Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

Mobile network firms battle rising costs to combat load-shedding impact on cellphone towers

LOCAL The DA plans to confront the department of communications and digital technologies with a plan to stabilise mobile network services during load-shedding. “These companies are incurring huge costs to keep services running for their customers,” said DA MP Tsholofelo Bodlani, adding she was concerned about the effect on companies' bottom lines and future investments. Cell towers, she said, are either equipped with batteries or generators, meaning when load-shedding occurs […]

21 September 2022

Local

August’s CPI figures decrease to 7.6%

LOCAL The country’s annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of August decreased to 7.6% from 7.8% in July 2022. Statistics South Africa says month-on-month CPI increased to 0.2%. It says the main contributors to inflation were food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing, utilities and transport. Food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 11.3% year-on-year and contributed 1.9 percentage points to the total CPI annual rate of 7.6%. Housing and utilities […]

21 September 2022

Local

President Ramaphosa wants urgent solutions to the electricity crisis

LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers remarks at the official Opening of the Sandvik Khomanani Facility in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni. The Presidency says President Cyril Ramaphosa wants urgent solutions to South Africa’s protracted electricity crisis. Reports say some major announcements related to the crisis are expected to be made in the Cabinet meeting which Ramaphosa will chair on Wednesday. The power utility has ramped up stages of rolling blackouts, which reached […]

21 September 2022

Local

Ramaphosa changes travels plans to address load-shedding

LOCAL Worsening power cuts have forced President Cyril Ramaphosa to cut short his current overseas visit to deal with troubles at home. Ramaphosa made this decision after "an urgent virtual meeting with all the relevant ministers and officials," his spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said on Sunday afternoon . Play Video Policing, renewables and importing from Botswana: Ramaphosa lays out plan to beat load-shedding Ramaphosa is currently in London to attend ceremonies […]

19 September 2022

Local

Gang boss Staggie’s son killed in Cape Town

LOCAL The son of late Hard Livings gang boss Rashied Staggie was shot dead in an alleged gang shooting on Saturday night in Manenberg, Cape Town. Manenberg police spokesperson Capt Ian Bennett confirmed Abdullah Boonzaaier, 32, sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his face. “The prominent male gang member, from Woodstock, was in Beatrix Lane, Manenberg. He was with a group of males gambling in the roadway when multiple gunshots were […]

19 September 2022

International

Syria: Three dead after Turkish raid on border outposts

INTERNATIONAL Three people have been killed when Turkish raids struck outposts in northern Syrian operated by government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to a British-based war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the three killed were wearing Syrian army uniform. Several other fighters were wounded in the attack near the Kurdish-held border town of Kobane, with some in critical condition, according to the Observatory, […]

19 September 2022

International

Turkey: Hundreds gather for anti-LGBTQ rally in Istanbul

INTERNATIONAL Hundreds of protesters gathered on Sunday for an anti-LGBTQ march in Istanbul, a city where pro-LGBTQ demonstrations have been banned for years. Religious, conservative and far-right groups organised the protest in the Fatih neighbourhood against what they claim is an increasing threat to traditional values in Turkey posed by LGBTQ people. Protesters held placards reading "protect your family and your generation" and "say No to the project of a […]

19 September 2022

International

UK: Renewed inter-religious violence breaks out between Muslim, Hindu communities in Leicester

INTERNATIONAL Local community leaders called for calm after a renewed disturbance among young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu residents in Leicester, in the English East Midlands, despite a strong police presence in the area. The latest incident broke out on Saturday and into Sunday, with police responding to hold back violent crowds that flared up after "an unplanned protest", the BBC reported. It was unclear what sparked the protest. Ricketts family […]

19 September 2022

International

Hamas decision to restore ties with Syrian government sparks controversy

INTERNATIONAL The decision by Hamas, the Palestinian movement that rules the Gaza Strip, to restore relations with the Syrian government after more than 10 years of estrangement has sparked controversy. After initially remaining neutral in the country's civil war, Hamas eventually voiced its support for the Syrian opposition in 2012 and broke off links with President Bashar al-Assad, despite having received backing from his government in the past. The move also saw […]

19 September 2022

Tauhierah Salie

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