Mandela – Meer Liberation Saga comes to an end

The year 2018, marks the 60th anniversary when Professor Fatima Meer and Nomzama Winnie Madikezela met for the first time at the Railway Station, Durban. The Meers had received a telegram from Nelson Mandela while he was on the run, asking them to meet and take care of Miss Madikezela until he visited Durban. “The Read more about Mandela – Meer Liberation Saga comes to an end[…]

GOOD FRIDAY KHUTBA – The Quest for Human Salvation Ebrahim Rasool – Claremont, 30 March 2018

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Allah tells us in the Holy Quran: “Those who believe (in the Quran), and those who follow the Jewish Scripture, and the Christians and the Sabians; those who believe in God and the last day and who do righteous deeds, shall have their reward with their Read more about GOOD FRIDAY KHUTBA – The Quest for Human Salvation Ebrahim Rasool – Claremont, 30 March 2018[…]

Bhai Dhai still walks tall at Orient and in many hearts

  There has been an unprecedented wave of grief, public mourning and tributes continue to pour in, two weeks after the sudden death of philanthropists, civil society activist and businessman, Mohammed Yacoob Dhai in Durban. From gentle mothers to hardened policemen turned up in numbers to express their grief and gratitude to a man whom Read more about Bhai Dhai still walks tall at Orient and in many hearts[…]

#GreatReturnMarch gets bloody on Good Friday

Good Friday 2018 was turned into Bloody Friday when Israeli snipers killed 16 and injured 1 500 protestors, according to a BDS press statement released this weekend. BDS South Africa, called on the government to immediately implement our ruling party’s congress declaration and resolution for the “immediate and unconditional downgrade of the SA embassy in Read more about #GreatReturnMarch gets bloody on Good Friday[…]

Oppression by Design – THE ARCHITECTURE OF OCCUPATION

The Israeli government has taken apartheid to a new level where every house in the various settlements is a “nest for spies” to monitor Palestinians throughout the day and night, according to a student activist. He is also a student of architecture, urbanism and political economy at the University of Texas Dallas. He further mentioned Read more about Oppression by Design – THE ARCHITECTURE OF OCCUPATION[…]

Liberty Equality Fraternity FRENCH STYLE – The case against Tariq Ramadan

The Islamic Forum has called on the French government to charge or release Muslim scholar, Tariq Ramadan who is being held in detention without trial in Paris. No charges have been put to him and he is being held in solitary confinement while the French judiciary investigates allegations of rape against him. Tariq Ramadan has Read more about Liberty Equality Fraternity FRENCH STYLE – The case against Tariq Ramadan[…]