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Contralesa and Stellenbosch municipality butt heads over ‘initiation site’

A dispute between the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) and the Stellenbosch municipality over an initiation site has reached the high court. Contralesa and the Basotho and Hlubi Initiation School hauled the municipality before the high court in Cape Town this weekend to compel it to allow the use of its property, the Idas Valley Plantation, as an initiation site for abeSotho,amaHlubi and amaXhosa. The initiation period […]

today27 November 2022

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More than 500 children murdered between April and September: SAPS

The brutal killing of children in South Africa remains a huge concern. Statistics by the South African Police Service (SAPS) show that more than 500 children were murdered between April and September this year. As the country observes 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, children’s rights groups in the Northern Cape are calling for harsher punishment for child murderers. They say the ruthless murder of children […]

today27 November 2022

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The US military operation in Somalia, explained

INTERNATIONAL Ahead of a trip to Saudi Arabia this year, US President Joe Biden said he would be the first president to visit the Middle East since 9/11 "without US troops engaged in a combat mission there". But the lack of troops in action has not stopped the US from maintaining a military presence in the region, and one area where this is perhaps most pertinent is Somalia, a country […]

today26 November 2022

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Hawks investigating Cape Town teenager’s ‘kidnapping’

The Hawks are investigating the “kidnapping” of a 17-year-old Cape Town girl who was allegedly snatched from her family’s business this week. The girl was reportedly kidnapped from her father’s spaza shop in Delft. The circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear. On Saturday, Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani told TimesLIVE the investigation was at a sensitive stage. “We can confirm that the Hawks are busy with the investigation. The investigation is […]

today26 November 2022

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Purchase of Qatar LNG not off the table, says German Chancellor

INTERNATIONAL The purchase of Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) is not off the table as there are ongoing talks in Qatar on an agreement, German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "German companies are in very concrete talks," Scholz told the Munich-based Focus news magazine, but declined to give any further details. Germany is trying to replace missing gas supplies from Russia, among other things, with LNG supplies, for which […]

today26 November 2022

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Life imprisonment for man who raped stepdaughter, 15

Ntuzuma regional court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of his stepdaughter in April last year. The 15-year-old was at her maternal grandmother’s house: “He lied to the grandmother that the girl’s mother was sick in hospital and he needed the child to go with him. As he and the child were on their way, he led her to an isolated area and raped […]

today26 November 2022

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City enables Durbanville homeowners

The City continues to assist beneficiaries of Community Residential Units (CRUs) and other City-owned properties through its No Cost Transfer Programme by enabling them to become first-time homeowners. The new programme was approved by Council in October 2022 and will assist qualifying residents across the metro. Earlier this week, on Thursday 24 November 2022, Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Malusi Booi, and senior officials in the Human Settlements Directorate […]

today26 November 2022

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Fans pause action for Friday prayers during first World Cup in a Muslim country

INTERNATIONAL As noon approached, muezzins across Qatar called Muslim football players, fans, and officials to the first Friday prayers of the first World Cup to take place in a Muslim country, Reuters reports. At the Ibrahim Al-Khalil Mosque in Doha's West Bay, with its towering minaret and carved wooden doors, they gathered for the weekly congregational prayer that many Muslims believe is obligatory. Among the faithful were fans from Tunisia, Oman and […]

today26 November 2022

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Taxi Strike: After affects of protest

“The situation was so that most of the violence was confined to Khayelitsha on Monday morning, there were some stone throwing and two protest action one on Baden Powell, one on the N7 opposite Dunoon both were quickly ended” This is according to the Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith, on Wednesday on VOC Breakfast. He was speaking on the taxi strike which took place on […]

today23 November 2022

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.

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