OPINION by Sipho Hlonwane It has been a grotesque week in South Africa. Where to start. Perhaps with the news that in order to save some cash, the Gauteng department of health shipped off 94 people who were in need of medical assistance to their deaths. There's no other conclusion to draw, if you read the health ombudsman's report on the man-made disaster that was the decision to move patients […]
The march on Saturday, in which the protesters carried signs with slogans denouncing the proposed ban, proceeded through the centre of Vienna and ended in front of the square where the Foreign Ministry building is located, Efe news reports. The demonstration was organised by several Austrian Muslim associations, and most of the participants were women. One of the organisers said they were against the Islamic veil ban because they opposed […]
Four men convicted of killing a Khayelitsha woman and hiding her body in a drain are expected in the Western Cape High Court for sentencing proceedings on Monday. Bongiwe Ninini, 20, died in July 2015 after she was strangled, taken to an open field, assaulted, hit with a spade and probably a beer bottle as well. The court found on Tuesday that Phumulani Nyewu, Masimthembe Solontsi, Melikhaya Mgushelo and Thabiso […]
The Chamber of Mines says it wants government to put the health and safety of mine workers as their priority in its discussion in this year's Mining Indaba. The week- long conference is scheduled to take place in Cape Town from today. Chamber of Mines President, Mike Teke says he expects government to pledge its support for the sector in this year's indaba. Teke says they want clarity on the […]
The Commission of inquiry into the feasibility of free Higher Education is expected to resume with its public hearings in Centurion, south of Pretoria on Monday. The Fees Commission chaired by Judge Jonathan Heher was established in 2016 year by President Jacob Zuma to investigate the feasibility of free higher education and training. Commission spokesperson, Musa Ndwandwe says the 6th phase of the investigation will be focusing on the issue […]
President Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of the US court system, accusing it of putting the country in peril. His comments came hours after a federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a controversial ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. After an unusually long silence, Trump took to Twitter to say he could not "believe a judge would put our […]
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has announced the deadline for applications for enrolment in Western Cape schools for 2018 as Friday, 24 March, 2017. The deadline applies in particular to children who are entering Grade 1 or Grade 8 in 2018, and children who are changing schools. In a statement released by the department, parents have been advised that School admissions are scheduled to open on Monday, 6 February, […]
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape is evoking the strategy that won in the province during the 2004 general elections. It's hoping that by retracing its steps then, it will wrestle control of the province back from the Democratic Alliance (DA) in 2019. Hence the party's Provincial Executive Committee has extended an invitation to its former Chairperson and Premier of the Western Cape Ebrahim Rasool. They hope […]
Disgraced Gauteng MEC for health Qedani Mahlangu’s senior staff knew as far back as July 2016 that mentally ill patients were dying in their dozens at the care centres in which they had been dumped. But Mahlangu herself only knew about the crisis a month later – because she had been busy campaigning for the local government elections from ANC provincial headquarters Walter Sisulu House, situated 400m from her Sauer […]
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.
