Migrants and refugees have begun arriving at official meeting points set by French authorities as part of the full evacuation of the so-called Jungle camp in Calais. Men and women carrying suitcases and bundles of possessions gathered early on Monday in front of a warehouse which is serving as the main headquarters of the evacuation operation. French authorities believe the evacuation will take around three days in total. As part […]
Turkey has confirmed its troops have fired at positions held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in a town near Mosul after receiving a request by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters for assistance. Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced on Sunday Turkey's involvement in the military offensive near Bashiqa, a town east of Mosul. He said that the Kurdish Peshmerga requested Turkey's assistance. ISIL, also known as ISIS, took […]
Eighteen finalists are the running for the prestigious Minara Chamber of Commerce’s Business Recognition Awards at the Gala Dinner Banquet at the NMJ Hall in Morningside, Durban, on Friday, 21 October 2016. Global petroleum company Shell South Africa’s chairman, Bonang Mohale, will deliver the keynote address and the annual ceremony will also be attended by KwaZulu-Natal’s new MEC for Economic Development and Tourism Sihle Zikalala and provincial chairman of the […]
Over the past week, umrah and haj stakeholders have come out in opposition of calls to boycott the pilgrimage, following the announcement of an alarming 2000 Saudi Riyal visa change for repeat umrah and haj pilgrims. This after both Morocco and Egypt announced its boycott of both the minor and compulsory pilgrimage. One organization is, however, criticizing the decision not to boycott umrah, stating that the Saudi regime is exploiting […]
It was mayhem at the University of the Witwatersrand on Thursday after police used rubber bullets to disperse protesting students. In what is considered one of the most brutal incidents of force used by police, former Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) president and a leader of the #Feesmustfall movement, Shaeera Kalla was shot 13 times in the back with rubber bullets by police. Kalla, one of multiple protestors who were […]
About 40 students arrested in connection with public violence and vandalism at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) this week are expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate's Court on Friday. They were arrested on Wednesday after they went on a rampage after management allegedly failed to pitch for a scheduled meeting to answer to a list of 40 demands from students. The demands related to the Fees Must […]
Police watchdog Ipid will investigate the shooting of former Wits SRC leader Shaeera Kalla with several rubber bullets during a protest on Thursday. “Any police officer found to have contravened the law will be dealt with accordingly. We wish the injured student a speedy recovery,” police spokesperson Brigadier Sally de Beer said in a statement. Kalla wrote on Facebook that she was part of a peaceful protest on the West […]
OPINION by Ebrahim Moosa The Zionist world has been up in arms after UNESCO, on October 13, passed a resolution thoroughly condemning a range of Israeli violations at Masjid al Aqsa. Zionist mouthpieces have been swift in castigating the resolution as a denial of Jewish history and the Israeli government has, in its wake, suspended what were its already tenuous ties with the UN body. In reality, however, a reading […]
Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on Thursday denied that her office operated on money from foreign donors and that it had used consultants. "It’s a lie that we used consultants. It’s a blatant lie that we used USAID money, ever," Madonsela told Johannesburg based-radio station Power FM. Madonsela’s successor Busisiwe Mkhwebane told Parliament’s justice committee on Wednesday that she would stop foreign donor funding and the use of consultants. Briefing MPs on […]
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.
