Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

City of Cape Town lifts boil notice, following issues at water plant

LOCAL Latest sampling results indicate that water is safe to drink and the discolouration experienced in parts of the eastern, central and southern suburbs has been resolved. This means that residents in affected areas need no longer boil their water before drinking or cooking. Sampling conducted by the City’s Scientific Services Branch and Environmental Health Service indicates that water is safe to drink. Sampling shows the water quality complies with […]

7 August 2022

Local

Capitec digital services back online

LOCAL Capitec spokesperson Francois Viviers has confirmed that all of the bank’s digital channels are online again, and any delayed payments should now have been processed. The bank added that it will refund all banking fees that were incurred due to the downtime. “We know we’ve let our clients down and we sincerely apologise,” said Viviers. “This was an internal infrastructure issue, and we want to assure our clients that […]

7 August 2022

Local

DIRCO condemns recent Israeli attacks on Gaza

LOCAL The Department of International Relations and Cooperation(DIRCO) has condemned the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza. The attacks resulted in the death of over 10 people, including a five-year-old child, over the past 48 hours. Israel said the strikes followed an immediate threat from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. The department says the international community must ensure that international law is not violated indiscriminately, and urgently stop the Israeli occupation […]

7 August 2022

Local

Policing should have started when 6 000 mines were abandoned: Mining Analyst

LOCAL The Bench Marks Foundation says the government’s failure to implement the law and hold relevant people accountable is the major cause of crimes in mining communities. Police Minister Bheki Cele attended a crime scene in Imbizo at West village in Krugersdorp, following a week of protests on the back of the gang rapes of eight women at an abandoned mine. It’s alleged that illegal miners were behind the attacks, […]

7 August 2022

Local

Cele determined police department will continue the fight against criminals

LOCAL Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, talking to community at an anti-crime imbizo in West Village, saying communities must stand together in the fight against crime, August 6, 2022. Police Minister Bheki Cele says his department will not allow the country to be turned into a criminals’ den. He was addressing residents of West Village in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, on Saturday. His crime imbizo with the residents of the […]

7 August 2022

International

The ‘deep state’ conspiracy theory tainting Kenya’s elections

INTERNATIONAL It is election season in Kenya and even beyond the 22.1 million registered voters going to the polls on August 9, the biggest catchphrase of the campaign has been the “deep state”. Over the last couple of years, the phrase has emerged to convey the notion of a powerful shadowy cabal, not officially elected to government but, nonetheless, contorting the wishes of the people during elections and afterwards in […]

6 August 2022

International

Turkey agrees to partial rouble payment system for Russian gas

INTERNATIONAL President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday pledged to boost political and economic cooperation including in energy and trade. The two leaders agreed to set up a partial payment system for Russian gas in roubles, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said after the talks. Putin received the Turkish president in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi. The meeting comes just weeks after Erdogan […]

6 August 2022

International

Israeli bombardment of Gaza enters second day

INTERNATIONAL Member of Knesset: Gaza war part of immoral electoral campaign A Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament, Sami Abu Shehadeh, has slammed the Israeli military operation in Gaza as part of an election campaign by caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. “Israel’s latest aggression in Gaza shows the will of Lapid and Gantz and their [governing] coalition to do anything to stay in power, […]

6 August 2022

International

Israel kills at least 10 Palestinians in fresh Gaza bombing campaign

INTERNATIONAL The Israeli army has killed at least 10 Palestinians, including a five-year-old child and a senior military leader, in the latest bombardment on the Gaza Strip on Friday. Follow our live coverage of the situation in Gaza here Taiseer al-Jabari, head of the northern division of al-Quds Brigades (Saraya al-Quds), the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, was killed in air strikes that hit multiple locations in Gaza. At least 55 people were wounded, according to […]

6 August 2022

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