Moegammad Fasiegh Petersen, Author at Voice of the Cape

UAE Senior Advisor says Israel measures against Palestinians contradict Abraham Accords

Khaldoun Al Mubarak, a Senior Advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), President Mohammed bin Zayed, has recently visited Israel and delivered a "strongly worded message" to officials there, Israel's Kan 11 channel reported on Wednesday. Al-Mubarak has reportedly told Israeli officials that the Israeli government's approach is completely contrary to the Abraham Accords, warning that the Israeli government's actions threaten any "further progress" with the UAE and "other […]

24 March 2023

Local

Cape Town’s power plans kick off next week

The City of Cape Town says it is in the process of implementing four strategic intervention measures to mitigate the impact of load shedding. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced this during a weekly energy media briefing. The city is chasing its goal of ridding itself of load shedding for good in the near future. In the last year, it has changed policy to allow private homes and businesses to generate and […]

24 March 2023

International

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar introduces new resolution condemning Islamophobia

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar introduced a new resolution on Thursday that condemns Islamophobia globally and commemorates the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, which left more than 50 Muslim worshippers dead in New Zealand. The measure, co-sponsored by 20 Democratic members of Congress, was introduced on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and comes one week after the UN commemorated its first annual day to combat Islamophobia. "This year, [Ramadan] is […]

24 March 2023

Local

Increases in Food prices

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Thursday morning, Consumer Debt expert Moeshfieka Botha discussed the annual consumer inflation, which increased in February to almost 7% from 6.9% in January. “Inflation is the rate at which prices of goods and services increase. The inflation is an increment in the price of goods and services over time due to the imbalance of demand and supply,” said Botha. She stated that […]

23 March 2023

International

Five drown off Tunisia coast trying to reach Europe

At least five African people have died and another 28 are missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, a local rights group has said. Romadan Ben Omar, a member of the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, said on Wednesday that the Tunisian coastguard had rescued five people who had been on board the boat that sank off the […]

23 March 2023

International

Iraq war pushed the country towards more crises than it can handle, experts say

Looking back on the twenty years since the US invaded Iraq, the war has had wide-ranging impacts on the region which are not going away any time soon. "[The war] unleashed sectarian tensions and violence, a fresh wave of militancy, and reshuffled regional politics in a dramatic fashion,” Mohanad Hage Ali said, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center, said on Wednesday at a panel on the 20th […]

23 March 2023

Local

Kusile headache has nothing to do with ‘so-called corruption’, says electricity minister

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom’s problems at Kusile are technical and have nothing to do with corruption. Ramokgopa this week visited Eskom's power stations to assess their state. Speaking during a visit to Kusile power station in Mpumalanga, Ramokgopa said his ultimate aim was to end load-shedding. He said the embattled power utility's problems at the station had “nothing to do with so-called corruption”. “The problems and challenges that we […]

23 March 2023

International

Israel Army says drone fell in Syria during ‘routine activity’

An Israeli drone fell in Syria, on Wednesday, during routine activity, the Israeli military said, according to a report by Reuters. A military statement said there had been no breach of information and the incident was under investigation. It did not provide further details. Earlier in the day, Israeli warplanes fired missiles at Aleppo International Airport in north-western Syria causing material damage to it and putting it out of service, in […]

23 March 2023

Local

DA to return to drawing board after Phala Phala motion defeat

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will soon return to the drawing board after its proposed motion to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate the Phala Phala saga was defeated. On Wednesday, Members of Parliament voted against the DA’s motion. The saga, which relates to a burglary that happened at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in Limpopo in 2020, has stimulated robust public debate. DA Chief Whip Siviwe […]

23 March 2023

Moegammad Fasiegh

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