A boy's body's been discovered in the Western Cape township of Old Crossroads. According to the police, the child's body was found in a bag on Friday morning. The tragic news of the boy's death comes in the wake of the recent crime statistics, which revealed that 243 children had been murdered in the country between April and June this year. The police's Andre Traut said the child’s identity is still unclear: […]
The latest crime statistics have revealed that KwaZulu-Natal is the country’s most deadly province. Two of the province's police stations recorded the highest number of murders between April and June this year. KwaZulu-Natal is followed by the Western Cape and Gauteng. But it’s the Eastern Cape that has recorded the highest number of murders, comparable to the size of its population. Six-hundred-and-sixty-four more people were murdered in the first quarter […]
The Department of Quranic Affairs started a new and significant initiative. Its "CONNECTING, NOT INSPECTING. INQUIRING AND SHARING" programme. Over the next few months, HOD, Sh. Ismail Londt, intends to visit as many Islamic institutions in the Cape as possible. It will be a weekly exercise with one day per week dedicated to it. He visited three institutes in the past week: Dar al-Shifa, Lansdowne, Al-Tartil Institute, Wynberg and Madrasah […]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With South Africa constantly being left in the “dark”, economists fear that this might further cripple the economy. On Tuesday Eskom announced that the country will be moved to stage six loadshedding as the ailing power utility faced several issues such as a strike amongst its workers and of course, a shortage in generation capacity. Eskom has since confirmed that several striking workers have returned to […]
Nominations for the 2022 National Teaching Awards are now open! Nominations close on 26 July 2022, and all Western Cape teachers are encouraged to participate. The awards give you an opportunity to recognise the incredible work that so many teachers have done over the past year, and to celebrate the achievements of outstanding teachers in the Western Cape. Our Provincial Teaching Awards will take place during September, with the winners […]
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the first significant federal bill on gun safety in decades, saying that while it falls short of what's really needed it will "save lives." "While this bill doesn't do everything I want, it does include actions I've long called for that are going to save lives," he said at the White House before leaving for two major diplomatic summits in Europe. The […]
While it welcomes the repeal of three key COVID-19 regulations, the Western Cape Department of Health has urged the voluntary wearing of masks where applicable. Dr Saadiq Kariem (Chief of Operations) says this includes people who have flu symptoms, those with underlying chronic conditions and the elderly. He said wearing masks is also advisable in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces. Dr Kariem emphasized that vaccination remains the best protection against […]
Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate quickened to 191.6 percent in June, more than doubling the consumer price increases of two months ago, official statistics showed Saturday. Inflation which was at 96.4 percent in April, crept up to nearly 200 percent as prices of cooking oil and bread are leaping higher as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Rising prices revive memories of hyperinflation seen more than a decade ago when […]
Eskom was on Friday granted a court interdict to stop what it regards as an illegal wage strike at nine of its power stations. The struggling power utility is blaming the ongoing unprotected labour action by its employees for its decision to further plunge South Africans into darkness – the country is now in stage 4 load shedding until Sunday morning. Protests at most of the utility’s coal stations are […]
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.
