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
By Daanyaal Matthews The Bishop Lavis CPF has welcomed youngsters from the community in assisting in the fight against crime. This comes after a recent community Imbizo wherein the CPF recognized the need to include the need of the youth to better tackle crime. Talking on VOC Breakfast, Graham Lindhorst,
Israeli occupation authorities have started plans to confiscate 70 Palestinian homes in the Old City of the southern occupied West Bank governorate of Hebron. Director of the Hebron Construction Committee Imad Hamdan said the Israeli occupation plans to hand over the Palestinian homes to Israeli settlers. Hamdan added: “The Israeli
Israel has detained a Jordanian member of parliament in a case related to the alleged smuggling of arms and gold into the occupied West Bank, Jordan’s foreign ministry said. Imad al-Adwan, a member of Jordan’s parliament who had crossed a main border crossing along the Jordan River earlier on Sunday by car,
By Daanyaal Matthews Eskom has come under fire after rumours that the State-Owned enterprise had implemented stage 8 loadshedding sporadically over the past week. Additional scrutiny has been placed on the State-Owned Enterprise after the continued habit of loadshedding being suspended over certain public holidays such as the Easter Weekend
Veteran trade unionist and Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)’s first general- secretary, Jay Naidoo, says the fragmentation of trade unions has weakened the voice and power of workers. The labour federation is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1973 mass workers’ strike in Durban. The strike saw thousands
Stage 4 load-shedding is being implemented from Sunday morning until further notice. This is an improvement from last week’s rolling blackouts at stage 6, which Eskom attributed to coal supply shortages as well as the now-frequent breakdowns at power stations. Eskom had hoped to move the country to stage 4 by
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.
