The City of Cape Town’s has announced plans to extend operating hours at its Ocean View customer office. The office which previously only operated once per week, will now open to members of the public on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 08h00 to 15h00. The city also wishes to remind customers they will continue to give preference to elderly and disabled residents as well as pregnant women. It is […]
The Solidarity Fund will no longer be taking requests for funding as it prepares to close by September. The business entities of the fund which has completed its disbursements will continue to exist in a state of dormancy, while a minimum balance of R15-million will be left in the fund for remobilisation in the event of another crisis. The Solidarity Fund was created in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Bail has been denied to the suspects accused of murdering 36-year-old Igshaan Philander at the Synergy Rehabilitation and Upliftment Centre in Ruyterwacht. READ MORE here. Zaid Isaacs, Moegamat Jones, Moegamat Ishmail and Vuyani Kedama appeared in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on Thursday morning. It is alleged that Philander was tortured before his body was dumped in Philippi in November last year. At the time, he told police […]
Luvo Mlandu has been handed a life sentence for the drunken murder of Cape Town Traffic officer, Deon Sampson, in August 2020. The 40-year-old taxi driver ran the officer over during a roadblock in Khayelitsha. According to reports, Mlandu fled the scene while waiting in line for routine inspection in Spine Road. Sampson is understood to have been standing in front of the vehicle when Mlandu accelerated, ignoring calls to […]
Nyanga’s CPF has called on Western Cape officials to improve the crime prevention aspect of its Safety Plan in all affected areas. Chairperson Martin Makasi says Area Based Teams should also be deployed to suburbs such as Elsies River, Samora Machel and Philippi East. Premier Alan Winde says 11 priority areas have been identified in the metro based on the third quarter crime statistics, adding that deployment is flexible. The […]
LOCAL Metalworkers’ union Numsa says it is pleased that the South African Civil Aviation Authority has completed its investigations into Comair and that it has lifted the suspension. British Airways and Kulula flights have resumed this morning after being grounded on Saturday over safety issues. Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says they are concerned that if this situation had dragged on indefinitely, it was going to have a very negative impact […]
INTERNATIONAL The European Union (EU) has withheld millions of euros in annual aid from the Palestinian Authority (PA), after Hungary's EU delegate accused PA school textbooks of containing "antisemitism", according to Haaretz. Oliver Varhelyi, a Hungarian diplomat and the commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement in Brussels, has proposed that aid to the PA requires the removal of "antisemitism and incitement" elements in textbooks taught in Palestinian schools. On Tuesday, the EU decided […]
INTERNATIONAL Activists have condemned a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Saudi Arabia following a mass execution in the kingdom over the weekend and the execution of a further three prisoners on Wednesday, during the prime minister's trip. Johnson is reportedly visiting the kingdom after travelling to the neighbouring UAE, with the intention of urging the Saudis to begin pumping more oil in order to calm markets shaken […]
INTERNATIONAL Google has been accused of "unjustly retaliating" against an employee who criticised Project Nimbus, a $1.2bn contract between Google, Amazon Web Services, and the Israeli military and government. The LA Times reported on Tuesday that shortly after Ariel Koren helped draft a letter among Google and Amazon workers that said Project Nimbus would facilitate the surveillance of Palestinians, as well as assist the expansion of Israeli settlements, her boss suggested she move to Brazil or […]
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.
