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AZAAN INTEGRAL IN ISLAM Judge dismisses mosque’s appeal CHANELLE LUTCHMAN chanelle.lutchman@inl.co.za JUDGE Sidwell Mngadi has rejected an application to appeal his judgment on the Muslim call to prayer, or Azaan. The judgment was delivered in the Durban High Court on March 26 although the written judgment has yet to be released. The matter began early last year when Chandra Giri Ellaurie brought a court application against the Madrasah Taleemuddeen Islamic Institute. Ellaurie, an electrical engineer who has worked in the US and Canada, lives in Isipingo, about 20m from the madrasah. He said the Azaan infringed on his right to dignity and the madrasah’s call to prayer should not be heard beyond the boundaries of the madrasah. The madrasah opposed the application. It described Ellaurie as having a personal antipathy…
Son kills dad He allegedly stabbed his father in the chest and back CHARLENE SOMDUTH charlene.somduth@inl.co.za Supplied DEENAN Ryan and his son Shamith shared a close relationship. But on April 10, while drinking alcohol together at their home in Tarkastad, in the Eastern Cape, they allegedly began arguing. Minutes later, one of them was dead. Ryan, 57, a businessman, had allegedly tried to punch Shamith, 29, who is unemployed. In retaliation, Shamith allegedly stabbed his father twice in the chest and eight times in the back. Shamith handed himself over to the Tarkastad police station that night. He was arrested and charged with murder. When police arrived at the home, Ryan’s body was found in the passageway near his bedroom door. He had succumbed to his injuries. Shamith appeared in…
TEEN AND FRIENDS FOUND DEAD IN LAMONTVILLE Mom’s heartbreak as daughter is shot CHARLENE SOMDUTH charlene.somduth@inl.co.za NAVISHKA Roopnarain planned to complete matric and train to become a nurse. The 17-year-old, of Demat, near Mariannhill, wanted a better life for herself and her mother, Lavi Roopnarain, who recently lost her job as a caregiver. But on Saturday night, Navishka, a matric pupil at Asoka Secondary School in Chatsworth, was found dead in a bush in Lamontville. She sustained a gunshot wound to her head. Two of her friends, Siphelele Dimba, 35, and Lungisani Lucky Xhoza, 41, were found dead in the car. Another man, 25, who was also a friend, survived the shooting. He is recovering in hospital. Captain Nqobile Gwala, a provincial police spokesperson, said one of the men was…
CROPS DAMAGED BY HEAVY RAIN Tomatoes too expensive to make chutneys NOKUTHULA MABUzA nokuthula.mabuza@inl.co.za THIERRY GOUEGNON Reuters SOUTH African market traders, street vendors and farmers have raised concerns over the swift increase in the price of tomatoes. The sudden increase is reportedly linked to the shortage of good quality tomatoes in the country, following heavy rainfall in January and February that damaged most tomato crops. Due to the shortage, the price of tomatoes has increased from about R10 per kilogram in December 2020, to around R39.99 per kilogram in April. Verushka Memdutt, an activist supporting the cause of fresh produce street vendors in KwaZulu-Natal for almost 30 years, said: “The increase has affected the sales and profits of vendors, and customers are complaining that the price is too high. But…
STOCK LIMITED Helios oil shortages expected NOKUTHULA MABUzA nokuthula.mabuza@inl.co.za UNITY Food Products, which manufactures Helios oil, has said that there would be a shortage of the product. According to an advertisement (see Page 5), Unity Food Products said the stock was limited. Farouk Vawda, the general manager, said the shortage was due to a delay in crude sunflower oil imported to South Africa. He said they had alerted their customers about the delay. “We work closely with customers, buyers and stores. We have informed them about the shortage. However, the product will be available soon.” Saanite Pandaram, a buyer at Take n Pay, a grocery store in Chatsworth, said they became aware of the shortage about a month ago via their sales representative. “Helios oil is one of our top…
PMB YOUNGSTER DESCRIBES EVACUATION EXPERIENCE Student tells of UCT fire terror LATOYA NEWMAN latoya.newman@inl.co.za University of Cape Town Libraries /Facebook. TA’RIQ Mohabir, of Pietermaritzburg, had just settled in at a student residence at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Wednesday when, within just four days, a wildfire ripped through the area. “We were in our residence when we saw thick clouds of smoke to the point that we felt we could not breathe. It was so hot. It felt like heaters were on in our rooms. Outside was just as hot,” said Mohabir. The wildfire started on Sunday morning at Rhodes Memorial. It later spread to UCT, then towards the Devil’s Peak Estate/Vredehoek area of the Cape Town City Bowl. Mohabir, 19, a first-year student, is studying business science…
