Aneeqa Du Plessis, Author at Voice of the Cape

SABC Inquiry committee awaits parly’s legal advice on report

Parliament's legal advisers are expected to give an opinion on whether the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) inquiry draft report can be sent to the affected parties without recommendations. Debate flared up on Thursday between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Ad hoc Committee, following the ANC's Juli Kilian's suggestion that the recommendations be excluded for now. She said that the recommendations should only […]

27 January 2017

News

Harsher water restrictions for CT

Capetonians can brace themselves for even tougher water restrictions from next month. The City of Cape Town’s Council today approved the implementation of Level 3b restrictions water restrictions from 1 February 2017. Among others, the use of potable water for non-essential use will be further restricted. The Democratic Alliance and smaller parties voted in favour of these much-needed new restrictions, but the ANC did not support the resolution. The restrictions […]

26 January 2017

News

MEC praises “outstanding” WCape Matrics

As matriculants breathe a sigh of relief, the Department of Basic Education begins the task of working to assess and improve basic education across all provinces. Last night, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced the release of the results and commented on the results across the country. This year’s national pass rate is 76.2%, which is up from 74% in 2015. This year’s results include more then 162 000 matriculants […]

5 January 2017

News

Muslims urged to pray for peace, amid a spate of violent attacks in new year

Religious leaders have condemned the spate of violent attacks which have marred the start of the New Year. On New Year’s Eve, Saturday 31 December, a bomb blast and a suicide attack killed 25 people and injured many others in a busy market in central Baghdad. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State (aka Da`ish), whose last major stronghold in the northern city of Mosul is under serious threat […]

4 January 2017

Local

Residents and fire-fighters praised for response to Somerset West blaze

Many residents from the Somerset West area worked themselves to a “standstill” as fires wreaked havoc. Ward councillor Stuart Pringle said it was “astounding to see'' neighbourhood watch groups mobilise to deliver supplies to fire-fighters and volunteers. They also assisted with evacuation operations. He said that while the fires are “mostly contained” authorities have had to evacuate three complexes above Sir Lowry's Village and at least four farms. “There are […]

4 January 2017

Local

Somerset West fires still burning

Thick smoke from fires raging in the Somerset West area covered the Cape Peninsula on Wednesday morning. Helicopters and fixed-wing planes were back on the scene in the early morning hours, while firefighters were on duty overnight to douse the flames on the upper slopes of the mountain in Somerset West. The fire broke out on Tuesday morning and was raging out of control by the evening, fanned by strong […]

4 January 2017

Local

Umalusi says matric mark adjustments above board

Education experts say there is nothing fishy about the standardisation process used by the Council for Quality Assurance in Further Education and Training‚ Umalusi‚ in the wake of criticism of the process by the Democratic Alliance (DA). In an open letter addressed to Umalusi CEO Dr Mafu Rakometsi‚ DA education spokesman Gavin Davis suggested that the methodology employed for mark adjustments in matric results was unsound. This is something Umalusi […]

4 January 2017

International News

150 freed in Philippines jailbreak

More than 100 suspected Muslim rebels have stormed a jail in the southern Philippines, killing a guard and allowing 158 inmates to escape, officials said. Six of the inmates were killed in firefights with pursuing police and army troops, while eight others have been caught and were being returned to the facility, said Senior Inspector Xavier Solda, spokesman for the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. Initial reports suggested that […]

4 January 2017

International News

2016 ‘deadliest year’ for West Bank children in decade

Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, rights group Defence for Children International (DCI) has said. The organisation's chapter in the occupied Palestinian territories recorded the killings of 32 Palestinian children (under 18), making 2016 "the deadliest year of the past decade" for them, the group said in a recent report. Many of […]

4 January 2017

Aneeqa Du Plessis

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