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SA has seen a surge of 1 200% in deepfake fraud: Sumsub

Aneeqa Du Plessis 1 December 2023

Online Identity Verification company Sumsub says that cases of identity fraud have multiplied 10-fold in the past year. In its third- Identity Fraud Report released this week, the company says that the top five-types of identity fraud include Artificial Intelligence-powered fraud, money mulling networks, fake IDs, account takeovers and forced

City Power denies it implemented stage 8 load-shedding instead of 6

Aneeqa Du Plessis 28 November 2023

Under-fire City Power has denied reports it implemented stage 8 power cuts rather than the announced stage 6 load-shedding at the weekend. The country was plunged into stage 6 on Friday after Eskom lost five generating units and needed to replenish emergency reserves. Making matters worse is City Power’s controversial

Will Netanyahu ever face the International Criminal Court? 

Aneeqa Du Plessis 17 November 2023

By Daanyaal Matthews Since October 7th, the Israeli government has claimed legitimacy for its carpet bombing of the Gaza Strip, arguing that the state of Israel has the right to defend itself. This ‘right’ has been queried by many, particularly in relation to the response of the Israeli government that

Illicit cigarettes worth R22m intercepted on truck heading to Cape Town

Aneeqa Du Plessis 6 November 2023

Two suspects were arrested when police intercepted a truck transporting illicit cigarettes worth an estimated R22m outside Cape Town at the weekend. Police economic infrastructure and provincial extortion task teams responded to information on Sunday about a suspicious cargo truck transporting goods from Johannesburg to Cape Town. “The truck was

Gun violence claims more than 100 lives

Aneeqa Du Plessis 19 October 2023

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) said that 125 people were killed in under two weeks as gang violence and sporadic shooting incidents has rocked the Cape Flats. Crime has increased in at least five townships regarded as crime hotspots in the Western Cape, despite the

At least 40 killed, dozens wounded in Pakistan blast

Aneeqa Du Plessis 30 September 2023

At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday by a suicide bomber targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, officials said. A second suicide attack by two men at a mosque hundreds of kilometres north in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Iran-US prisoner swap under way

Aneeqa Du Plessis 18 September 2023

Tehran, Iran – Iran has released five American prisoners, moving them to Tehran’s airport for a flight to the Qatari capital, Doha, as part of a prisoner exchange with the United States. Four of the five were moved to house arrest last month as part of the deal. The fifth prisoner had been

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.

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