INTERNATIONAL After days of deliberations, a jury in the United States has found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of aiding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse teenage girls. Jurors deliberated for five full days before finding Maxwell, 60, guilty on five of six counts on Wednesday, including the most serious charge of sex trafficking of minors, which carries a sentence of up to 40 years in prison. A former girlfriend and […]
INTERNATIONAL Nine million Captagon pills were discovered inside a shipment of plastic oranges heading to the Gulf and were intercepted by Lebanese authorities on Wednesday, in the latest series of regional busts of the stimulant drug. Captagon, which is a mixture of amphetamines, is a popular drug in the Middle East. Between 2015 and 2019, 44 percent of Captagon seizures were made in Middle Eastern countries, according to data from […]
INTERNATIONAL Sudanese gunmen have looted a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse containing around 1,900 tonnes of food aid in Darfur, according to the WFP. An official said they were “conducting an audit into what was stolen from the warehouse, which contains some 1,900 tonnes of food products”. The looting comes amid a surge of violence that began in October, triggered by land disputes, livestock and access to water. Around 250 […]
LOCAL The body of the late retired Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Tutu is expected to lie in state at the St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town . Tutu’s body has now arrived and will lie in state at the Cathedral from Thursday and Friday. Public viewing starts from 9am to 5pm on both days. Tutu died on Sunday morning at his home in Cape Town. There are just two days left […]
LOCAL Police Minister Bheki has lamented the reckless behaviour of drivers who continue to drive under the influence of alcohol. Cele was conducting a festive season safety inspection at Richards Bay in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. The inspection aims to assess the operations of the police. With the festive season in full swing, places along the coast are becoming busier. The Police Minster conducts an inspection to monitor police work and reminds […]
Refugee and asylum seekers organisation Women and Children at Concern International Society will be holding an awareness event to highlight their grievances this weekend. According to residents at the refugee camp in Paint City, Bellville, the world needs to know about the police brutality and human rights infringements they are subject to. Spokesperson Hafiz Mohammed says the event will include storytelling and performance poetry the use of force on refugees, […]
LOCAL UPDATE: Anti-gang unit members have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in connection with the murder of two-year-old Uthmaan Taliep, who was struck by a bullet during a gang shooting in Belhar on Monday evening. Police investigations led detectives to Hout Bay where the suspect was found. According to spokesperson, Capt FC van Wyk, the teenager may be linked to another shooting incident in the area and is due to appear […]
LOCAL South Africa’s health department has reported a further 9 020 new covid-19 cases and 81 related deaths in the past 24 hours. Nearly 460 patients have been hospitalized during the same period. Majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal with 28%, followed by the Western Cape with 21%. The country’s recovery rate is currently at 91.6% with 197 076 active cases. Meanwhile, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde meanwhile says […]
INTERNATIONAL Dozens of Rohingya refugees who were intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian waters, authorities said. At least 100 people, mostly women and children, on board a wooden vessel said to be taking on water were denied refuge in Indonesia and instead pushed into the neighbouring Southeast Asian country. Despite calls from non-governmental organisations and the United […]
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.
