By Shireen Fisher Elsies River is on a knife-edge, as gang related shootings continue to unsettle the community. There are fears that gang warfare could deteriorate after the shooting of an alleged gang leader on Tuesday. Victor Bowers (35) also known as Fox, the leader of the Rebels gang, was shot as he was sitting in his car opposite the Reo Hotel in Halt Road. Police said an unknown assailant […]
The Noem My Skollie actor who was assaulted by alleged gang members says that he now carries a knife because he fears for his life. "I am getting famous and I don't even have R50 in my pocket. And now I have to walk around with a knife [to protect myself]," a frazzled-sounding David Manuel told News24 on Wednesday. "I stay in the location, I stay in Gugulethu, I have to protect […]
The Right2Know (R2K) campaign has told Parliament's inquiry into the fitness of the SABC board that the public broadcaster needs not only a new board, but also new mechanisms and a new communications minister to report to. R2K's Micah Reddy told the ad hoc committee on Wednesday that its scope might be limited in terms of bringing about the change the SABC actually needs. The broadcaster is at risk of […]
Optimum Coal Mine has failed to pay a R4.2 million invoice to a company contracted to build a new state-of-the-art public health clinic. The Gupta family-owned Optimum is the company at the centre of the Public Protector’s State of Capture report and could face losing its mining rights, GroundUp reported. Optimum owns a coal-mine in Hendrina, Mpumalanga. Its mining rights are dependent on fulfilling its social and labour commitments in […]
A man who raped and killed a 10-year-old girl, and raped his former girlfriend twice, was given five life sentences by the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. In sentencing Jerome Amerika, 23, Judge Robert Henney said in such cases retribution and deterrence came to the fore. Amerika was last month found guilty of raping and killing Shamonique Claasen. She went missing in Paarl on February 27, a day before […]
Those who shone a light on the shenanigans at the SABC are helping to save the country, the Save South Africa (SSA) campaign said on Tuesday. “They have done a great service to our democracy by outlining to Parliament the destructive influence of multiple officer-bearers, Hlaudi Motsoeneng and the group known as his enforcers,” it said in a statement. Parliament is currently holding an inquiry into the SABC’s board's fitness […]
An agreed evacuation of rebels and civilians from the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo has been delayed, according to activists in besieged parts of the city and a monitor. Bus-loads of people were set to begin leaving on Wednesday morning as part of a deal with the government , whose forces have effectively taken control of the entire city after weeks of heavy fighting. No rebel or civilian had left […]
Over the past 24 hours, several videos have been released by the men, women and children of Aleppo as the regime forces of President Bashar Al-Assad mercilessly bombard almost 100,000 civilians who are stuck in a two kilometre squared pocket and have nowhere to flee to. The United Nations has also now definitively confirmed that the Assad regime and Iran-backed Shia fighters from Lebanon, Iraq and further afield are now […]
As Islamophobia and xenophobia are beginning to show their ugly teeth in San Francisco, California activists at the Arab Resource and Organization Center (AROC) are redoubling their efforts to teach local youths about Arab heritage. Lara Kiswani, AROC's Director, is leading a programme linked to keeping San Franciscans aware of Arab culture and language, while engaging youth of Arab descent to learn more about their heritage. A team of six […]
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.
