Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

COP27: Egypt creating climate of fear for environmentalists ahead of conference

INTERNATIONAL In a stinging report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused the Egyptian government of "severely curtailing" the rights of environmental groups in the country and their ability to carry out their work of protecting the natural environment. "The Egyptian government has imposed arbitrary funding, research, and registration obstacles that have debilitated local environmental groups, forcing some activists into exile and others to steer clear of important work," said Richard Pearshouse, […]

12 September 2022

International

Egypt’s Sisi set to visit Qatar for first time since 2017 Gulf rift

INTERNATIONAL Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will visit Qatar on Tuesday, in his first visit to the country since the 2017 Gulf rift. Sisi is set to stay in Doha for two days, where he will meet with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to discuss a number of regional and international issues, a senior Qatari official told Anadolu Agency. Dissent, fame and vlogs: Qatar's migrant workers find their voices on TikTok Read […]

12 September 2022

International

British Muslims’ citizenship reduced to ‘second-class’ status, says report

INTERNATIONAL Many British Muslims have been reduced to "second-class" citizens as a consequence of citizenship-stripping powers introduced by the UK government since 2002, according to a new report by a race equality think tank. The report by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), entitled "Citizenship: from right to privilege", follows the recent extension of the controversial powers - which have been extensively used against British nationals who travelled to Syria - in the […]

12 September 2022

Local

Seven EMPD officers arrested for ‘murder, defeating the ends of justice’

LOCAL The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has arrested seven Ekurhuleni metro police department (EMPD) officers on charges of murder, attempted murder and defeating the ends of justice. The five constables and two inspectors are expected to make their first appearance at the Tsakane magistrate's court on Monday. “It is alleged the officers went into a shack in Langaville extension 6 on September 8, where they found four African males. […]

12 September 2022

Local

Bangladeshi businessman kidnapped in Mitchells Plain reunited with family

LOCAL Western Cape police have confirmed that Bangladeshi businessowner Akhtar Pradhan has been reunited with his family. Police opened cases of kidnapping and extortion after the 37-year-old was forced into a vehicle by armed suspects in Mitchells Plain on Friday, 26 August. A graphic video went viral last week, depicting the handcuffed and visibly injured man pleading with an unknown person on the phone, for money to be brought. He […]

12 September 2022

Local

SA cannabis company sells entire stock in advance as demand soars abroad

LOCAL Booming demand for medicinal cannabis from Europe to Australia has seen an SA producer sell all of its output for next year in advance. SafriCanna signed sale deals with Germany and Australia for the bulk of the production, Bassim Haidar, CEO of its largest investor, Optasia, said in an interview. The company started construction of its facilities in Pretoria in 2019 and shipped its first flowers in June. In […]

12 September 2022

Local

Trio wanted for triple murder arrested in CPT

LOCAL Three men have been arrested in connection with a triple murder at Victoria Lodge informal settlement at Southfield in Cape Town in March. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg, says the victims were all shot in the head. He says the suspects are expected to appear in court on Monday. “The investigation was handed over to the Anti-Gang Unit detectives to pursue all avenues to bring the perpetrators of this gruesome […]

12 September 2022

Local

NGO cleans up the streets of Milnerton in a bid to rid area of Illegal dumping

LOCAL An international humanitarian NGO, We Love U, has embarked on an extensive clean up campaign at Phoenix and Joe Slovo in Milnerton. The clean up forms part of efforts to rid areas of illegal dumping. Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation in the City of Cape Town, Zahid Badroodien, says the turnout of community members is encouraging. Participants and community members say theirs is an unsightly environment where […]

12 September 2022

International

Israel settlers cut down 25 olive trees in Palestine village

Israeli occupation settlers cut down at least 25 olive trees on a Palestinian farm in the village of Qaryout, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, on Saturday morning. Local Palestinian Authority (PA) official Ghassan Daghlas confirmed that the olive trees were planted on private Palestinian land. Daghlas explained that Israeli occupation settlers trespassed onto the farm and cut down the olive trees, pointing out that the olive harvest […]

11 September 2022

Tauhierah Salie

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