junaid

328 Results / Page 9 of 37

Background
insert_link

Local

Mixed reaction from activists to President Ramaphosa’s address at GBVF summit

There has been mixed reaction from activists to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s keynote address at the second Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. The summit continues on today. Some activists have welcomed what they have termed a realistic reflection of government’s efforts in fighting the scourge. The summit was first held in 2018 and aims to find ways to eradicate violence against women and children. Executive Director […]

today2 November 2022

insert_link

Local

Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport devastated by loss of regional office through fire

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport is devastated at the loss of the regional library service office in Beaufort West due to a fire last night. This office housed thousands of books for distribution across the region and was the administrative support office for library service staff in Central Karoo. The loss of books and equipment is devastating to this region. The cause of the fire is currently unknown […]

today1 November 2022

insert_link

Local

Eight more arrests in international drug smuggling probe by Hawks

Eight more suspects allegedly linked to an international cocaine smuggling network between South Africa and Brazil were expected to face drug smuggling charges in the Belville magistrate's court on Tuesday after handing themselves over to authorities. They were arrested in an ongoing probe by the Hawks, Australian Federal Police and the FBI that followed a R400m cocaine bust on a highway in Gauteng last year. The driver of a bakkie, […]

today1 November 2022

insert_link

International

Turkish military set up new post in Syria’s Idlib

Turkish forces have begun establishing a new military post in the vicinity of Sarjila village in the Jabal Al-Zawiya area in the southern Idlib countryside. Local military sources said the military post is located in the vicinity of Sarjila village, east of the town of Al-Bara, near the contact lines with Syrian regime forces. The sources added that the Turkish military set up their new post in an empty, uninhabited […]

today1 November 2022

insert_link

Local

Activist laments slow response in addressing the scourge of Gender-Based Violence

Activist, Sibongile Ndashe says little has been done to address the scourge of gender based violence in South Africa. Ndashe was speaking ahead of a two-day Gender Based Violence and Femicide Summit taking place in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting the summit, aimed at finding ways of tackling violence against women. Women’s groups and civil society organisations have long-called for government’s urgent intervention on the matter. Ndashe says […]

today1 November 2022

insert_link

International

Iran indicts 1,000 over unrest, plans public trials

Iran's hard line judiciary will hold public trials of about 1,000 people indicted over unrest in Tehran, a semi-official news agency said on Monday, intensifying efforts to crush weeks of protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody, Reuters reports. One of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical leaders since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the almost seven-week-old protests have continued, despite a deadly crackdown and increasingly severe warnings, with the Revolutionary Guards bluntly telling demonstrators to stay off the streets. In a video shared on […]

today1 November 2022

insert_link

International

Iran’s IRGC seizes vessel carrying 11 million litres of fuel

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has seized the crew and cargo of a foreign ship that was carrying 11 million litres (2.9m gallons) of smuggled fuel, according to a local judiciary official. The judiciary chief of the southern province of Hormozgan, Mojtaba Ghahremani, announced on Monday that the IRGC’s naval force confiscated the unnamed vessel in the waters of the Gulf. “The captain and crew of […]

today1 November 2022

insert_link

Local

GBVF summit set to begin on Tuesday

The Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Summit will get underway in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Police Minister, Bheki Cele say the DNA backlog at Forensic Science Laboratories now stands at 71,000, down from the 241 000 reported earlier this year. The minister had earlier announced that the backlog would be cleared by October. Cele says the department has made some progress in addressing the crippling backlog and now aims to remove it […]

today1 November 2022

insert_link

Local

DNA testing backlog gone down from 241 000 to 71 000: Cele

Police Minister Bheki Cele says the DNA testing backlog in Forensic Science Laboratories now stands at 71 000, down from the 241 000 reported earlier this year. The Minister had earlier announced that the backlog would be cleared by October. Cele says the department has made some progress in addressing the crippling backlog and now aims to complete it by January next year. He was addressing the media in Pretoria […]

today1 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.

Donate to our Pledgeline
Donate
Follow us!
Facebook X-twitter Youtube Instagram Tiktok
Download App
Listen on Online Radio Box! Voice of the Cape

Listen Live

Western Cape’s No.1 Community Radio Station

Schedule

Download
our new app