Eskom has announced that power cuts will be lowered from stage 2 to stage 1 due to lower demand for electricity. This will come into effect at 10pm on Friday night and will continue until 5am on Monday morning. The power utility said that while the return to service of generation units had been slow, it was now possible to reduce the stage of power cuts during the weekend. The […]
There has been another increase in South Africa's daily COVID-19 cases with the latest infections reaching 9,253. This increase represents a 26.6% positivity rate. Thirty-four deaths have been reported in the latest period under review in the past 48 hours.
The cause of a fire that claimed the lives of two children in Bishop Lavis in Cape Town has not yet been determined. Fire crews were deployed to the scene in Arthur Abrahams Avenue in the early hours of Friday morning. On arrival, they were informed that two people were still inside the burning house. Officials later found the bodies of two boys, aged four and seven. The Bishop Lavis […]
Eight people died, including six children, when a fire ripped through a poor community in the Philippines capital of Manila on Monday and destroyed 80 houses, a fire official said. Another three people were injured in the blaze which started around 5:00 am (2100 GMT) on the second floor of a house in a crowded, informal settlement inside the sprawling campus of the University of the Philippines. It took nearly […]
The risk for loadshedding remains high for this week. This is after Eskom warned South Africans over the past long weekend to reduce their electricity usage. The power utility warned on Twitter last night that the power grid was under severe pressure. Meanwhile, Eskom introduce load reduction during peak hours in as many as four provinces yesterday.
Cape Town police continue to crack down on gun violence. A suspect has been arrested in Kraaifontein for the possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. He had allegedly tried to flee when approached by officers early Monday morning. "Police members gave chase the 23-yer old man was arrested and detained when he was found in possession of a 9mm pistol with ammunition," said the police's Joseph Swartbooi. In Atlantis, over […]
Missing Children South Africa said, it roughly records between 60 and 90 missing people cases per month. This comes as police in Bishop Lavis in Cape Town are searching for a two-month-old baby who was snatched from her pram at a retail store. In another case, the daughter of the former Economic Freedom Fighters secretary-general Godrich Gardee has also been reported missing. It is understood that she was last seen […]
China's financial hub of Shanghai reported more new Covid-19 related deaths on Friday, as residents vented their anger over a harsh lockdown and strict censorship online. Shanghai's full-city lockdown began at the start of April, though many people have been confined to their homes for much longer, and the stress began to tell on the residents. The city, battling China's biggest coronavirus outbreak so far, reported 12 new Covid-19 deaths […]
Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in a giant steel works in Mariupol, days after Moscow declared victory in the southern city and said its forces did not need to take the plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country's army was not ready to try to break through the siege of the port city. But he said America's top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony […]
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.
