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The move reportedly follows the death of a well-known imam.
Other religious groups have said there would be no closures, for now.
Six mosques in Strand have been closed with immediate effect to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
But other places of worship remain open, with religious and community organisations monitoring the situation closely amid fears of a third wave of Covid-19 infections.
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The Strand Moslem Council executive announced that all six Masajid (Ummah, Nurl Anwar, Broadbands Park, Badr Zaavia and Jaamia) would enter a complete lockdown until further notice, due to positive Covid-19 cases .
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The Judicial Service Commission has denied claims that certain candidates were asked discriminatory questions at its recent interviews for judicial appointments.
26 April 2021 - 17:51 By TimesLIVE Advocate Lawrence Lever and judge David Unterhalter were subjected to questions about their Jewish identity, the Palestine-Israel conflict and their views on the two-state solution . Stock photo. Image: 123RFEvgenyi Lastochkin
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) on Wednesday noted that questions of a “discriminatory and anti-constitutional nature” had been asked of two Jewish judicial candidates interviewed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
“Advocate Lawrence Lever and judge David Unterhalter were subjected to questions pertaining to their Jewish identity while no other candidates were subjected to offensive religious scrutiny,” SAJBD national director Wendy Kahn said in a statement on Monday, which included transcripts of the interviews.
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Two Jewish South African judicial candidates were asked intrusive, disrespectful, and discriminatory questions about their Judaism and Jewish identity during interviews by the country’s Judicial Service Commission (JSC), South Africa’s top Jewish organization said Monday.
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies said that Advocate Lawrence Lever was asked whether he observed Shabbat, although no non-Jewish candidates were asked religious questions.
Both Lever and his fellow candidate Judge David Unterhalter were also interrogated about their connections to the SAJBD itself and further quizzed about their views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the group said, while other candidates were not asked to comment on questions of international politics.