Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has announced that the country’s annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 2.8% in May 2025, despite a notable spike in food prices, largely driven by increases in meat and vegetable costs. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, released on Wednesday, 18 June, indicates that
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has officially entered the next phase of the 2026 school admissions process, following the closure of the confirmation deadline for Grade R, 1, and 8 placement offers on Tuesday, 17 June. Speaking on VOC Breakfast, Kerry Mauchline, spokesperson for the MEC of Education, explained
The community of Lavender Hill has welcomed the Western Cape High Court’s sentencing of Fast Guns gang members Carlo Hofmeester and Chadwin Isaacs, who received life imprisonment for the 2019 murder of five-year-old Valentino Grootetjie. Police spokesperson Anelisiwe Manyana said the incident occurred while Valentino was playing in his backyard.
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called for an immediate halt to fines issued to motorists whose driving licence cards have been delayed due to a national backlog. The Department of Transport has confirmed a backlog of more than 700,000 cards, following the breakdown of the country’s only card-printing
Deadline looms for parents to confirm 2026 school placements in Western Cape Parents have until midnight on Tuesday to confirm or defer their children’s school placements for the 2026 academic year. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has warned that after the deadline, the online admissions system will automatically confirm
The fire that broke out above Boyes Drive and Peck’s Valley in Table Mountain National Park has been successfully contained as of Monday. According to SANParks spokesperson JP Louw, Boyes Drive has since been reopened and no property damage has been reported. “During the fire, no infrastructure or residential properties
By Aneeqa Du Plessis RX Radio, based at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, isn’t just a radio station — it’s a lifeline for the children receiving treatment there. This is according to Reaaz Ahmed, Chairman of both the hospital facility board and the station itself.
The death toll from the recent floods in the Eastern Cape has climbed to 79, following the recovery of a young girl’s body near the Efata River in Mthatha. Over 1,000 people remain displaced. Provincial Health MEC Ntandokazi Capa confirmed that post-mortems have been completed on 70 bodies, with 30
ActionSA Member of Parliament Athol Trollip has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling allowing the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to re-enroll the Nulane Investments fraud case. Trollip says the decision marks a step forward in tackling high-level corruption and could help restore public trust in the NPA. He also
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.
