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ITEM 1
A public meeting held on 4 November 2018 at the North beach front at 9:00am-12:00pm and 4:00pm-8:00pm outside copper chimney
The meeting gave a report to the community members in taking an interest on Radio Al-Ansaar’s newly introduced programmes and current programmes
ITEM 2
The meeting started promptly at 9:00am with a show called simply gardening with yacoob chohan and rajen raj Kumar followed by another show presented by sameera kader both shows where broadcasted live on Radio Alansaar 90.4 FM-105.6 FM
Part two of session 1 commenced with a prayer and shortly after everyone in attendance requested to sign an attendance register and fill in surveys
ITEM 3
Bibi Amina Phili heading Radio Al-Ansaar’s (Durban) Radio projects & survey department took the platform by welcoming every one present .A special thank you also extended to all
ITEM 4
Ms Bibi Amina Phili and Mrs Zuha shehzad presented to community members all of Radio Al-Ansaar’s broadcasting programmes and spoke briefly of the new shows that where introduced
ITEM 5
Ms Bibi Amina Phili further spoke briefly about the outlook of radio Al-Ansaar and What Radio Alansaar wants to achieve by making these changes.
ITEM 6
She further encouraged members of the public to fill in surveys that where situated on a table that was set in a public space with Alansaar al ummah magazines ,also calling them to have a discussion if there need be any queries about Radio Al-Ansaar or its programmes
She spoke about the ways of interaction and how the public can interact with Alansaar if there are any queries about programmes
The first session part 2 ended with a question and answer sessiion and the members that asked questions got a small gift courtesy of radio Alansaar bookshop
ITEM 7
The second session which started at 4:00pm commenced with live shows that took place inside the Al-Ansaar crafter (mobile studio) the show: kick off with buddy governdor there after The session was followed by another live show called sanaee Muhammed which was a Mehfil e naath both these session where broadcasted live on Radio Al-Ansaar 90.4 FM and on Pietermaritzburg 105.6 FM
After the dialogue session the meeting ended with light meal courtesy of the copper chimney restaurant
The Radio Al-Ansaar management will study the surveys.
Radio Al-Ansaar
90.4 FM Durban
105.6 FM Pietermaritzburg
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Attendees
Fatima Dawjee
Bibi Amina Phili/Shabir badsha
Ipci staff/R.A.U.F/M.A motala students
Speakers-Yusuf Islam & john McClatchy
Faraaz bux
Members of the public
PUBLIC MEETING
ITEM 1
A public meeting held on 20 October 2018 at the Al-Ansaar conference centre at 7 pm Situated 207 West Road Overport Durban. The meeting gave a report to the community members in taking an interest on Radio Al-Ansaars interfaith programmes
ITEM 2
The meeting also hosted IPCI Durban members and their invited attendees on their interfaith dialogue with Yusuf Islam and john McClatchy that broadcasted live on radio al-ansaar at the same time
ITEM 3
The meeting commenced with a prayer and shortly after everyone in attendance requested to sign an attendance register
ITEM 4
Bibi Amina Phili heading Radio Al-Ansaars (Durban) Radio projects & survey department took the platform by welcoming every one present .A special thank you also extended to all non-Muslim attendees that were present to take part with IPCI dialogue session
ITEM 5
Ms Bibi Amina Phili PRESENTED TO community members all of Radio Al-Ansaars broadcasting shows and programmes related to interfaith/comparative religion
They include the following:
African insight: Zulu addition on a Saturday morning between 6am to 8:30am
African insight: Chichewa addition on a Sunday between 6am to 9am
Usikho-lwe-islam: Every Mondays from 12 to 12:45pm-presented by brother sfiso duma and co-hosted by munira khwela this particular show is repeated as ubhaqa the light Mondays to Fridays 1am-2am presented by munira
Surveys concluded previously that the repeated time slot was to attract people doing night shifts (security guards, nurses)
Dawah dynamics: every Saturdays between 8pm to 10pm hosted by sfiso duma
She also added that all the above shows and programmes where intended to build bridges with various faiths groups
She further encouraged members that attended the discussion to fill in surveys that where situated at the back of the hall by that also calling them to have a discussion if there need be any queries about Radio Al-ansaar or its programmes
IPCI team there after took over the session with their educational dialogue. The session where broadcasted live on Radio Al-Ansaar 90.4 FM and on Pietermaritzburg 105.6 FM
After the dialogue session the meeting ended with light refreshments
The Radio Al-Ansaar management to study the surveys.
