Local authorities have launched an investigation into two counts of murder and five attempted murders in connection with a series of shootings on OR Tambo Road, Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay, on Thursday that killed two men and injured five others aged 22 to 43 years. The suspects are yet to appear in Wynberg Magistrates' Court. According to SAPS Spokesperson Captain F.C. Van Wyk, Hout Bay officers received a report that […]
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced that eleven new freight rail operators have been granted permission to join the Transnet network. The operators will run trains on six key corridors, covering 41 routes, and are expected to move an additional 20 million tonnes of goods per year starting next year. Creecy says that this is a significant rail reform step that will open the sector to private investment, improve efficiency, […]
Gayton McKenzie, the Patriotic Alliance's leader and Minister of Sport, Arts, and Culture, has rejected the South African Human Rights Commission's finding of prima facie hate speech against him based on historical social media posts. McKenzie described the decision as defamatory and politically motivated, claiming that he never received official correspondence and was unfairly prejudged. He claims that the matter is a campaign to tarnish his reputation ahead of a […]
A 39-year-old suspect is scheduled to appear in Wynberg Magistrates' Court after being arrested for drug possession in the Lotus River area on Thursday. According to F.C. van Wyk, spokesperson for the South African Police Services (SAPS), police officials acted on information they received about drugs being sold at a house on Eland Avenue in Lotus River. “Upon arrival at the location, the members witnessed the owner attempting to flee […]
By Rachel Mohamed In this week's African Mirror, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, which began on Wednesday (20 August 2025) and will run until August 22nd. The conference theme is "Co-creating Innovative Solutions with Africa." The formation of TICAD was a catalyst for refocusing international attention on Africa's development needs. Speaking on VOC News, Dr. Paul Kariuki, Executive Director […]
By Rachel Mohamed The third day of legal proceedings at the Constitutional Court, where the Competition Commission has brought some of the country's top banks and their international counterparts, around 17 foreign banks, to trial on charges of bank collusion to manipulate the US dollar-rand exchange rate. This appeal seeks to overturn a January Competition Appeal Court (CAC) decision that sided with the majority of the banks accused of price […]
By Rachel Mohamed Thousands of families in Cape Town and throughout South Africa live in unsafe or unsuitable conditions, such as under power pylons, along railway lines, near flood-prone rivers, or on highways. 46 families in Langa were recently relocated from beneath Eskom pylons to safer housing. Nkanyiso Gumede, a researcher at the Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape, told VOC […]
By Rachel Mohamed Today marks World Humanitarian Day, with this year’s theme being #ActForHumanity. Israeli authorities have threatened to block aid from entering Gaza. According to Amnesty International, the lethal combination of hunger and disease is not merely an unintentional byproduct of Israeli occupation operations. Speaking on VOC News, Yusuf Mohamed, CEO of Islamic Relief South Africa, described the dire situation facing the Palestinian people as starvation deepens in Gaza. […]
By Rachel Mohamed The former MK Party and EFF Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu led the Mayibuye Consultation Process in KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend. He met with community leaders and various stakeholders about the possibility of a new political party entering the upcoming local government elections. Prof. Dirk Kotze, Department of Political Science at UNISA, told VOC News that, according to Floyd Shivambu, KZN was the last province visited, and that it […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
