Kouthar Sambo, Author at Voice of the Cape

Hamas rejects Israel’s policy of starvation leveled against Palestinians during the ceasefire agreement

By Kouthar Sambo The Palestinian resistance group Hamas noted the major humanitarian violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. According to Hamas, the following violations were committed by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinians: Blocking the entry of 50 fuel trucks daily as stipulated in the agreement. Blocking the commercial sector from importing various fuel types, despite a clear provision […]

4 March 2025

Cape Town

“We are experiencing limited and unequal access to safe spaces and shelter for those abused”

By Kouthar Sambo The Western Cape Department of Social Development has attributed the success of its Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide strategy to dedicated staff and strong collaboration with partner organisations. The European Union has found that the Western Cape is the only province so far to have achieved 100% and 98% respectively, in dedicating resources and facilities to achieving the goals of the strategy. Speaking on VOC's PM Drive […]

27 February 2025

Featured

Iran says it will not negotiate with the US under pressure and sanctions

By Kouthar Sambo "Iran and the United States (US) are not the best of friends. Iran has indicated they want to pursue a peaceful nuclear program that will allow them to produce their own nuclear power and the US stated they would not allow that." This is according to international relations expert and Mail and Guardian columnist Donovan Williams during an interview on the PM Drive show. Williams contextualised the […]

27 February 2025

Cape Town

President Cyril Ramaphosa says budget delays are not unique and happens all the time

By Kouthar Sambo Following the postponement of the budget speech, which was set to take place last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that budget delays were not unique and happened all the time, even in municipalities. Speaking on VOC's PM Drive show, political analyst Professor Dirk Kotze said it has become a problem because the Government of National Unity (GNU) consists of parties with different views and policies about how […]

27 February 2025

Featured

Hamas condemns the recent attacks on the Syrian-Lebanese border

By Kouthar Sambo "We strongly condemn the Zionist criminal aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic, including the ground incursion into the countryside of Daraa and Quneitra, as well as the airstrikes targeting several locations in southern Damascus." This is according to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. According to Palestinian media, multiple injuries were reported due to Israeli airstrikes targeting the Al-Sha’rah area near the Syrian-Lebanese border. "The assault on Syrian […]

26 February 2025

Featured

Violence raging in the eastern DRC kills more than 7000 people

By Kouthar Sambo Violence raging in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed more than 7000 people, according to Al Jazeera, many of them civilians, since last month. DRC Prime Minister Prime Minister Judith Suminwa told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva that the security situation in eastern DRC has reached an alarming level as the Rwanda-backed M23 oppositional forces take over large areas of land, […]

26 February 2025

Cape Town

CEO of the Energy Council of South Africa assures South Africans that the recent load shedding was a “once off measure”

By Kouthar Sambo CEO of the Energy Council of South Africa, James Mackay, said he was confident that the recent return of load shedding was a "once-off measure." This comes after Eskom implemented stage six load shedding on Sunday, 23 February (2025). However, some analysts and critics expressed that load shedding would return and that the recent load shedding was a soft launch to reintroduce load shedding in 2025. Speaking […]

26 February 2025

Features

“We strongly condemn the occupation’s decision to delay the release of Palestinian detainees”

By Kouthar Sambo After videos made the rounds on social media depicting Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov kissing the foreheads of two Hamas members as he waved from the stage at the release ceremony, Israeli reports said the captives were forced to act friendly. Hamas' stance However, Hamas has expressed condemnation towards the Israeli occupation forces after claiming that “the handover ceremony is humiliating.” The resistance responded by declaring the claim as […]

25 February 2025

Cape Town

Three days to go: The countdown begins for the deadline for registration for spaza shop owners

By Kouthar Sambo The deadline for registration for spaza shop owners is Friday, 28 February (2025). The spike in foodborne illnesses last year, which was attributed to spaza shops, prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to call for all spaza shops and food-handling facilities to register with their respective municipalities as a way of addressing the matter. A political analyst, Sandile Swana, who spoke on VOC's PM Drive show, said researched evidence […]

25 February 2025

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