Radio Al-Ansaar
90.4 FM Durban
105.6 FM Pietermaritzburg
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PRETORIA – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s planned trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been postponed due to ill health.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Presidency announced that the president was due to travel to Kinshasa on Monday, but was advised by doctors to recover from an upper respiratory tract infection before undertaking prolonged travel.
“The President is receiving medical attention and making a good recovery.
“President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will at a future stage ratify the agreements reached between the two countries at the 11th Session of the Bi-National Commission currently underway in Kinshasa.
The Presidency says the South African government has been in communication with the government of the DRC regarding this change in Ramaphosa’s schedule and has expressed its appreciation for the DRC’s hosting of the official and ministerial deliberations that have taken place in Kinshasa in preparation for the participation of the two heads of government in the Bi-National Commission.
The two presidents will at a future occasion ratify the outcomes of the Bi-National Commission.
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Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s and later went on to become an investor, philanthropist and sports owner, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer at age 65.
“My brother was a remarkable individual on every level. While most knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he was a much loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend,” Allen’s sister Jody said in a statement announcing his death.
In recent years, Allen was known as the owner of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, and part owner of the Major League Soccer team the Seattle Sounders, along with a variety of business and charitable ventures.
One of the world’s wealthiest billionaires, Allen also founded Stratolaunch Systems, which built the world’s largest plane designed as a colossal rocket-launching aircraft touted as the future of space travel.
The craft was on track for its first launch demonstration as early at 2019.
Allen died just two weeks after publicly revealing that non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma he fought into remission nine years ago had returned. The incurable cancer affects white blood cells.
He never married and had no children.
He was a high school classmate of Gates in Seattle, and later, while working as a computer programmer, persuaded his friend to drop out of Harvard to create Microsoft, which became the world’s most valuable company in the 1990s.
Allen had left Microsoft by 1983 for health reasons but held on to shares which made up the bulk of his fortune, estimated at some $20 billion.
“All of us who had the honour of working with Paul feel inexpressible loss today,” says a statement by Vulcan, the investment firm that managed his operations.
“He possessed a remarkable intellect and a passion to solve some of the world’s most difficult problems, with the conviction that creative thinking and new approaches could make profound and lasting impact.”
Microsoft says Allen’s “contributions to our company, our industry and to our community are indispensable.”
“As co-founder of Microsoft, in his own quiet and persistent way, he created magical products, experiences and institutions. And in doing so, he changed the world,” adds the company’s CEO Satya Nadella.
While Gates attended Harvard, Allen studied at the University of Washington and invested heavily in research projects in his hometown of Seattle.
He invested $100 million to found the Allen Institute for Brain Science in 2003.
A decade later, he founded the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence to study the impacts on society of new technologies and the Allen Institute for Cell Science to fund research for treatment of diseases.
In the world of sports, Allen in 1988 bought the Trail Blazers, taking the team to the NBA finals twice.
He was also credited with putting Seattle on the map for the NFL.
“Paul Allen was the driving force behind keeping the NFL in the Pacific Northwest,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.
“His vision led to the construction of CenturyLink Field and the building of a team that played in three Super Bowls, winning the championship in Super Bowl XLVIII. ”
His personal charitable foundation gave to a diverse array of causes including anti-poaching initiatives in Africa, climate and energy research, and projects on homelessness, as well as the arts and culture.
In his 2011 memoir “Idea Man,” Allen described a somewhat stormy relationship with Gates in the early days of Microsoft.
Allen wrote that he had expected a 50-50 split in the new company, but Gates insisted on taking 60 percent, and later raised it to 64 percent, claiming that Gates schemed to “rip me off.”
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The Automobile Association (AA) of South Africa has warned that further substantial fuel price hikes are looming for the end of October.
The AA’s warning is based on the unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund.
International oil prices remain stubbornly high.
It is possible that current tensions involving Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, could place more pressure on fuel prices.
However, the welcome news is that the Rand is working in South African’s favour, and the recent firming of our currency against the US dollar has taken some of the bite out of oil’s rally.
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