The law clinic at Stellenbosch University is pursuing an unprecedented class-action lawsuit against a dozen websites that it claims conned thousands of South Africans into signing up for unnecessary legal services.

According to the law clinic, thousands of South Africans fell prey to a scam performed by the sites between 2015 and 2019, which deceived people into buying unwanted legal services and then utilised a linked debt collection agency to badger them into paying up.

After receiving hundreds of complaints from users who claimed they had been duped by sites claiming to offer online loans, the clinic filed suit in September 2019.

The Law clinic's senior attorney and lecturer, Stephan van der Merwe, spoke to Radio Islam International and said that the case would be groundbreaking. He pointed out that there have only been two completed class lawsuits in the country to date, with none including consumer protection, which protects the public from

unfair company practices.

The second phase of the R20million Tourism Assistance Fund has begun accepting applications from KwaZulu-Natal's struggling tourism firms and operators.

The Tourism Relief program is part of the government's efforts to minimise the tourism sector's impact from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nhlanhla Khumalo spoke to Radio Islam International

“Big brother is watching” is a term we bandy about. Still, it is becoming a reality in South Africa as surveillance company VUMACAM gears up to connect its surveillance network to cameras in private estates and shopping centres. Although VUMACAM says it prioritises privacy, it has lied repeatedly to the public — and the high court — about its surveillance system's compliance with privacy regulations.

Heidi Swart, a journalist who reports on surveillance and data privacy, discussed the workings of VUMACAM and how it will affect South Africans.

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Israeli Occupation forces on Sunday killed 5 Palestinians in the towns of Beit Anan and Burqin, near Jenin and Jerusalem. Further, Tel Aviv is reportedly holding the bodies of 4 of the five killed, which it argues were planning imminent attacks, a fact which Palestinians have denied.

A one-day strike was declared in the city of Beit Anan in response, with Abu Mazan criticising the killings as a 'heinous crime.' However, the mother of Ahmad Zahran, who was killed in the latest instance, blamed the Palestinian Authority for being complicit, stating that other family members had been interrogated and harassed in the preceding weeks.

Hafez Ebrahim Moosa gives a detailed update on current issues in Palestine.

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