LOCAL DA members took to the streets across the city on Wednesday morning in protest of exorbitant fuel costs. The party is calling on government to scrap the general fuel levy entirely to ease the impact of petrol hikes on motorists. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show earlier, Mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith says it is unfair for commuters to bare the brunt of continuous increases. He […]
LOCAL Four people have been killed after gunmen opened fire in a supermarket in Site B in Khayelitsha. Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa, says unknown men entered the Madiba supermarket in Sulani Drive and opened fire. She says three victims died on the scene while the fourth later died in hospital. Potelwa says organised crime detectives are probing the incident. She says the motive for the attack is unknown at this […]
By Tauhierah Salie Dunoon residents protested outside the Wynberg Magistrate court on Monday afternoon, where suspects arrested for the mob murder of local, Abongile Malefala, appeared on several charges. Meanwhile, Cape Town responded with mixed reactions to the emotional scenes which played out in Parkwood on Sunday. Residents held an inter-religious vigil and prayed for forgiveness after brutally murdering the innocent Uber driver over kidnapping allegations. While some have welcomed […]
By Tauhierah Salie Nine suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of an Uber driver in Parkwood on Tuesday. Abongile Mafelala, from Du Noon, was beaten to death and his car stripped and set alight after being accused of attempting to kidnap children in the area. Just hours after the incident, the charred components of a burnt-out car on a blackened patch of grass at the entrance […]
INTERNATIONAL Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Sunday lifted a state of emergency imposed since last year's military coup, the ruling Sovereign Council said. Burhan "issued a decree lifting the state of emergency nationwide", the council said in a statement, according to AFP. The order was made "to prepare the atmosphere for a fruitful and meaningful dialogue that achieves stability for the transitional period", it added. Sunday's decision came […]
INTERNATIONAL Israeli ultra-nationalists and police forces attacked Palestinians on Sunday in occupied East Jerusalem as thousands chanted racist and Islamophobic slurs while participating in the controversial far-right "Flag March" through the Old City's Muslim quarter. At least 79 Palestinians were wounded in Jerusalem, including 28 who were hospitalised, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said. Injuries included wounds from rubber-coated steel bullets, beatings and pepper spray. A further 163 people were wounded in the West […]
INTERNATIONAL A religious order founded by an American Sufi scholar linked to a senior Jordanian prince has been accused of abusive treatment and physical punishment of children. Middle East Eye has spoken to dozens of former adherents of Nuh Ha Mim Keller's Sufi seminary who said they had left the community, based in the Jordanian capital Amman, because of their concerns about how children were being treated and their frustration at the way in […]
LOCAL The Cape Town City Council has given the go ahead for the public participation process to begin concerning the construction of more than 700 social housing units within the city’s central business district and other urban centres in the metro. Member of the Mayoral Committee for Human Settlements, Malusi Booi, says the proposed Newmarket Street land release in central Cape Town includes about 165 social housing units, adding that […]
LOCAL The Department of Social Development has launched the week-long campaign in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape. This coming week marks National Child Protection Week in South Africa. This year, the focus will be on teenage pregnancy which saw a spike, during the Covid-19 period, of teenagers giving birth in 2021. The National Child Protection Week (CPW) is observed in South Africa annually to raise awareness about the rights of children as articulated in […]
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.
