Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

Social Development commends national strategic plan on gender-based violence

LOCAL The Department of Social Development says much has been achieved in the two years since the national strategic plan on gender-based violence and femicide was adopted. This is despite a worsening rate of violence against women and children with recent cases including that of the murdered four-year-old Bokgabo Poo, whose recovered body was found missing some parts. The department says it has started a series of dialogues with communities, and […]

18 October 2022

International

Uganda locks down two districts in bid to check spread of Ebola

INTERNATIONAL Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an immediate lockdown and imposition of a dusk-till-dawn curfew for three weeks in two districts in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola. Places of worship, markets, bars and entertainment will be closed and restrictions have been placed on movement in and out of the two central districts of Mubende and Kassanda for 21 days. “I now direct as follows: movements now into […]

16 October 2022

International

Mahsa Amini: Iranians defy crackdown with nationwide demonstrations

INTERNATIONAL Protesters across Iran defied a nearly month-long crackdown on Saturday, activists said, chanting in the streets and in universities against the country's clerical leaders in a sustained wave of anger at the death of Mahsa Amini. The protests sweeping Iran since Amini, a 22-year-old woman from the country's Kurdish region, died on 16 September while being held for "inappropriate attire" pose one of the most serious challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 […]

16 October 2022

International

Saudi cousin of Mohammed bin Salman threatens West with ‘jihad and martyrdom’

INTERNATIONAL A cousin of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has issued a violent threat against the West amid souring relations over a decision by Opec+ to cut oil production. In a message "to the West", Prince Saud al-Shaalan is seen in a video circulating on social media saying "anybody who challenges the existence of this kingdom, we are all projects of jihad and martyrdom". The prince is heard issuing his warning in English […]

16 October 2022

International

Brazilian Muslims demand Harvard return skull of slave who fought in uprising

INTERNATIONAL The Islamic community of Salvador, in Brazil’s Bahia state, has pushed Harvard University to repatriate the skull of an enslaved man who allegedly took part in a famous uprising of African Muslims in the city in 1835. The skull is part of a Harvard collection of human remains of 19 people of African origin likely enslaved in the Americas. The University’s Peabody and Warren museums also hold the remains […]

16 October 2022

Local

South Africa signs 17 memoranda of understanding with Saudi Arabia

LOCAL South Africa and Saudi Arabia have signed 17 memoranda of understanding relating to mining, renewable energy, security, transport, agri-aquaculture and other sectors, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. “Seventeen MoUs for us as South Africa being signed and exchanged at the same time is a record and true demonstration of the depth of the relationship between the two countries and the great ambitions that we all have,” said Ramaphosa. […]

16 October 2022

Local

Solidarity ready to take on Dis-Chem regarding ‘discriminatory’ employment policy

LOCAL Trade union Solidarity says it is keeping a close eye on Dis-Chem after the company allegedly retracted a controversial letter sent to senior management, alerting it about a moratorium on the appointment of whites. Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann shared on Twitter a letter reportedly sent by Dis-Chem CEO Ivan Saltzman. It is dated September 19 and was addressed to all senior management. In the letter, Saltzman told managers that […]

16 October 2022

Local

Human trafficking march raises awareness in Durban

LOCAL Despite efforts by African states to curb this illegal practice, many gaps still enable trafficking and smuggling criminal networks to carry out this trade in human beings The Deputy Minister of Justice John Jeffrey says it’s mainly men who are victims of human trafficking in Africa. Jeffrey was part of a peaceful march along the Durban promenade alongside the organisation ‘Abolishing All Injustices in the 21st Century to raise […]

16 October 2022

Local

SABC officially has no board

LOCAL It is now official, from Sunday the SABC does not have a board. This comes as the non-executive board’s term ended on Saturday. The process of recommending and appointing a new board is not yet finalised, as deliberations on the 34 candidates who were interviewed have been delayed. The delay was caused by the State Security Agency which has only started vetting candidates recently. Parliament’s Communications Committee has been […]

16 October 2022

Tauhierah Salie

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