JOHANNESBURG — Not even the full protective gear can mask the respect with which the men wash the body of a newly deceased member of their Muslim community. “When we saw the news stories from overseas, the death toll, mass burials, we asked ourselves, ‘If this disease hits our shores, will we be ready?’” said Aboobaker Sayed, 42, chairman of …
Scores of trees were planted at three sites in and around Johannesburg on Sunday to mark the150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth. Then the diplomat sped off to the sprawling mainly Indian township of Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, to join the Gandhi Walk Committee in planting 20 trees on the site of the Gandhi Hall, one of the most popular …
