US President Donald Trump has defended his executive order on immigration which restricts access to citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations to the US. Rejecting the ‘Muslim ban’ label, he said it will only be in place until new security policies are implemented. “To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting. This is not about religion – this is about terror and keeping our […]
By Thakira Desai The community of Hanover Park on the Cape Flats recently voiced concerns about the Health Department’s decision to relocate the Hanover Park Day Hospital amid concerns that healthcare services would be inaccessible to the community. The department insists the relocation is for the residents own well-being amid rampant gang violence. As in many parts of the Cape Flats, residents have for years been plagued by often fatal […]
By Thakira Desai As Capetonians feel the effects of the drought that has severely impacted the northern parts of the country in recent months, many have heeded the call and have begun actively conserving water. Over the past weeks, residents have shared interesting methods to reducing the amounts of water required for daily activities. Some have gone as far as reducing morning preparations to one glass of water, while others […]
Families facing eviction from their Woodstock homes say they will be left unemployed and their children without schools, should they be relocated to Wolwerivier. “We went to Wolwerivier last year and there is no life there. Most of us work night shift at places in the area, so if we have to move far away, we’ll lose our jobs,” said tenant Charnell Commando. In 2013, a company called The Woodstock […]
Parliament's legal advisers are expected to give an opinion on whether the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) inquiry draft report can be sent to the affected parties without recommendations. Debate flared up on Thursday between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Ad hoc Committee, following the ANC's Juli Kilian's suggestion that the recommendations be excluded for now. She said that the recommendations should only […]
A UK High Court ruling that two Niger Delta communities devastated by oil spills cannot have their claims against Shell heard in the UK could rob them of justice and allow UK multinationals to commit abuses overseas with impunity, Amnesty International said on Thursday. The High Court ruled on Thursday that Royal Dutch Shell cannot be held responsible for the actions of its Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company of […]
EU ministers are pushing forward with plans to fund refugee camps outside the bloc to save migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean and bringing into Europe only those “who require protection.” The long-debated topic was on the table at Thursday’s meeting between EU interior ministers in the Maltese capital, Valletta. Officials focused on the problem of refugees attempting to reach the Union via the Mediterranean and smugglers profiting from sending […]
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled on Thursday a scheduled meeting with US President Donald Trump next week amid a deepening dispute over a border wall promised by America's new leader. "This morning we informed the White House that I will not attend the work meeting planned for next Tuesday with the POTUS," Pena Nieto said on Twitter, referring to Trump. "Mexico reiterates its willingness to work with the United […]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is on Thursday set to brief media on the outcomes of talks he held about the state of readiness for the 2017 academic year. The talks took place in the last week with various groups. Earlier in the month, he indicated the department was ready for the new year. There were more than 500 000 places available at tertiary institutions for young people to further […]
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.
