By Lee-Yandra Paulsen The City of Cape Town’s Metro Police discovered a consignment of drugs at a property on Turflynn Road in Hanover Park on Wednesday. Police received information of drug dealings taking place on the premises and responded to it swiftly. The Metro Police K9 Kalisi found the presence of drugs behind what appeared to be a “conventional Brick wall.” Police found 19 halves and 10 whole Mandrax tablets […]
An aggressive seal pup attacked two swimmers at Clifton Beach on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of similar incidents that have prompted the City of Cape Town to caution beachgoers about marine wildlife. A video of the latest incident circulating on social media shows the seal lunging at a swimmer, who was subsequently treated by lifeguards. In the video beachgoers express delight at the sight of the seal in […]
INTERNATIONAL The New Zealand government said it will not require travellers from China to produce a negative COVID-19 test on arrival, bucking a trend that has seen a number of countries implement testing measures as COVID cases surge in China. New Zealand’s COVID-19 minister, Ayesha Verrall, said in a statement on Wednesday that a public health risk assessment had concluded visitors from China would not contribute significantly to the number of […]
INTERNATIONAL An Israeli police officer who shot dead Iyad al-Halak, a Palestinian with autism, in occupied East Jerusalem in May 2020, was promoted this week despite facing a court case over the killing, it has emerged. The officer, who belongs to the border police and whose name is under a gag order, shot Halak, 32, claiming he suspected the Palestinian of carrying a weapon. However Halak was unarmed, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prompted to apologise to his family in […]
INTERNATIONAL Israeli Occupation Forces rounded up and detained around 7,000 Palestinians in 2022, contributing to last year being the deadliest since 2005 for those living under Occupation. According to a report by the Palestine Centre for Prisoners Studies (PCPS) – co-authored by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs, Palestinian Prisoner Society, Addameer Association for Prisoner Care and Human Rights, and Wadi Hilweh Centre – the Palestinians detained by Israel last year […]
Families of inmates at the Boksburg prison, east of Johannesburg, are concerned for their relatives’ safety. Prison guards are seen firing rubber bullets at inmates in videos circulated on social media and shared with the SABC. Inmates are also seen throwing stones at the guards. Some of the detainees have been injured. Prisoners are also seen hurling stones at the guards. Some of the prisoners have been wounded. This man’s brother […]
A man drowned and another is missing in the Western Cape, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Tuesday. On Monday, rescuers recovered the body of a man who was one of two occupants of a small boat after it capsized at Maasbaai near Cape Hangklip. The second man managed to swim to safety. In a separate incident, NSRI Strandfontein crew were alerted to a missing swimmer who reportedly […]
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – The Israeli army has killed two Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. Mohammad Samer Hoshiyeh, 22, and Fouad Mohammad Abed, 25, were shot dead early on Monday in Kufr Dan, northwest of Jenin, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. At least three others were injured during the raid, including one in critical condition, […]
The first high-level meeting between Turkish and Syrian officials in Moscow last week was cordial but no deals have been made, multiple sources told Middle East Eye. The Turkish and Syrian defence ministers, along with their Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, met on Thursday, elevating contacts that had previously been held on a strictly intelligence level. Ministerial contacts between Syria and Turkey had not been held in 11 years. Turkey's defence ministry said the parties discussed the Syrian […]
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.
