LOCAL Nearly three years on, the two suspects implicated in the murder of 19-year-old Jesse Hess and her grandfather, Chris Lategan, have been convicted. The Western Cape High court heard how the suspects fatally strangled the pair with belts and fled with stolen goods from an apartment in Parow in August of 2019. In a statement, Western Cape police welcomed the successful trial: “In August 2019, first year UWC student, […]
LOCAL Police Minister Bheki Cele has criticised the Western Cape provincial government for its call of wanting to take control of the running of SAPS in the region, saying the province is wasting its time. The province has in recent years been calling for the allocation of SAPS powers to the province. Cele says such devolution of power can only be passed through changes in the constitution. He was addressing […]
LOCAL Six people have been gunned down in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape in the past 24 hours. In the latest confirmed incident, an adult male was gunned down in TT section in the area. On Saturday night, five people were shot and killed in separate incidents in Khayelitsha. Police say three men aged between 34 and 50 were killed by unknown gunmen in Site C on the corner of […]
Morocco is tackling a number of serious wildfires in the country of an unprecedented size and intensity, a local official has confirmed. Fouad Al-Assali, the head of the National Centre for Climate and Forest Risk Management at the National Agency for Water and Forests, told M24 TV that around half of the fires have been brought under control. "Around 4,600 hectares of land are affected by the fires," explained Al-Assali. "Our efforts […]
Scores of people have died in the last few days in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, as tribal clashes rage across the region. Senior health authorities say the fighting has left at least 65 people dead, but medical sources said the real figure was larger and still increasing. The bulk of the fighting, Middle East Eye understands, has been between the Hausa and al-Hamaj groups. 'The clashes and hate speech that fuel these […]
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to Iran on Tuesday under the shadow of increasing tensions between Ankara and Tehran over the latter’s intelligence activities on Turkish territory. Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi are attending a round of high-level talks between their countries, and later will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin as part of the so-called Astana process to discuss Syria. It is believed the primary agenda will be Ankara’s wish to conduct a new military operation in northern Syria […]
If Eskom’s new proposed tariff hike is implemented, it could hit hardest the pockets of households using less electricity than the average — as well as those living off the grid. On July 5, the Pretoria high court ordered the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) to publish Eskom’s tariff application for an increase of 32.66% for 2023/24 by August 1. Eskom GM of regulation, Hasha Tlhotlhalemaje, said it was […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is impressed by efforts to push back Day Zero in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape. He is dedicating his 67 minutes act of goodness to addressing the water crisis in this metro. The President visited the Nooitgedacht water treatment plant on Monday, together with Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu, and Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane. Ramaphosa has called for unity […]
The Cape Town International convention Centre was abuzz with activity this Mandela Day, as NGO Ladles of Love successfully completed its largest food can mosaic to date. The organisation sought to break the Guiness World Record, and will now await official recognition. Over 48 thousand 500 cans were used to design a portrait of the late former president Nelson Mandla. These, alongside 20 000 sandwiches will be distributed to those […]
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.
