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Amid rising gun violence in Mitchells Plain and surrounding areas, two suspects were arrested in separate incidents in Tafelsig on Wednesday night, 07 May 2025. Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi confirmed that members of the Mitchells Plain Crime Prevention Unit arrested...
The office of the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General is under scrutiny for failing to convene an emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to address growing tensions with the Democratic Alliance (DA), despite increasing concern among members...
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has unveiled a new wheeling framework aimed at enabling third-party energy generators to use South Africa’s national electricity grid to deliver power to consumers. While the concept of wheeling is not new, this framework introduces standardised...
A 20-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the brazen murder of 50-year-old Dingalimoya Cintso, who was gunned down inside the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court in April. Cintso was sitting on a court bench awaiting his appearance in a murder...
Around 100 Capetonian hujaaj (pilgrims) are set to depart on Thursday (8 May) for the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah to perform the sacred journey of Hajj. Team VOC is broadcasting live from Cape Town International Airport throughout the...
The Gauteng High Court has ruled in favour of the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) and the South African Private Practitioners Forum (SAPPF) in their legal challenge to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to sign the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill...
By Daanyaal Matthews India and Pakistan have exchanged blows following India launching airstrikes at nine sites in Pakistan’s Punjab province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. India commenced their assault yesterday, titling their operation “Operation Sindoor,” stating that they had attacked “terrorist infrastructure,’...
The United States (U.S.) President, Donald Trump, has announced plans to impose new tariffs on all films made outside the United States, arguing that Hollywood is being “devastated” by a growing trend of American filmmakers and studios working abroad. The...
Following reports of Yemen’s Houthis that launched a missile targeting the perimeter of Israel’s main airport, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised that they will strike back. “Attacks by the Houthis emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the...
“Hamas has expressed condemnation for using Gaza aid as a political blackmail tool.” This is according to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. The statement comes in response to international NGOs working in Gaza and the United Nations (UN) officials’ claiming...
“We strongly condemn the U.S. position supporting the Zionist occupation’s decision to ban the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and consider it an extension of a long history of blatant American bias...
By Kouthar Sambo Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars with various nations, China’s Foreign Ministry took to social media and released a video delivering a stern warning to the United States, urging the international community to condemn what it...
By Kouthar Sambo The South African Youth Chin Woo Kungfu Team arrived at Cape Town International Airport yesterday, 6 March 2025, after an outstanding performance at the 20th Hong Kong International Wushu Kungfu Championship, held from 28 February to 3...
By Kouthar Sambo Elite artistic swimmers Jessica Hayes-Hill and Laura Strugnell were purportedly sent home unlawfully from the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, held from 2 to 18 February 2024. The event would have given them a chance to qualify...
Cape Town’s Paul Samson has secured a major victory at the All-Africa Surf Tour in Côte d’Ivoire, marking a strong start to the 2025 season. The Muizenberg-based surfer, who finished as Africa’s number two last year, demonstrated exceptional skill and...
A second Capetonian surfer from Muizenberg is set to compete in the All-Africa Surf Tour event in Côte d’Ivoire. Colin Fitch, Technical Director of the African Surfing Confederation and a representative of the African Surfing Alliance Surf Club, shared insights...
By Kouthar Sambo Paris will deploy 4,000 police officers for the France-Israel soccer match following the Amsterdam violence. Paris police confirmed on Sunday that 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and...
By Ragheema Mclean In preparation for the highly anticipated clash between South Africa’s Springboks and New Zealand’s All Blacks on Saturday, 7 September 2024, the City of Cape Town has announced an expanded free park and ride service for match...
In October 1973, newly elected Delaware Senator Joe Biden visited Israel on his first official overseas trip and met Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The 30-year-old was visibly moved as Meir explained what she said was Israel’s militarily dangerous situation...
Alittle magazine on the fringes of the French media mainstream continues to polarise public debate not just in France, but across the Muslim world. Their pitiable cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad have provided fodder to populists on both sides of...
By Abdullah al Majali We have lived to see Arabs enter Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection. It is shameful. Is there any real difference between an Arab delegation visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection and hordes of extremist Israeli settlers...
This is an obituary for Islamic calligrapher Dr Sulayman Nordien, who passed away on the 5 September 2020. My first personal encounter with Dr Nordien was in my early twenties when my father set up a meeting with him to...
Our community is beset with a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart of our communal will. This crisis is evident in the erosion of what could be termed as eradication of the social...
I think it is time to take the Moulana Dawood Sampson debate to a different level. We have all had our outrage, our evaluations of the impact of his words, and the extent of rebuke by his peers among the...
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.
