President Jacob Zuma is fighting tooth and nail not to pay legal fees from his pocket after he attempted to block the release of the State of Capture report, which flags potential wrongdoing on his part and some members of his Cabinet. Zuma – who has been described as a “selfish litigant” who chose to “lie” in his bid to block the release of the former public protector’s report – […]
The body of a six-month pregnant woman whose BMW was swept away by flash floods on the N3 near Linksfield in Johannesburg following Wednesday's thunderstorms in has been found near Lanseria. The Jukskei River flows from Linksfied in the east to Lanseria north of the city. However, the police's Kay Makhubela says the search for the missing three-year old who was swept away in a separate incident is still continuing. […]
Suspended ANC Chairperson in the Western Cape, Marius Fransman, insists that he's still the party's provincial chairperson. Fransman was suspended for five years following a disciplinary hearing which he did not attend. One of the charges relates to what the National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) has referred to as the abuse of his office by trying to get a sexual favour from a 21-year-old woman. The second is for bringing the […]
The entire Eskom board must resign, not just group chief executive Brian Molefe, the Economic Freedom Fighters said on Friday. "Suffice to say, if they do not, the EFF will make sure that Parliament dissolves them as soon as possible," said EFF MP and spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Welcoming Molefe's resignation on Friday as "a step forward in cleansing state institutions", the EFF called Molefe a "mythomaniac" - a person who […]
Thousands of protesters have taken their frustration over Donald Trump's presidential election win onto the streets for a third straight night, following previous outbreaks of window-smashing and fire-setting. Protests swept on Friday across the cities of Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco and Portland - where one protester was shot, voicing anger at Trump's controversial campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and women. The unidentified man was wounded on Portland's […]
Egypt faces social unrest stirred by its ongoing economic hardship, intelligence officials have warned President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as Cairo went into lockdown on Friday amid protests against price rises and austerity measures. A high-ranking person within al-Mukhabarat al-Amma (General Intelligence Directorate), the country’s top security service, told Middle East Eye that reports sent to the presidency late last month highlighted a sharp decrease in both the popularity of the […]
Human Rights Watch has warned that the Islamic State (IS) group is using chemical weapons as it retreats in the face of an operation by Iraqi forces to retake the city of Mosul. According to the organisation, IS launched at least three chemical attacks on the town of Qayyarah, 60km south of Mosul, in September and October after the town was captured by Iraqi forces in August. The attacks, which […]
Pagad says the murder of prominent attorney Noorudien Hassan should spark a broader investigation into corruption in the country’s justice system. Hassan was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Burwood road in Crawford on Monday night and died in hospital. Police are investigating a case of murder, but no arrests have been made. Hassan was known to have represented many alleged gang and drug dealers and was most part […]
The Kurdish Human Rights Action Group (KHRAG) has called upon the South African government to intervene in the unlawful arrest and detention of Selahattin Demirtas, his co-leader Figen Yuksekdag of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and all other progressive political activists. Demirtas and Yuksekdag are accused of spreading propaganda for Kurdish groups fighting the Turkish state. Both leaders visited South Africa a few months ago, to draw attention to the […]
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.
