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Inside the hidden crisis of gender-based violence in Muslim homes

Gender-based violence exists within some Muslim households, but community leaders and support organisations say the true scale of the problem may never be known...

Women’s Day has failed South African women: Consider what Islam has to offer

As South Africa prepares to commemorate National Women’s Day, it is important to recognise why the occasion represents a crucial turning point in the...

Nigerian man dies during Cape Town police arrest as post-mortem reveals multiple injuries

South African authorities are investigating the death of a 42-year-old Nigerian man who collapsed while being arrested by police in Cape Town. Preliminary post-mortem findings...

When voting stops being a concession and becomes a creed

There was a time when Muslim organisations approached participation in secular democratic politics with caution. Voting was not presented as something inherently virtuous. Those...

Muslim-owned businesses consider ‘restraining orders’ after government raids

Several Muslim-owned businesses are considering legal action, including seeking interdicts, following a series of government-led raids in recent weeks targeting workplaces suspected of employing...

South Africa: A melting pot that has not melted

The middle class is not one thing. It is not a single, neat bloc that thinks, votes or acts in the same way. It...

Musina businesses suffer as anti-migrant tensions hit cross-border trade

Businesses in the Limpopo border town of Musina are experiencing a sharp decline in trade, with some reducing operations or closing altogether as anti-migrant...

Nigerian community demands answers over Chika Ibe’s death during SAPS operation in Cape Town

The Nigerian community in South Africa is demanding answers following the death of Nigerian national Chika Ibe during a South African Police Service (SAPS)...

ISS: Migrants contribute more to South Africa’s economy than widely believed

As South Africa intensifies immigration enforcement operations and considers tougher restrictions on foreign workers, a leading migration researcher has urged policymakers to base migration...

Second Bangladeshi businessman kidnapped within a week in Johannesburg

The kidnapping of a Bangladeshi businessman in Johannesburg has heightened fears within South Africa’s Bangladeshi community after it emerged that he is the second...

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