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60 civilians killed as US-led coalition strikes Mosul residential areas

Over 60 civilians have been killed and at least 200 injured during three days of US-led coalition airstrikes on residential areas in Mosul, the Russian military reported. “There were numerous attacks of the US-led coalition targeting residential areas, schools, and other civilian objects both in Mosul and in other parts of the Iraqi Nineveh Governorate,” Gen. Sergey Rudskoy, head of Operations in the Russian General Staff, told journalists on Tuesday. […]

26 October 2016

International News

Gambia withdraws from International Criminal Court

Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the Hague-based tribunal of "persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans". Tuesday's announcement comes after similar decisions earlier this month by South Africa and Burundi to abandon the institution, set up to try the world's worst crimes. The ICC was set up in 2002 and is often accused of bias against Africa and has also struggled with […]

26 October 2016

International News

Afghanistan: 30 civilians shot dead in Ghor province

Fighters have killed at least 30 civilians after abducting them in the remote Afghan province of Ghor, according to an Afghan police official. Suspected ISIL fighters killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday in the Firoz Koh district in revenge for the death of one of their commanders, a provincial official told Reuters news agency on Wednesday. "Afghan police killed a Daesh commander in Ghor province during an operation yesterday but […]

26 October 2016

News

PHD pays tribute to the strength of women

Masjid al-Quds was a vision of marshmallow pink as hundreds of women donned their pink headscarves in honour of annual Pink Hijab Day. Marked every year in the last week of October, Pink Hijab Day forms part of Breast Cancer Awareness month and is a solidarity event for those impacted by the disease. The event was hosted as part of Global Pink Hijab Day, an initiative that began as an […]

25 October 2016

News

Students to march to Parliament tomorrow

The Fees Must Fall campaign has planned to stage a march to parliament tomorrow in an attempt to continue the quest for free education in South Africa. Members of the campaign also wish to hand over a memorandum to the minister of education. The memorandum will detail the importance and the need for free education in the country. Three UCT members of the campaign spoke to VOC to discuss the […]

25 October 2016

News

PHD: creating awareness, encouraging screening

For many, the month of October signals the nearing of the festive season, but for cancer patients the month has become a tribute to the struggles that accompanies the far-reaching disease. According to CANSA, 14 million people are diagnosed with cancer annually and an alarming one in four South Africans is affected by cancer through either a family or friends diagnosis. The main cancer that impacts South African women is […]

25 October 2016

News

All the Minara winners

Six leading South Africans, young and old, received awards for their success stories in commerce, industry and professional sectors from the Minara Chamber of Commerce at the NMJ Hall in Morningside, Durban, on Friday evening. In the presence of Shell South Africa’s chairman Bonang Mohale, KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works, Durban’s deputy mayor Fawzia Peer, American consul-general Frances Chisholm, platinum sponsors and 400 dignitaries and guests looked […]

25 October 2016

News

WBG welcomes DIRCO’s decision to probe Ngombane’s actions

Following the capture of the Women’s Boat to Gaza, the Zaytouna, the South African Government has been starkly criticised for continuing its diplomatic relations with Israel. The Zaytouna was captured in international waters, approximately 35 nautical miles from the shores of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces while those on board attempted to break the almost decade old blockade imposed on the besieged territory. In response to the capture of […]

24 October 2016

News

ANC soon disintegrating: analyst

Newly appointed African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu over the weakened raised eyebrows when he called on the ANC executive leadership to step down. Mthembu reportedly told the City Press newspaper that the governing party’s current leadership is worse than its Apartheid predecessors. He further slammed the use of state organs to settle what he described as ‘political scores’ with Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, who is currently facing […]

24 October 2016

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