KwaZulu-Natal police are awaiting feedback from the national office whether religious wristbands will be allowed in their dress code.

This follows complaints from 24 police officers who were told by Pinetown station commander Brigadier Owen Zama to remove red strings, a Hindu symbol of protection, from their wrists.

Ashwin Trikamjee, the president of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha, lodged a formal complaint with the US-based social networking site this week against the "My Name Is Khan 2010" Facebook page, which crudely attacks Hinduism.

[South Africa] A Priest from the United States has been enlisted to help a local organisation with it's Hindu revival campaign.

An East Coast Radio programme that made fun of Hindu deities and said it was no use killing Hindus because they "keep coming back", constituted hate speech, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission has found.

Pillay said if their request was not heeded, they would take the matter up with the Human Rights Commission. After receiving the objection and meeting with ...