The eight SABC journalists who took the broadcaster to court this year will testify before Parliament's ad hoc committee looking into the fitness of the SABC board on Monday. Committee chairperson Vincent Smith said on Friday that the group will be represented by four of the eight members. They will appear at 16:00. Also on the list of witnesses on Monday were former SABC human resources chief Jabulani Mabaso, former […]
The Presidency announced on Sunday that government is ready to compensate families of the Marikana victims. "The SAPS has instructed its attorneys to make offers of payments in full settlement of claims for the claims where quantification were complete and are not under criminal investigation," President Jacob Zuma said in a statement. Zuma was giving an update on steps taken by various government departments to implement Farlam Commission of Inquiry […]
Save South Africa says it is "shocking news" that Atul Gupta is in 7th position on the Sunday Times's Rich List. "For one man to have acquired so much wealth, so fast, is in itself very disturbing," Save South Africa, a collective of organisations, civil society groups, business leaders and prominent individuals who aim to keep government accountable, said in a statement on Sunday. "But when it is Atul Gupta, […]
Egyptian nasheed artist Mostafa Atef says he is on a “mission to spread love and mercy”, at a time where the world is more divided than ever before. The gifted 26 year old vocalist is in Cape Town for the first leg of his South African tour, which kicks off on Saturday night at the CTICC at 6.30pm. Capetonians will be mesmerised by Atef’s powerful voice and his soul-stirring nasheed […]
The Al-Imdaad Foundation dispatched another convoy of essential flour from the town of Reyhanli on the Turkish border with Syria. The convoy will supply a network of humanitarian bakeries that supply free daily pita loaves to Syrian communities. The December convoy was largely sponsored by the Muslim Community of Isipingo Beach and the greater Durban area. The Al-Imdaad Foundation’s contribution to this convoy forms part of its Flour4Syria campaign which is […]
A man was reportedly shot six times outside the Hussami masjid in Cravenby after Jumuah on Friday afternoon. The mosque committee said the man was shot as he left the masjid and died on the scene. The man was 53 years old and known as Mukhtar Parker. An eyewitness who lives in a nearby flat told VOC News she heard the shots being fired but did not see what happened. It's […]
A youth summit organised by civil society and inter-faith organisations will be held during the international 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence on 10 December 2016 at The Castle of Good Hope. The youth summit is an initiative advocated by Madina Institute, Centre for Non-violence and Peace Studies, United Nations Association of South Africa and Cape Town YMCA, with the support of various NGO’s and corporate sponsors in the […]
Russia said the Syrian army was suspending fighting in Aleppo to allow for the evacuation of civilians from besieged rebel-held neighborhoods, but residents and rebels reported no let-up in bombing and shelling of the opposition's ever-shrinking territory. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking in Germany after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry, said military experts and diplomats would meet on Saturday in Geneva to work out details of […]
Members of the Joint List, a predominantly Arab electoral coalition in the Israeli parliament, have vowed to sue Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for "incitement" against Palestinian citizens of Israel during the recent large-scale fires that engulfed Israel and the occupied West Bank. "They [Israeli officials] called it a wave of Palestinian terror while they were quiet about the thousands of Israelis inciting against Arabs and calling for their death," […]
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.
