The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) spokesperson Keshvi Nair says that tigers belong in the wild and when they go to residential areas they put communities at risk. Nair says they have not yet received confirmation on the capture of the tigress that was spotted roaming in Edenvale, east of Johannesburg, on Monday. The tigress is a nine-month-old cub. About two weeks ago, another tigress escaped […]
Gulf states have condemned the bombing of a mosque inside a police compound on Monday in Pakistan that has left over 60 people dead, most of them police, and prompted the government to put the country on high alert. The attack happened during afternoon prayers in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to the tribal areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising. A frantic rescue mission was underway […]
African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party’s Lekgotla has resolved to declare the country’s energy crisis a National State of Disaster. He was speaking at the end of the governing party’s two-day NEC Lekgotla at Esselen Park, in Ekurhuleni, on Monday evening. The meeting was also attended by former Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe. Ramaphosa says work is already underway within government “to establish whether the legal requirements […]
Amnesty International has warned that many young Iranians, including teenagers, detained over their participation in anti-government protests, are at risk of execution and have been tortured, Bloomberg reported yesterday. The London-based rights watchdog urged Iran to immediately overturn the death sentences issued against three demonstrators aged 18, 19 and 31, after court sessions that lasted less than an hour. Widespread protests have erupted in Iran since mid-September, following the death of 22-year-old […]
Two Egyptian TikTokers have been arrested and ordered into pretrial detention after shooting a parody of a prison visit. Basma Hegazi and Mohamed Hosam have been accused of spreading false news and belonging to a terror organisation. Several TikTokers have been arrested in Egypt and charged with various offences, including "violating family values." Last year there was a spate of arrests of women using social media. In one particularly high-profile case Haneen […]
Over the course of six months, officers have made more than 3,000 arrests; nonetheless, policing issues continue, necessitating further education and awareness, notably with smash-and-grab instances. In comparison to the same period in 2021, the City of Cape Town's Metro Police Department recorded a 59% rise in arrests over a six-month period (July to December 2022). Significant increases were also seen in the seizures of illegal substances, weapons, and ammunition, as […]
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Saturday called for European action against the repeated burning of the Quran, Islam's holy book, reports Anadolu Agency. On Friday, Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, burned a copy of the Quran in front of a mosque in Denmark. The Islamophobic act came days after the far-right leader burned the Islamic book outside the Turkish Embassy in the […]
Western Cape finance and economic opportunities MEC Mireille Wenger has authorised the release of R88.8m in emergency funding to procure backup generators to keep water treatment and supply services running during load-shedding. The decision, taken in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, follows a provincial government meeting last week where emergency funding was discussed to mitigate the effects of rolling blackouts. “This move represents the urgency that is desperately […]
Israeli police on Saturday raised alert on Saturday, a day after seven settlers were killed in a shooting attack near a synagogue in occupied East Jerusalem, reports Anadolu Agency. Israeli public broadcaster KAN said Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai ordered the alert to be raised to the highest level following Friday's attack. Israel identified the synagogue attack as Khairi Alqam, a 21-year-old resident of East Jerusalem. Police said the attacker was shot dead as […]
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.
