By Shireen Fisher This past weekend the Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2018 showcased the finest musicians from South Africa and across the globe at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. While the biggest names in the industry, like Incognito wowed crowds with their classic tunes, the biggest surprises were
The beautiful town of Paarl is bracing itself for the arrival of thousands of visitors from Cape Town this weekend for the 19th Boland Summer Festival. The annual community event will be taking place this weekend at the Dal Josaphat Stadium in Paarl from 23-25 March 2018. The festival draws
Prominent Palestinian-American journalist and activist Ali Abunimah will be the keynote speaker for the South African leg of #IsraeliApartheidWeek which kicks off from 12th to 18 March 2018. Abunuimah is the author and co-founder of the widely acclaimed and award-winning online publication The Electronic Intifada, a leading source of news
Racism against Africans by the Israeli regime will take centre stage during the South African leg of this year’s 14th international #IsraeliApartheidWeek campaign from 12 – 18 March 2018. #IsraeliApartheidWeek is an international series of self-organized rallies, protests, lectures, cultural performances, concerts, sports events, films and workshops held annually in over
South Africa’s young and brightest Quran reciters will converge on the Nizamye Masjid in Midrand on Saturday 24 February for the annual National Quran Memorization Competition. The event is hosted by the South African National Quran Council (SANQC) and will be broadcast live on VOC after Maghrib. This year is
Open Streets Cape Town returns to the famous Main Road this Sunday 25th February. Between 9am and 2pm, 3km of the M4 (Main, Victoria and Sir Lowry Roads) through Observatory, Salt River, Woodstock and District Six will become a car-free corridor for residents and visitors to enjoy as shared public
The Cape Town Islamic Educational Centre (CTIEC) organized an inspirational event in honour of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH). The Grand Moulood 1439 took place on Sunday, which was attended by hundreds of devotees from across the city of Cape Town, including few guest from the Gauteng and Kwa Zulu Natal regions.
By Warda Wilkinson The annual Wholesome Bread Cape Town Big Walk 2018 presented by Jive promises to be yet another fun filled event. The event, which is in it’s 18th year, is scheduled to take place on March 18, 2018, in support of four charities. The beneficiaries include the Al-Ikhlaas
Capetonians who want a glimpse of a beautiful, traditional and transformative vision of Islam will be in their element when they meet one of the world’s most erudite scholars, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad in the Mother City this week. Shaykh Murad is considered ‘Britain’s most influential Muslim’. He will be
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.
