SPORTS Rishabh Pant was nothing short of heroic on day 3, Thursday 13 January 2022, after he took the game by the scruff of its neck and rescued India’s 2nd innings. With the test series between South Africa and India hanging in the balance, the pressure was on both teams to craft good performances on the third day of third, and final, test match between the two nations. India started […]
LOCAL South Africa’s Covid-19 test positivity rate has declined to 17.6% after it was over 22% last week. Almost 4,500 cases were confirmed in the latest reporting period, while another 82 people have succumbed to the disease. The total tally of cases since the start of the pandemic have reached 3.5-million, while the death toll now stands at 92,453. The majority of new cases were reported in the Western Cape, […]
LOCAL The Hout Bay municipal recycling and dumping site in Cape Town was closed yesterday by the police due to a suspected explosive device that was dumped there and reported by the community. A police spokesperson, Sergeant Wesley Twigg, says the Bomb Disposal Unit and Dog Unit attended to the scene, "On Wednesday (2022-01-05) at about 15:35 members of the K9 Unit attached to the Provincial Extortion Task Team were […]
LOCAL The circumstances surrounding an incident that took place in Heideveld this morning are being investigated by Police. A hijacked vehicle was spotted by members of the Maitland Flying Squad. The three occupants in the hijacked vehicle attempted to flee when they saw police. A pursuit ensued, and gunshots were exchanged. The driver of the hijacked vehicle lost control, colliding with a VW Polo near to the corners of Klipfontein […]
LOCAL The Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile has welcomed the sentence imposed on an accused for the rape of two minors. The Wynberg Regional Court sentenced 25-year-old Gomezgani Banda to an effective 20 years imprisonment on two counts of rape. According to Police spokesperson, Captain Frederick Van Wyk, the acts were perpetrated in August 2020 when the accused raped two minors aged 8 and 9. […]
International Surrounded by soldiers and with Guinea’s flag draped around his shoulders, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya appeared on state television hours after leading a coup in September. "Guinea is beautiful,” he told his co-patriots, using a crude analogy to describe what would be his vision for the future of his country. “We no longer need to rape her. We need to make love to her, that’s all.” Doumbouya’s elite Special Forces had earlier […]
LOCAL In a joint operation Monday morning, between Overberg Flying Squad and the Grabouw Crime Prevention Unit, a known drug outlet was searched after information was received from a reliable source. 226 tik straws and five sachets tik were seized at the given address: Van Wyk Street, Snakepark, Grabouw. A 24-year-old man was arrested on a charge of possession of drugs. In the same operation, a 36-year-old female was arrested […]
LOCAL Belhar residents have expressed outrage after a two-year-old boy became the latest gang-related fatality last night. Anti-gang Unit members have been deployed to the area after suspects reportedly fired shots and fled the scene. Police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk says officers responded to reports of a shooting in Sunata Way, Extention 13, after 7pm. Van Wyk says upon arrival, police were informed that the child was already transported […]
The Israeli Knesset yesterday called on the country's Ombudsman to open a criminal investigation against far-right lawmaker, Itamar Ben Gvir, after video footage appeared online showing him threatening Arab security guards while holding a gun. On Tuesday, Ben Gvir brandished a pistol during a confrontation with two Arab security guards in a parking lot in Tel Aviv. Footage from the scene showed Ben Gvir shouting "you will not threaten me" while waving […]
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.
