Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

Lavender Hill residents raise retaliation concerns following murder of gang-boss, son

LOCAL Local police are looking for suspects involved in the murder of Lavender Hill's Fast Gun gang leader Cheslin Nelson and his 11-year-old son. They were shot dead at their home in Shepherd Road, while another man was injured on Friday. Steenberg community policing forum chairperson Gavin Walbrugh says the community is tense as the threat of retaliation is real, especially if an alleged high-profile person is killed. Walbrugh says […]

5 September 2022

News

Imam Haron death inquest to be heard in Nov, 53 years after demise

LOCAL Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald O. Lamola has ordered that the inquest into the detention and death of Apartheid activist, Imam Abdullah Haron be reopened. The inquest is scheduled to take place in open court from the 7th to the 18th of November 2022. This decision comes 53 years after the killing of Imam Haron whilst held in solitary confinement under the Apartheid terrorism act for 123 […]

5 September 2022

International

Gaza: Rights groups and EU condemn Hamas over ‘collaboration’ executions

INTERNATIONAL Human rights groups and the EU have condemned the execution by Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, of five Palestinians, including two for "collaboration" with Israel. The dawn executions, by hanging or firing squad, were the first carried out in the besieged coastal enclave for more than five years. "On Sunday morning, the death sentence was carried out against two condemned over collaboration with the occupation (Israel), and three others in […]

5 September 2022

International

Dissent, fame and vlogs: Qatar’s migrant workers find their voices on TikTok

INTERNATIONAL "There's nothing wrong being khadama," writes TikTok user jofaaw in a video caption, using the Arabic word for maid. "We are human like you, we are workers, not a slave." The Qatar-based worker was commenting on another video in which a woman was complaining about domestic workers' excessive use of TikTok on the Kuwaiti channel aloula.24. "Ya Allah madam!!! You think khadama don't have right using social media, because you are […]

5 September 2022

International

Al-Aqsa: Palestinians decry unprecedented settler storming through Asbat Gate

INTERNATIONAL Palestinians have condemned the entry of Israelis into Al-Aqsa Mosque during a storming by ultra-nationalists through Bab al-Asbat (Lions' Gate) as a "dangerous precedent". The incident, which happened on 28 August, was the first time settlers entered the courtyards of the mosque from the gate, located in the northeastern section of the complex, since Israel occupied East Jerusalem in 1967. 'We view with grave concern this transgression and violation of the sovereignty of Waqf' - […]

5 September 2022

International

Project Nimbus: Google employee accuses tech giant of profiteering off Palestinian pain

INTERNATIONAL A Google employee who is quitting the company this week has accused the tech giant of profiting from the systemic abuse of Palestinians after her efforts to thwart a billion-dollar contract with the Israeli military were reportedly met with retaliation. Ariel Koren, 28, will be leaving Google on Friday citing what she said was its creation of a hostile work environment due to her opposition to Project Nimbus. The project is a $1.2bn contract for a […]

5 September 2022

Local

Two arrested in connection with alleged murder of shop owner in the Western Cape

LOCAL Police in Plettenberg Bay, in the Western Cape, have arrested two suspects for the alleged murder and armed robbery of a shop owner. The shop owner was shot dead at his spaza shop last week . Police had launched a manhunt after the 27-year-old Ethiopian shop owner was gunned down in Kwanokuthula. Police Spokesperson, Chris Spies says the two were arrested during separate operations in an operation by local […]

5 September 2022

Local

‘Overwhelming’ response to Cape Town’s showers for the homeless

LOCAL A shower initiative for homeless people in Cape Town was motivated by research focusing on the greatest challenges faced by those without homes after the Covid-19 pandemic, said Sisanda Henda, who works for Viva Con Agua and is project manager for the Nina Manzi bus. The Nina Manzi bus is an on-the-move facility aimed at bringing dignity to Cape Town’s homeless community. “The main challenges homeless people are facing have to […]

5 September 2022

Local

Ipid report flags ‘assault investigations’ at 70 police stations in Western Cape

LOCAL One third of the 662 cases referred to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) for investigation in the Western Cape in the 2021/22 financial year required action to be taken against police for incidents including deaths in custody, alleged assaults and rape. While most (447) cases required no further action, 160 of the 215 cases involving officers featured allegations of assault at 70 police stations in the province. There […]

5 September 2022

Tauhierah Salie

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