Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

Turkey’s looming invasion of Syria tests US-Kurdish ties

INTERNATIONAL Turkey’s threatened incursion into northern Syria is testing US efforts to balance between an important counterterrorism partner in the Middle East and a pivotal geopolitical ally in the war in Ukraine. At the heart of the tussle between Ankara and Washington is the United States’ support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-majority militia Washington has partnered with to fight the Islamic State (IS) group. Ankara views the SDF as an […]

1 December 2022

International

India, Israel and the ‘greenwashing’ project taking shape in Kashmir

INTERNATIONAL India's decision to invite Israeli officials to the disputed Kashmir region has triggered alarm among local residents and experts, with New Delhi accused of attempting to replace the indigenous culture and geography with a reimagined environment. Earlier this month, Israeli diplomats travelled to Indian-controlled Kashmir to explore joint agriculture collaborations with the Indian government. Yair Eshel, the agricultural attache at the Israeli embassy in Delhi, visited farms and farmers in […]

1 December 2022

International

US: Lawyer accuses Saudi crown prince of attempting to ‘manipulate’ court system

INTERNATIONAL A lawyer for Hatice Cengiz has accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of attempting to "manipulate" the US court system, after the administration of US President Joe Biden declared in recent documentation that the Saudi royal should be given immunity in a lawsuit accusing him of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. In a 10-page legal filing, lawyer Keith Harper, who represents both Cengiz, a writer and Khashoggi's fiancee, and Democracy for […]

1 December 2022

Local

Correctional Services investigating Janusz Walus stabbing in prison

LOCAL The Correctional Services Department says it is investigating an incident in which an inmate stabbed convicted murderer, Janusz Walus at the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria. The department says Walus, who was wounded and admitted to the prison hospital, is in stable condition. The stabbing comes just days after the Constitutional Court ruled that Walus be released on parole by Friday. The Apex Court ruled that Justice Minister Ronald […]

30 November 2022

Local

Pensioners express concern about high tax deduction

LOCAL Some former government employees who have received their pension funds have expressed concern about the large deductions made from their pension. They claim that their income tax has increased dramatically since October of this year. And this has a negative impact on them because the pension money is their only source of income. The retired school principal, Malatswa Molepo worked for thirty years and the Government Employees Pension Fund […]

30 November 2022

Local

Safety units launched at tourism hotspots in WC

LOCAL The Western Cape is set to experience a bumper summer season. Statistics for October shows significant growth across local and international flights, accommodation bookings and visitor numbers at tourism attractions. The province and the City of Cape Town say the safety of tourists is paramount for the sector’s recovery. They’ve jointly launched Tourism Safety Units for the deployment to tourist hotspots. Member of the Mayoral Committee for Safety and […]

30 November 2022

Local

Oil spill forces closure of some beaches around Mossel Bay

LOCAL Disaster management officials from the Garden Route District Municipality say some beaches in Mossel Bay in the Western Cape have been closed due to an oil spill. Officials have not found the source of the spill yet, but they are investigating. Disaster head, Gerhard Otto, says the beaches that have been closed to allow for a clean-up operation, will be re-opened soon. “We are still investigating where the source […]

30 November 2022

International

Bahrain: Leading activist fined over protesting prison conditions

INTERNATIONAL A Bahrain court has upheld two charges against one of the kingdom's most prominent human rights defenders who is already serving a life sentence and has been protesting conditions in prison, his family and rights groups have reported. Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja, a Danish-Bahraini national who was imprisoned in 2011 after leading peaceful protests, was convicted on Monday of insulting a prison guard and breaking a plastic chair, and fined the equivalent of […]

30 November 2022

International

Turkey ‘gives Russia time to broker a deal’ on Syria’s Tal Rifaat

INTERNATIONAL Russian officials are trying to convince Damascus and Kurdish fighters to withdraw from the northern Syrian city of Tal Rifaat to prevent a Turkish ground offensive, according to Al Jazeera and al-Araby al-Jadeed. Turkish officials told Al Jazeera that the Russian side is making efforts to meet Turkey's demands in northern Syria as an alternative to the military operation, adding that Ankara stipulated the withdrawal of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia from the cities […]

30 November 2022

Tauhierah Salie

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