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Fakir Hassen

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Let's resist forces of division, hatred: Mahatma's granddaughter
Rediff.com8 Apr 2024

Her remarks came as she responded to social media posts which claimed that the Gandhi...

Consensus remains elusive on common BRICS currency
Rediff.com23 Aug 2023

Consensus remained elusive on a common BRICS currency as business leaders from the...

Cobra under his seat, South African pilot makes emergency landing
Rediff.com6 Apr 2023

South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus has been lauded by flight experts for a safe...

First batch of 12 cheetahs from South Africa likely to reach India in Oct
Rediff.com10 Sep 2022

A team of wildlife experts from South Africa returned to their country on Friday from...

15 killed, 2 critical in mass shooting at pub in Johannesburg
Rediff.com10 Jul 2022

The police are investigating claims that a group of men arrived at the pub in a taxi...

South Africa's Gupta brothers arrested in Dubai
Rediff.com7 Jun 2022

The Gupta brothers are accused in South Africa of using their relationship with former...

Guptas used former Prez Zuma against people of S Africa: Probe panel
Rediff.com1 May 2022

The report said Zuma 'would do anything that the Guptas wanted him to do for them,'...

Indian students among victims of racism in war-torn Ukraine: Mandela Foundation
Rediff.com6 Mar 2022

Some complained of being beaten up as they tried to join the fleeing crowds, purely...

Overnight curfew lifted, officials say Omicron wave may have peaked in SA
Rediff.com31 Dec 2021

South Africa has lifted overnight curfew rules that were first imposed nearly two years...

South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu dies at 90
Rediff.com26 Dec 2021

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon who won the Nobel Peace...

Omicron impact less severe than previous Covid variants: Study
Rediff.com23 Dec 2021

The percentage of patients with serious infections had halved from previous admissions.

South African Prez contracts Covid amid Omicron spread
Rediff.com13 Dec 2021

President Ramaphosa contracted COVID-19 infection on a day when the country recorded a...

Omicron surge: South Africa approves Pfizer's booster shot
Rediff.com9 Dec 2021

The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) on Wednesday approved the use of...

Concern over Covid in kids under 5 as S Africa's daily cases shoot up
Rediff.com4 Dec 2021

South African experts have expressed concern about the rising number of COVID-19...

Omicron: Concerns mount as South African Covid rate doubles
Rediff.com2 Dec 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last Sunday that there would be no change to the...

Omicron scare: South Africa calls for immediate end to travel ban
Rediff.com29 Nov 2021

South Africa will remain on the lowest 'level 1' of its five-level lockdown strategy to...

Omicron variant: South Africa decries travel ban by several countries
Rediff.com28 Nov 2021

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in a statement urged...

Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandaughter jailed for 7 years in a fraud case
Rediff.com9 Jun 2021

Lata Ramgobin, who is the daughter of noted rights activists Ela Gandhi and late Mewa...

Mahatma's great grandson dies of COVID-19
Rediff.com23 Nov 2020

'My beloved brother has passed on after a month of illness with pneumonia, a superbug...

SA cleric who attended Nizamuddin congregation dies of COVID-19
Rediff.com5 Apr 2020

Moulana Yusuf Tootla, 80, attended the March 1-15 Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the...