LOCAL The Western Cape Department of Community Safety and Police Oversight, Intercape bus company, the South African National Taxi Council, and the police will brief the provincial standing committee on Transport on Friday. This is regarding the ongoing attacks on long-distance buses. Intercape confirmed that two drivers were shot on the N2 highway near Nyanga on Wednesday evening.
LOCAL Gauteng police have confirmed that the body of a man has been found in Shamdor, Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. At this stage, it is still unclear whether the man was killed as a result of the ongoing protests in the area. Scores of disgruntled community members are protesting against illegal mining and undocumented foreign nationals. This follows the gang rape of 8 women, who were part of a production crew, shooting […]
LOCAL Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says the issue of illegal foreign nationals in the country needs immediate collective intervention. Motsoaledi says the documentation of illegal immigrants in the country will not be easy because they are in the country illegally. He was speaking at the handing over of Birth Certificates to the newly born babies at St Barnabas Hospital in Libode in the Eastern Cape on Thursday. South Africans are […]
LOCAL A businessman, who confessed to grooming and raping a 12-year-old girl, has been granted R10 000 bail by the Hermanus Magistrate’s Court, in the Overberg. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila, says the grooming had started when the girl was 11 on a social media platform. The 40-year-old businessman told the court that he thought she was older at the time. The case was postponed to the 13th […]
LOCAL The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it is investigating the demolition of over 150 homes in Mahobieskraal, near Sun City in the North West. Families were evicted and their houses demolished following a court order that the Bapolomiti Communal Property Association had obtained. The SAHRC says this is an infringement of the homeowners’ right to shelter. Zama Luthutli of the commission in the North West explains. “We […]
The Voice of the Cape Radio is ushering in Muharram 1444 - the Islamic New Year - with a special Khatum al Quran. In collaboration with the Department of Quranic Affairs, VOC will kick off the on-air launch on Thursday evening, 4 August 2022. The Khatum will be rendered by a unique line-up of renowned Shuyoog, hufaath and Qari’s. “We are welcoming the new year with bringing the Kalam of […]
INTERNATIONAL When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the discovery of the world’s second-largest rare earth elements reserve in Turkey’s Eskisehir last month, a slew of experts and reports questioned the quality and reliability of the 694-million tonne deposit. Now the man who is handling the mining operations has told Middle East Eye that he is 100 percent sure the Eskisehir reserve will provide a strategic advantage to Turkey, as it has the potential to become a […]
INTERNATIONAL The World Bank has accused Lebanese authorities of operating a giant Ponzi scheme that has "caused unprecedented social and economic pain" over the past three decades. A Ponzi scheme is a type of scam that pays back investors with money from new investors. In a report published on Wednesday, the bank said the earlier necessary "reforms will be initiated, the less painful the cost of Ponzi Finance will be […]
INTERNATIONAL UN experts on Tuesday condemned Israel's "harassment" of human rights defenders and humanitarian workers in the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta villages, where Israel operates a military zone. The special rapporteurs insisted such harassment must stop, and said residents continue to be threatened by the risk of forcible transfer, including mass forced evictions and arbitrary displacement. "Israeli authorities' hubris is proving without limits. They are even harassing human rights […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
