Non-profit organisation, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), has filed urgent papers in the Constitutional Court over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s failure to appoint the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) Board. The public broadcaster has been without a Board since mid-October last year. In lengthy papers filed before the apex court, the MMA
By Kouthar Sambo According to Police Minister Bheki Cele, the goal of publishing crime statistics is to assess how well the police are doing at upholding the peace and the law. Furthermore, the third quarter statistics indicate that crime is still a major issue, although visible policing and disruptive operations
A Cape Town lawyer kidnapped on Friday has been rescued by police, who arrested three people after successfully pursuing several leads. The traumatised victim was found a day later, in a town 280km away from his home in Bellville, police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi said. His wife had reported
By Kouthar Sambo Southeast Turkey has experienced a new earthquake, according to the United States Geological Service (USGS) and Turkey’s AFAP emergency organization. The quake, according to Turkish officials, had a magnitude of 7.6. The village of Ekinozu in the Kahramanmaras, where the 7.8 earthquake struck hours earlier, is four
JOHANNESBURG – Civil society organisation Stand Up SA said that it supported the proposal to declare load shedding a national state of disaster. The call was initially made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and was supported by many organisations across the country. The African National Congress (ANC) also deliberated on the
INTERNATIONAL Saudi Arabia signed new multi-billion dollar deals with South Korea last week, in the kingdom’s latest bid to boost ties with one of its main oil consumers and the fourth largest economy in Asia. In his visit to Seoul on 16 November, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman
INTERNATIONAL At least six people were killed and 81 wounded, including two critically, after an explosion hit Istiklal Avenue in the historic Beyoglu district in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, Vice President Fuat Oktay said. “We consider it to be a terrorist act as a result of a female attacker, detonating the bomb,” Oktay
The National Assembly has passed the Expropriation Bill with the DA, EFF, IFP, Freedom Front Plus, and ACDP putting their objections on the record. The current legislative draft, tabled late in 2020, allows expropriation of land only for public purposes and in the public interest. Now, alongside just and equitable
President Cyril Ramaphosa says given the unpredictable performance of Eskom’s fleet of coal-fired power stations, government will not be able to eliminate load-shedding in the short term. In his weekly newsletter, he says the immediate goal is to reduce the frequency and severity of load-shedding, by addressing power station breakdowns.
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.
