Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

Yemen: Houthi govt condemns ‘Al-Qaeda’s demolition’ of ancient mosque in Hudaydah

INTERNATIONAL Officials in Yemen's Houthi-led government have spoken out against the demolition of an ancient mosque in the province of Al-Hudaydah on Saturday, blaming "Al-Qaeda" elements. The Sanaa-based General Authority for Awqaf (Endowments) have condemned the destruction carried out to parts of the historic Al-Noor Mosque in the Al-Qataba area, north of the Al-Khokha district. The authority blamed the attack on Al-Qaeda elements, said to be led by a member […]

11 July 2022

International

Israel to examine reports of decades-old grave for buried Egyptian soldiers

INTERNATIONAL Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday that his office would investigate reports of a mass grave in central Israel containing the bodies of Egyptian commandos who were killed during the 1967 Middle East war, Reuters reported. Lapid's office said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi brought up the issue in a call after two Israeli newspapers published witness accounts suggesting there was an unmarked grave near Latrun, an […]

11 July 2022

Local

Parole for Zephany Nurse kidnapper to be considered next year

LOCAL The woman convicted for stealing a newborn baby at Groote Schuur in 1997, will have to wait until July 2023 to be considered for parole. Levona Solomons attended a parole hearing on Friday. Solomons has served six years of her 10-year sentence for kidnapping Zephany Nurse and raising her as her own. Solomon was caught out after Zephany attended the same school as her biological sister, resulting in charges […]

11 July 2022

Local

Parliament hearings into suspended public protector’s fitness to hold office commences

LOCAL Hearings into suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office kicked off in parliament on Monday, as the section 194 committee began its inquiry. Evidence leader advocate Nazreen Bawa began the proceedings with a brief statement regarding the historic exercise of hearing evidence in its first-ever impeachment inquiry. “This committee sits as a first of its kind in SA, so it is sailing in uncharted waters. It should […]

11 July 2022

Local

It will take several weeks to recover from recent strike: De Ruyter

LOCAL Eskom Chief Executive Officer, Andre De Ruyter, says it will take several weeks for the power utility to fully recover from the recent strike action. Stage four rolling blackouts are currently being implemented until midnight. Eskom has been implementing power cuts due to losses in generation capacity following the recent impact of labour unrest and maintenance backlogs. De Ruyter was speaking during a media briefing. “This is not the news you want […]

11 July 2022

Local

A year after July riots, no justice for the 237 people murdered

LOCAL A year ago, KwaZulu-Natal was plunged into chaos by riots that spread to Gauteng, leaving about 354 people dead - a shocking 237 of them murdered during the unprecedented post-apartheid unrest. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 199 of those murders, with 38 reported in Gauteng. The protests followed the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma for 15 months for contempt of court after he defied an order by the Constitutional Court […]

8 July 2022

Local

Former bookkeeper arrested for allegedly defrauding WC shipping company of R2.5 million

LOCAL A 59-year-old former bookkeeper at a shipping company in Laaiplek in the Western Cape has been arrested on numerous financial transgressions to the value of R2.5 million. Police spokesperson Captain Frederick Van Wyk says the provincial Commercial Crime Unit arrested the suspect on charges including fraud, money laundering, theft and forgery. This after an auditor allegedly exposed the fraudulent activities and the owner opened a case. The woman allegedly […]

8 July 2022

Local

Gov issues final deadline for set-top box installations: Minister Ntshavheni

LOCAL The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has announced a new and final deadline of the 30th of September 2022 to apply for government set-top boxes for qualifying low-income households. This comes after the Constitutional Court set aside the Minister’s October 31, 2021 deadline for indigent households’ application government for government set-up boxes. In addition, it annulled the Minister’s earlier decision that established the 30 June 2022 deadline for […]

8 July 2022

Local

CPT communities demand the removal of Steenberg police station management

LOCAL Several Cape Town communities are demanding the removal of the Steenberg police station’s management team, alleging that they are doing nothing to stop violence including the murder of family members in the area. A group of residents from the neighbourhoods of Lavender Hill, Hillview, Cafda, Retreat, Seawinds and Steenberg marched to the local police station on Thursday to demand the replacement of station management by next week Monday. Lucinda Evans, […]

8 July 2022

Tauhierah Salie

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