Today marks the annual National Down Syndrome Awareness Day, which is celebrated each year on the 20th October. This day is celebrated country wide by Down Syndrome South Africa branches, who host various functions to create awareness around Down Syndrome. During the course of the week, they go to various schools and companies and host talks to explain what Down Syndrome is how it is caused and also offer support […]
In Gaza, breast cancer kills more women in than any other form of cancer. But doctors say that dwindling chemotherapy supplies, Israel-imposed sanctions, and social stigma are preventing access to life-saving care. What a difference 2,000 miles makes. Whilst British prime minister David Cameron soaked up the sun in Lanzarote during his Easter recess last month, the Scottish National Party's MP for Central Ayrshire was still working. Dr Philippa Whitford's […]
Close to 50 witnesses could be called to the inquiry into the SABC's affairs and its Board's fitness to hold office. These could include former executives who were suspended or dismissed and also the seven journalists who were dismissed and then re-instated. On Wednesday, Parliament's Communications Committee decided to postpone the inquiry to next month. The inquiry's focus will include corporate governance issues at the SABC, the latest appointment of […]
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has decided to suspend all face-to-face classes for the rest of the academic year, in the light of on-going campus violence. Violent protests erupted on Wednesday after management did not attend a mass meeting called by the students. Extensive damage was caused to university property. More than 20 students have been arrested. UWC spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibonga says arrangements for examination preparations have […]
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says he hopes to give South Africans the assurance that the State's finances are in good hands when he presents his medium-term budget next week. This is seen as the latest indication from Gordhan that he expects to remain in his post, despite a fraud charge brought against him by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The NPA charged Gordhan and two former South African Revenue Service […]
The Mozambique government and opposition party Renamo have resumed talks despite the Oct. 9 killing of a senior Renamo official by unidentified gunmen, the state news agency AIM said on Wednesday. The death of Jeremias Pondeca, a member of the Joint Commission set up to find ways to overcome a standoff between the government and Renamo over a range of issues, cast a cloud over the negotiations. AIM said the […]
Vietnam, which defeated a massive US invasion in the 1970s, says it supports Washington’s intervention in the Asia Pacific “if it brings peace, stability and prosperity” to the region, the country’s top military official told US counterparts in Hanoi. Senior Lieutenant-General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vietnam’s deputy defense minister, met on Monday with Cara Abercrombie, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia to boost military-to-military cooperation […]
Russia announced it will broadcast live images of the evacuation of civilians and wounded people from besieged eastern Aleppo during a "humanitarian pause" it has scheduled for Thursday. The planned pause would also be extended for an additional three hours to run from 0500 to 1600 GMT, General Sergey Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff said in a statement carried by the official Itar-Tass news agency on Wednesday. The extension […]
One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and ripped giant trees out of the ground on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths. Super Typhoon Haima hit the northern province of Cagayan late on Wednesday night with winds similar to those of catastrophic Haiyan in 2013, which was then the strongest storm to strike the disaster-prone Southeast Asian […]
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.
