as the National Key Points Act is being abused. Yesterday the Right2Know Campaign and the South African History Archive (SAHA) asked the South Gauteng High Court today court to…

25 Nov 2014 9AM 10 min

Hostages freed from Yemen

Yemeni security forces have reportedly freed seven Yemeni hostages and a foreigner in a raid in which seven al-Qaeda kidnappers were also killed. The country's supreme security committee did not disclose the nationality of the foreign hostage, but there are questions as to whether this could be South African hostage…

25 Nov 2014 9AM 3 min

Woolies boycott update

The South Gauteng High Court has ordered that Woolworths and BDS South Africa meet face to face on or before the 10th of December 2014 in an attempt to settle the dispute over the boycott campaign. Andriques Che Petersen chatted to BDS South Africa’s Muhammad Desai for the latest

25 Nov 2014 9AM 3 min

Tunisia elections

Tunisians voted yesterday to pick their first directly elected president, with the two major parties expecting a run-off. This could be the final step in the North African state's transition to full democracy following a 2011 revolution that ousted long-time ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Official results are yet to…

24 Nov 2014 10AM 17 min

Okuhle Media wins Entrepreneurship Recognition Awards

Okuhle Media was announced as one of the winners in the Western Cape Premiers Entrepreneurship Recognition Awards. Okuhle Media is a women-owned TV production and Media Company. CEO Paula Brown joins us now

24 Nov 2014 9AM 6 min

SA recruits to Iraq and Syria

There’s much discussion around yesterday’s Sunday Independent report which claims that the Islamic State is active in South Africa and has been recruiting citizens to fight in Iraq and Syria. The article reports that three South Africans have thusfar died fighting for ISIS. At the moment, it seems our state…

24 Nov 2014 9AM 11 min

NC4P holds media briefing on Woolies boycott

Local Palestine solidarity groups are upping the ante in their Boycott Woolwoths campaign, ahead of the company’s AGM on Wednesday. The National Coalition 4 Palestine (NC4P) addressed media at a press briefing today. Ra’eesah Isaacs joins us now for more on this…. 

24 Nov 2014 9AM 5 min

Mads Gilbert

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

20 Nov 2014 9AM 4 min

Ramaphosa's deal with MPs in tatters

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

20 Nov 2014 9AM 6 min

India and Israel arms deal

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

19 Nov 2014 5PM 8 min

The Shariah Landscape

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

19 Nov 2014 5PM 14 min

Free Wi-Fi for CT

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

19 Nov 2014 5PM 4 min

MPs make peace

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has brokered a political process to end weeks of acrimony in Parliament, which culminated with riot police storming the House. But the solutions will unfold only next year because the committee set up to work on the peace gets working next week, after Parliament has risen

19 Nov 2014 9AM 8 min

Dewani trial: State closes case

At the Shrien Dewani trial, the question soon facing the court will be whether the prosecution has done enough to convince it that Dewani may have plotted to kill his wife. The State closed it case on Monday and today, Dewani's attorney  filed heads of argument to Judge Jeanette Traverso which include…

19 Nov 2014 9AM 6 min

Whats Trending with Zahrah

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

18 Nov 2014 10AM 6 min

East Jerusalem under 'collective punishment'

After months of unrest, municipal officials in Jerusalem have begun a widespread crackdown on the Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, enforcing the finest points of the law in what rights groups have dubbed an act of "collective punishment". These are the words of Greg Carlstrom, an AJ journalist who is…

18 Nov 2014 10AM 14 min

Imam Rashied Omar Steps Down as WCRLF Chairperson

In terms of the The Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum constitution, its Chairperson and deputy-Chairperson should serve for a period of two years, and the Chairperson should rotate every two years among the various faith communities that are represented. Imam Rashied, who had been serving as WCRLF chair since 20 June 2012, completed his two year term and consequently stepped down.  He joins us online…

18 Nov 2014 9AM 7 min