At least 20 people were injured in a crash involving three MyCiti buses at Cape Town's busy Civic Centre terminus on Tuesday morning. Within minutes paramedics were on the scene to assess shocked passengers for back and leg pain. A woman sat crying with a bandaged hand and man was being stretchered into an ambulance as paramedics triaged on the scene. Three buses were involved in the crash. It appeared […]
#FeesMustFall leader and former Wits University SRC president, Mcebo Dlamini is expected to apply for bail in the High Court sitting at the Palm Ridge magistrate's court on Tuesday morning. He was denied bail last month by the Johannesburg Magistrates Court. Dlamini was arrested at the University's residence in Parktown. The arrest came after a month of violent protests plagued the university. Students also clashed with police on several occasions, […]
Western Cape Local Government Minister, Anton Bredell says he is pleased with the province's preparations for the Disaster Management seasaon. Role players from the Disaster Risk Management and the National Sea Rescue Institute have presented their summer readiness plans in Cape Town. Bredell has urged the public to play their part in preventing disasters, which include drowning, car crashes and fires over the summer months. "To be ready to disaster […]
Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has refused to comment about the alleged leaking of an audio recording. Madonsela was one of the recipients of the Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha Award in an event held in Durban on Monday night. The audio recording carried recordings of her meeting with the President when Madonsela was doing her investigation into the alleged State of Capture. The audio recordings were allegedly leaked to one of […]
A mass grave containing 100 decapitated bodies has been discovered inside a school south of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, according to the Iraqi military, which is conducting a US-backed operation to retake the jihadist stronghold. Iraqi soldiers came across the grave in the School of Agriculture in the town of Hammam al-Alil that was recaptured from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists earlier on Monday, spokesman for Iraq’s […]
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Tuesday she will withdraw her nominee for prime minister if parliament recommends a candidate and is willing to let the new premier control the cabinet, seeking to defuse a crisis rocking her presidency. Park's comments at a meeting with the speaker of parliament indicated she was willing to relinquish some control over state affairs - a key demand by opposition parties to resolve […]
With hours to go before Americans vote, Democrat Hillary Clinton has about a 90 percent chance of defeating Republican Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to the final Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project. Her chances are roughly similar to last week's odds, and any upset by Trump on Tuesday depends on an unlikely combination of turnouts of white, black and Hispanic voters in six or […]
A Cape Town attorney was killed in a drive-by shooting outside his home in Burwood road in Rondebosch East at about 10pm on Monday night. According to reports, Noordien Hassan was shot through a car window while standing outside his premises. Neighbours reportedly heard several shots being fired. Suspects fled the scene in Toyota double cab bakkie. He was rushed to hospital where he died an hour later. Western Cape police have […]
Individuals embarking on pilgrimage have once again been met with confusion, as vaccination documentation required for Saudi Arabian visa approvals has recently not been readily available. Following weeks of discussion about the increase in visa charges, last week the South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) voiced concern at the reported scarcity of the yellow card, which details required vaccinations for individuals travelling to the Kingdom. Speaking to VOC Breakfast […]
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.
