Moegammad Fasiegh Petersen, Author at Voice of the Cape

US seeks facts from Israel on Jenin raid that killed nine Palestinians

The US State Department's top official for the Middle East has said Washington is seeking information from Israel after its forces killed nine Palestinians during a raid on Thursday in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin. In a briefing to reporters ahead of a trip to the region by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Barbara Leaf said US officials are seeking to understand what happened in the incident and urged de-escalation, describing the civilian casualties […]

27 January 2023

Local

Suspects arrested for unlicensed firearms and dealing drugs

Crime prevention operations in the Cape Metropole yielded positive results when police members arrested suspects for the possession of unlicensed firearms. Police members of the Anti-Gang unit pursued information and tactically approached an address in Helderberg Street in Tafelsig at about 19:00. Upon entering the premises, they ensued with a search and confiscated a 357 magnum revolver with ammunition hidden in a dustbin. They subsequently arrested a 28 year old […]

27 January 2023

International

Palestine Authority to stop security coordination with Israel

The Palestinian leadership ended, on Thursday, security coordination with Israel after the Israeli army aggression on Jenin refugee camp in the northern Occupied West Bank earlier in the day, which resulted in killing nine Palestinians, including an elderly lady. The Al-Ghad TV reported that the Central Committee of the Al-Fatah Movement and the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) have held a meeting during the day, chaired by Palestinian Authority […]

27 January 2023

Local

Suspected international kidnapping kingpin’s bail application exposes wealth and business empire

Esmael Nangy’s bid for freedom in the Thembisa magistrate’s court has revealed his extensive wealth and an international trucking business empire. The Mozambican transnational kidnapping kingpin accused, who has eight children through his two wives, launched his bail application in court on Thursday. He was arrested at his luxurious home in Midstream Estate in Centurion on January 7 in a dramatic raid, after a police task team tracked him down […]

27 January 2023

International

Israel raid in Jenin kills nine Palestinians in ‘massacre’

Jenin, occupied Palestine - At least nine Palestinians, including an elderly woman, were killed in an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. The Palestinian health ministry said Israeli forces shot dead nine people, while a further 20 were wounded. At least four of those were in a critical condition, it added. Heavily armed soldiers entered the camp on Thursday morning, reportedly in a commercial truck, and opened fire […]

26 January 2023

Local

AWQFSA expresses its disgust for burning of a Quran protest in Sweden

By Kouthar Sambo AWQAF SOUTH AFRICA says, “It is a vehement condemnation of the despicable, hurtful, and sacrilegious torching of a Holy Qur’an by the right-wing Danish-Swedish politician, Rasmus Paludin, the leader of the Strum -Kurs (Hard Line) Party.” Paludin was allowed to burn a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in the name of ‘free speech’. Meanwhile, Paludin was protected by the police with the permission of […]

26 January 2023

International

US Muslim rights group calls on Biden to suspend use of ‘terror’ watchlist

Following a massive leak of the US government's no-fly list, a leading Muslim rights group is calling on the Biden administration to stop the use of the "terrorist" watchlist the government has been utilising for decades, saying that the list is composed "almost entirely" of Arab and Muslim names. Last week, a Swiss hacker reportedly gained access to two lists, the no-fly list and the selectee list, after a regional American airline left them […]

26 January 2023

Local

Load-shedding predicted to cost sugar industry more than R700m

South Africa's sugar industry is set to lose more than R700m this year due to load-shedding. This is according to data compiled by SA Canegrowers, which on Thursday appealed to Eskom and government to urgently put short-term measures in place to mitigate the impact of rolling blackouts on the industry. “With milling giant Tongaat Hulett in business rescue, and the destructive health promotion levy (sugar tax) already hampering the industry, these losses […]

26 January 2023

International

The Beirut Port blast: Why has there been no accountability?

Lebanon's top Public Prosecutor, on Wednesday, charged the judge investigating the 2020 Beirut Port explosion that killed at least 220 people, of stymieing his effort to hold members of the ruling elite accountable. Public Prosecutor, Ghassan Oweidat, who rejected Judge Tarek Bitar's decision to resume the inquiry, also ordered the release of people detained in connection with the blast. Here is a recap of how the blast happened and the obstacles that […]

26 January 2023

Moegammad Fasiegh

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