The City of Cape Town announced that they will engage with National Government with a formal request to ban the sale of fireworks The Guy Fawkes festivities which took place on Saturday within the city resulted in the highest numbers of injuries. Just under 30 000 residents visited the safety sites for setting off fireworks, where Table View and Maiden's Cove were the busiest sites between 10 000 to 15 […]
The Rylands-Gatesville Civic Association (RGCA) initiated an environment for residents of the area to engage in social activity in the ‘Know Your Neighbour – Know Your Health’ Civic Fun Walk. Chairperson of RGCA, Sataar Parker says that the primary objective of the event was to bring communities together and the turnout exceeded their expectations, with over 500 people of various demographic groups partaking in the walk. The event comprised of […]
VOC is gearing up for its Summer Festival, which kicks off on December 1, 2016. In preparation for the event, VOC is inviting the community to submit applications for its Mini Olympics, FREE of charge. The mini Olympics is a fun sporting event that is open to all amateur sports enthusiasts. The event will take place on Saturday, 3 December and Sunday 4 December, from 09:00 to 13:00. While there […]
“I really felt so inspired. I actually want to explore your religion.” These were the moving words of one guest in a Whatsapp message to social-cohesion activist Yusuf Abramjee, encapsulating the spirit of his new book, which launched in Cape Town on Sunday. Abramjee, a well-known media personality and the driving force behind Lead SA, has brought the sacred pilgrimage into the mainstream with a beautiful coffee-table book called #Hajj2016, […]
OPINION by Iqbal Jassat Has President Jacob Zuma ever considered replacing his official spokesperson with David Saks of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies? Perhaps he should, for the two to share an apparent desire to muzzle the media. Zuma has many reasons to do so, and thus avoid media coverage of his corrupt administration. Fortunately, his government’s efforts to impose constraints on the media have not succeeded due […]
“One of the highlights when Eskom released its integrated results for the six months ended 30 September, this week, was the significant progress on the new build programme with Ingula’s units 4, 2, and 1 having been in commercial operation since 10 June, 22 August, and 30 August respectively, adding 999MW of peaking capacity," says Eskom in a statement. The remaining unit at Ingula unit 3 was synchronised to the […]
A US-backed alliance of Syrian armed groups has launched an operation to retake the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Daesh in Syria, the group said on Sunday. The new offensive ratchets up pressure on Daesh at a critical moment, with its fighters already battling an assault by Iraqi security forces on their remaining Iraqi stronghold in the northern city of Mosul. A statement issued by the […]
The African National Congress (ANC) will hold its regular National Working Committee (NWC) meeting Monday morning with the Public Protector's State of Capture report set to feature high in the discussions. The report details how the wealthy Gupta family allegedly used its proximity with President Jacob Zuma to influence the appointment of some Cabinet ministers as well as heads and boards of some state owned companies. The ANC NWC will […]
The Council for the Advancement of South African Constitution instituted legal proceedings against President Jacob Zuma at the Constitutional Court on Friday over his failure to sign the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (Fica) Bill. The Fica Bill was passed by Parliament in May 2016 and submitted for Zuma’s to sign on June 13, but he has yet to sign it. “He has neither assented to and signed the bill, nor […]
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.
