Moegammad Fasiegh Petersen, Author at Voice of the Cape

SA workers struggle to make ends meet as their pay increases dry up

South Africans are out of pocket and many are turning to debt to survive as salary increases either decline or are nonexistent, leaving many employees poorer. This is according to the latest salary and wage movement survey report released by Remchannel, a subsidiary of Old Mutual corporate, on Wednesday. The biannual internet survey which reviewed 65 organisations, including corporates, government employers and JSE-listed companies, revealed that many employers expect to […]

27 April 2023

International

US: Two mosque fires lead to hate crime probe in Minneapolis

Fires at two Minneapolis mosques within two consecutive days are causing growing concerns within the city's Muslim community, after a separate incident of vandalism earlier in the month. This week's first fire took place on Sunday, 23 April, at the Masjid Omar Islamic Centre. Surveillance footage showed a man entering the mosque around 7:15 pm local time. A few minutes later, a fire erupted in the bathroom of the mosque. Authorities […]

27 April 2023

Local

Dirco still working hard to evacuate citizens from Sudan

The department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) has confirmed that the government organised and paid for two buses to evacuate people from war-torn Sudan. The department said on Wednesday it was still working hard to ensure that South African citizens and those from Sadc and other countries were evacuated safely. “We are grateful that Gift of the Givers organised and procured another bus to pick up some more South […]

27 April 2023

International

JNF plans large-scale settlement construction in Palestinian territories

Israel's Jewish National Fund (JNF) is planning to build more settlements on occupied Palestinian territories by seizing more lands especially for agricultural projects. The organisation's new chairperson, Ifat Ovadia-Luski said the fund's new projects include approving the establishment of 13 illegal settlements, in addition to buying large areas of agricultural land, and controlling more areas in the Negev, the Galilee, the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley. Ifat said these areas […]

27 April 2023

Local

WCED on late applications

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Parents in the Western Cape still have a chance to register their children for the 2024 academic school year. Although the month-long window in which parents could apply for their children’s school admissions in 2024 closed in mid-April, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) announced that late applications can still be captured online before Thursday 25 May. WCED MEC David Maynier spoke on VOC Breakfast on Wednesday […]

26 April 2023

Local

Six arrested with abalone worth R2.8 million

Six suspects have been arrested in Milnerton in Cape Town for the illegal possession of abalone worth about R2.8 million. Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani says they received information from Crime Intelligence about a vehicle en route to Cape Town, possibly transporting abalone. Hani says the driver, who was a foreign national, was found with seven bags of wet abalone in the boot of the car. She says five local suspects […]

26 April 2023

Local

Gift of the Giver provide relief to flood stricken areas in Cape Town

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Following recent downpours on the Cape Flats, Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers offered relief assistance to the flood stricken Gxagxa informal settlement in Gugulethu on Monday. In an interview on Tuesday Gift of the Giver spokesperson Ali Sably, told VOC Breakfast about the relief efforts taking place at some of the affected informal settlements. “As the harsh rains hit the Western Cape over the weekend our […]

25 April 2023

International

Turkey: More than 100 arrested in pre-election ‘counter-terror’ operation

Police in Turkey have detained 110 people across the country in what it called a "counter-terror" operation, with politicians, lawyers and journalists reportedly among those arrested. The operation focused mainly on the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir in the country's southeast, but extended as far as 21 provinces. An MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) accused the operation of being focused on disrupting his party ahead of 14 May […]

25 April 2023

Local

SA truck drivers threaten to embark on shutdown

The Truckers Association of South Africa says it will soon engage with truck drivers in an attempt to avert another strike. This comes after South African truck drivers threatened to embark on a shutdown. Their concerns include the employment of foreign nations as drivers and the loading system that employers use. Previously, similar action resulted in severe traffic disruptions on the country’s major economic routes. The government formed a task […]

25 April 2023

Moegammad Fasiegh

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