Police minister Bheki Cele will today visit Cape Town as part of the annual safer festive season inspection tour. The visit forms part of efforts by the Police Service to channel resources to areas where they are most needed. The aim is to ensure police deal decisively with crime during the holiday season. Cele will be joined by Western Cape provincial commissioner Thembisile Patekile to assess the effectiveness of operational […]
Firefighters are on scene in Salt River where six informal dwellings have caught alight. Spokesperson Jermaine Carelse confirmed the fire broke out along the Main road and Browning Road in Observatory. Firefighters are on scene, working to contain the blaze. No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire is unknown. VOC
Four suspected house robbers are expected to make their court appearances today in Strand. This comes after they were arrested in Gordon's Bay on Saturday. A security firm notified SAPS about a vehicle flagged by the Licence Plate Recognition cameras as used in a house robbery earlier this month in Durbanville. After a search by members of the Gordon's Bay Police department, the vehicle was found. The four occupants, aged […]
South Africa has recorded 15 465 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal with 27%, followed by Gauteng with 23%, and the Western Cape accounted for 18%. There has been an increase of 87 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. A further three Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the total fatalities to 90 348 to date. The country’s […]
The determination and dedication of our members to create a safer environment for the inhabitants of this province are making headway as indicated by the seizure of five illegally possessed firearms during police interventions yesterday. In Vredenburg members of the Provincial Extortion Task Team were deployed to focus on firearm and extortion related crimes. They reacted on a tipoff which led the team to Tsi-Tsi informal settlement where the target […]
The quick response by Wellington police to an armed robbery in progress resulted in the arrest of two suspects this morning. SAPS members were alerted that a group of five suspects approached a farmer at his residence and demanded cash at around 09:50. They reacted to the information and upon their arrival in Commissioner Street the fleeing suspects opened fire at police, who retaliated. One of our members sustained a […]
Western Cape police confiscated five illegal firearms and arrested three suspects aged between 15 and 35. Meanwhile, a 26-year-old suspect was arrested in Wynberg following an armed robbery of a cigarette delivery vehicle.
With the holiday season now well underway, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is appealing to the public to be safe in and around coastal and inland waters. NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon says they are appealing to parents to make sure there is a designated responsible person watching over children in and around any and every body of water. Furthermore, the insitute appeals to fishermen, coastline anglers and hikers, to […]
South Africa has recorded 24 785 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The majority of new cases are from Gauteng with 27%, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 23% and the Western Cape accounting for 19%. There has been an increase of 347 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. A further 36 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the total fatalities to 90 262 to date. Furthermore, Muslim […]
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.
