Police are investigating a triple murder after gunmen opened fire on a vehicle on Sunday evening in Gugulethu, Cape Town. Three occupants of the vehicle – men aged 28 to 30 – were killed. “Reports from the scene indicate the vehicle in which the deceased were travelling had just entered NY6 at approximately 5.50pm when it came under fire from unknown gunmen, who later fled in another vehicle. Numerous shots […]
A group of female political prisoners in Iran have signed a petition calling for an end to the execution of protesters in the country. Thirty women political prisoners, including Franco-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah and Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, wrote that they had "come together to say 'no' to execution. We defend people's right to live in justice." "We, the political and ideological prisoners in the […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says a team of independent experts is conducting a diagnosis of the problems at poorly performing power stations and taking action to improve plant performance. He says they have identified six power stations over the next few months to recover additional capacity. This is contained in today’s instalment of the President’s weekly letter to the nation. South Africa is still reeling from the severity of stage 6 […]
Taima says, I used my background in fine arts and my ability to do this type of work in order to provide good content to blind students in their school affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza. Taima told MEMO that modelling the pictures in the stories allows blind children to better understand the stories and compensate for the pictures they cannot see, allowing them […]
Eskom says load-shedding will be implemented at stage 3 until 4pm on Monday and at stage 4 until 5am on Tuesday. This is due to two generating units at Tutuka power station being shut down during the night, while the return to service of an Arnot power station unit has been delayed, further reducing available capacity. On Sunday Eskom said it would reduce the enforced outages to stage 2 from […]
On her wedding day, Sally Abujumeiza could not let go of her phone. Her father, kept apart from her under Israeli policy, was on the other end of a video call throughout the party. "The wedding day was one of the saddest days in our life," Sally's mother, Tassahil Abujumeiza, told Middle East Eye. "She cried all day long." In 2009, when 24-year-old Sally was 10, her father, Qassem Abujumeiza, left his […]
One of South Africa’s top performing matriculants, Husnaa Haffejee of Durban's Al-Falaah College, felt the pressure throughout her grade 12 academic year but focused on her books. On Friday she advised the class of 2023 to do the same. “Focus on your books,” she said. “When you are a top performer, people have high expectations of you, and I really struggled with that pressure. I was worried all year I wouldn’t meet […]
Israeli occupation forces detained the Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani, as he entered the Noble Sanctuary on Tuesday. He was humiliated and searched before being allowed to enter the Islamic holy site. Last week, the Israeli occupation forces delayed Britain's Minister for the Middle East, Lord Tariq Ahmad, for more than half an hour while he was visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque. The minister was subjected to a prolonged security […]
Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta says although the high matric pass rate is commendable, the quality of our matric certificate remains a cause for concern. He says the 30% pass mark in other subjects produces quantity and not qualify qualifications. “Today, we have got many learners who will go out with a matric certificate but most of them have nothing to offer to the country as such. That is why you will find […]
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.
