Moegammad Fasiegh Petersen, Author at Voice of the Cape

Mitchells Plain CPF want new police vehicles deployed to quell gang violence

The Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum said it hoped that 250 vehicles handed over to Western Cape police by Minister Bheki Cele this week would be visible in their area. The CPF said the area was experiencing flare-ups of gang violence recently with minimum to no intervention from police officers. CPF chairperson Abie Isaacs said residents were living in fear. "The authorities need to step up the intelligence...so that we […]

7 May 2023

News

Expired SASSA gold cards valid until December, reiterates agency

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has reiterated that beneficiaries with expired gold cards should not panic, as it has extended the validity of the cards to the end of the year. The agency made the announcement amidst a last-minute rush by beneficiaries to get their cards renewed. Sassa said the extension is to ensure that beneficiaries don’t lose out on their financial grants as a result of expired […]

7 May 2023

International

Eight killed in Serbia’s second mass shooting in less than 48 hours

Serbian police said Friday they had arrested a man suspected of killing eight people and injuring at least 14 others in the country's second mass shooting this week, following a manhunt through the night. The back-to-back shootings have left Serbians horrified, spurring vows from President Aleksandar Vucic to launch a massive crackdown to remove hundreds of thousands of guns from the Balkan country. The latest shooting erupted around midnight near […]

6 May 2023

International

COVID no longer a global health emergency: WHO

The COVID-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic havoc and deepened inequalities, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday. It is "with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency", WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, estimating that the pandemic had killed "at least 20 million" people - nearly three times the under seven […]

6 May 2023

Local

Salt River residents, businesses urged to help COCT draft neighbourhood plan

The City of Cape Town encourages residents and businesses to chip in and help draft a local neighbourhood plan for the Salt River, Woodstock area. It's intended to bolster the area by addressing key challenges. Deputy mayor and Mayco member for spatial planning, Eddie Andrews, said the local spatial development framework will attempt to re-establish the unique neighbourhood and to revitalise public open spaces and parks that have been neglected […]

6 May 2023

Local

With Wynberg residents seeking their removal, informal settlers tell of plight

Occupants living on land near a mosque in Wynberg have spoken of their plight for support from government. Concerns have been raised about the more than 100 squatters who have occupied a portion of Prasa-owned land next to the Yusefeyyah Mosque. The squatters have allegedly been urinating and defecating on the mosque walls and incidents of crime have reportedly increased since the informal settlement sprung up about a year ago. […]

6 May 2023

International

UN fails to raise enough money for Yemen oil tanker operation

The United Nations, on Thursday, fell far short of raising the money it needs for an operation to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored off Yemen's coast and avert an environmental disaster, Reuters reports. UN officials have been warning for years that the Red Sea and Yemen's coastline was at risk as the Safer tanker could spill four times as much oil as the 1989 Exxon Valdez […]

5 May 2023

International

Israel, Palestinian Authority in secret talks to exploit Gaza gas reserves

The Israeli government is holding secret talks with the Palestinian Authority in a bid to develop a gas reservoir located about 36 kilometres from the shores of Gaza, according to reports from Channel 13 News in Israel on Thursday. According to the reports, the discussions were held with the approval of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and is part of the political and security discussion between the […]

5 May 2023

Local

Driving licence card-printing machine breaks down again

The machine that produces driving licence cards has broken down. This was revealed by the department of transport on Wednesday, which said it could take up to three weeks to fix. The department said the machine broke down after routine maintenance last month. “The department of transport has today reassured members of the public that the production of driving licence cards will not be affected by the routine maintenance of […]

4 May 2023

Moegammad Fasiegh

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