South Africa will take on Wales this Saturday, 16 July 2022 in the final test match of the Incoming Series. With the national restrictions on gatherings lifted, the DHL Stadium is expected to be at full capacity with a crowd of about 60 000. Parking will be limited in the stadium precinct, therefore the City of Cape Town would like to encourage rugby fans to make use of a park […]
INTERNATIONAL Iran is preparing to send drones to Russia in order to assist Moscow in its war against Ukraine, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday. Sullivan said the Iranians are preparing to train Russian forces to use the unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs). He didn't say if any UAVs had already been delivered to the Russians. “Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to […]
INTERNATIONAL British human rights lawyer, Helena Kennedy, has said that Turkiye should face charges before the International Court of Justice for being complicit in acts of genocide against the Yazidi people, The Guardian reports. According to the report, Kennedy endorsed an investigation against Syria and Iraq for failing to prevent the killings. The lawyers, known as the Yazidi Justice Committee (YJC), asserted that States are held accountable under the Genocide Convention to […]
INTERNATIONAL The US is planning to build a diplomatic complex on private property confiscated from Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, a rights organisation said Sunday, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah) said they have found new evidence that the land on which the diplomatic compound is to be built under a joint US-Israeli plan is located on private property taken from […]
LOCAL The City of Cape Town says refuse collections have resumed their normal schedule this week. It follows administrative issues impacting the refuse collection service contracts over the past few weeks. Residents were requested to leave bins out until 9pm, including on weekends, while limits were placed on the amount of refuse which could be dropped off at designated facilities. It is unclear whether the ‘administration issues’ relate to R38.8 […]
LOCAL Community activists in Bonteheuwel are concerned about the delay in a child pornography case. The court case involving a mother accused of selling naked pictures of her four-year-old daughter, has been delayed several times. The residents say they are frustrated as the case was postponed, yet again, to the 20th of this month. Western Cape Community Safety MEC, Reagen Allen, also expressed concern. He says the fact that the […]
LOCAL Congress of the People (COPE)’s Youth Movement has given President Cyril Ramaphosa seven working days to come up with tangible solutions to the economic challenges in the country. The Youth Movement marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria earlier on Monday to submit a memorandum of demands, highlighting high youth unemployment. At the Union Buildings, the youth handed out a list of grievances. These are rising fuel prices, unemployment, and […]
LOCAL Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested two people in connection with the tavern shooting in Sweetwaters, Pietermaritzburg. Four people were killed and eight others injured after gunmen opened fire on patrons at the tavern on Saturday night. A survivor of the deadly tavern shooting in Pietermaritzburg says the gunmen entered the tavern and began shooting without uttering a single word. Speaking on condition of anonymity, he’s urged police to find those […]
INTERNATIONAL Syria Relief, the UK's leading Syria-focused NGO and its parent charity Action For Humanity, on Saturday condemned the UN failure to renew the Syria cross border resolution. It called for global powers to put politics second and people first. The resolution gives a UN mandate for the only remaining aid border crossing into Syria, via Turkey. Failure to renew it will mean there is no UN-approved route to providing […]
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.
