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
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 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
By Kouthar Sambo The academic opening of the Aman School of Excellence in Lebanon took place today as the African Muslim Agency (AMA) conducted a live link-up from their offices in Belgravia, Cape Town. Various AMA attendees and stakeholders attended the opening and delivered speeches, with the likes of AMA’s
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
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced that the price of fuel will go up by 37-cents, diesel by 71-cents and 72-cents per litre, while illuminating paraffin will increase by 95-cents per litre. The department’s Robert Maake says the changes will take effect from midnight on Tuesday. He
FoodForward South Africa, a food redistribution organisation, has issued a warning about the impact load-shedding and attacks on the freight industry can have on the country’s ability to provide enough food for its population. At least 21 trucks were recently set alight in attacks on the country’s roads, while the
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has urged delegates at the party’s 9th Western Cape Provincial Conference taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre to vote for leadership candidates they trust. The conference began this morning following several hours of delays on Friday. Some 700 delegates are attending
Following a meeting between the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and Senior management at Woolworths, the official body says that it has advised Woolworths on its position regarding the matter. The MJC further describes the position of the retail giant as rather “uncompromising.” Source: Muslim Judicial Council – SA/Facebook
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.
