Moegammad Fasiegh Petersen, Author at Voice of the Cape

Establishment of The Ministerial Committee on the Efficient Management of The Annual Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, hosted the inaugural meeting of the Ministerial Committee on the Efficient Management of the annual Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages, on 10 February 2023, in Cape Town. The mandate and role of the Ministerial Committee is to provide strategic direction to support the efficient management of the annual Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages and to ensure that the South African pilgrims may […]

13 February 2023

International

Explosions rock Gaza after Israeli air strikes

Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip, saying the air strikes were a response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory over the weekend. Several explosions were reported in Gaza early on Monday. Israeli army said it had struck “an underground complex containing raw materials used for the manufacturing of rockets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organisation”. The strikes were launched “in response to the Saturday rocket launch from Gaza into Israel”, […]

13 February 2023

Local

Correctional facilities among first to be removed from the national electricity grid

The Presidency says it has so far secured 320 megawatts of electricity to enable it to start removing government departments from the national grid. It says very soon departments from all three tiers of government will be off the national grid to lessen the burden on the struggling power utility, Eskom. Addressing the media at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Sunday, the Head of Infrastructure, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, said the […]

13 February 2023

International

West Bank: 14-year-old Palestinian killed in Israeli raid on Jenin

A 14-year-old Palestinian was fatally shot during an Israeli raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to medical officials. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Qusai Radwan Waked was hit by Israeli gunfire during the raid. He was shot in the belly and taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Two other Palestinians were also injured, medical sources told Reuters. An Israeli army spokesperson said they […]

13 February 2023

Local

Sister-in-law arrested in connection with policeman’s murder

A Cape Town woman is accused of hiring a hitman to murder her policeman brother-in-law. The Hawks arrested Babalwa Rulwa-Mnatwana, 49, on Friday in connection with the murder of Sgt Sithembiso Mnatwana. The police officer, who was attached to the Cape Town Central police station, was shot dead on September 8 2022 in front of his residence in Samora Machel. “The case was allocated to the national priority violent crimes team […]

13 February 2023

International

Palestinian president says to seek UN resolution to protect 2-state solution

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday Palestine will seek a UN Security Council resolution to protect the two-state solution. Addressing a conference hosted by the Arab League in the Egyptian capital Cairo on providing support to the city of Jerusalem, Abbas called on Israel to abide by UN resolutions and signed agreements with the Palestinians. "We will go to the United Nations and its different agencies, including the Security Council, […]

13 February 2023

Local

Two Cape Winelands mountain fires contained

Two of the three mountain fires in the Cape Winelands have been contained. The District Municipal Spokesperson, Anesca Roodt, says they’ve made good progress in their effort to deal with the fires in the Michells Pass near Ceres and the Du Toit Kloof pass near Paarl. She says monitoring and mopping-up operations will continue throughout the day. Roodt says the fire on Saron Mountain has not yet been contained. “The […]

13 February 2023

News

ICC T20 Women’s World Cup

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen The Western Cape Government’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport are overjoyed that the Cape Town are one of the host cities of the ICC Women’s T20 World cup which starts today, Friday 10 at Newlands. This tournament is expected to be one of many major sporting events that will be hosted in the province. The opening and final matches will take place at the Newlands. The […]

10 February 2023

International

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia reports multiple Russian missile attacks

Ukraine’s second-biggest city of Kharkiv and the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia have been targeted in a wave of Russian missile attacks, according to officials. At least 17 Russian missiles hit Zaporizhzhia in one hour on Friday morning, its acting mayor, Anatolii Kurtiev, said on Telegram, adding that the missiles targeted energy infrastructure. Russian forces also launched a series of overnight attacks that knocked out power supplies in parts of Kharkiv. […]

10 February 2023

Moegammad Fasiegh

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