By Aneeqa du Plessis Anti-apartheid activist, Imam Achmad Cassiem, has passed away at the age of 77. Cassiem was a former Robben Island prisoner and Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) member. The author by profession, was born in District Six and spent his youth fighting for the liberation of marginalized citizens in South Africa. He joined the armed struggle at the age of 15 and was imprisoned on Robben […]
The second sitting of the inquest looking into anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol’s death at John Vorster Square in 1971 will resume on Monday. The inquest into Timol’s death while he was in the custody of security branch police is set to continue in the High Court in Pretoria. Timol's death on October 27, 1971, was ruled a suicide following an inquest in 1972. However, a private investigation commissioned by his […]
Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol was not suicidal an inquest into his death -- sitting in the South Gauteng High Court -- heard on Tuesday. “Ahmed never wanted to die, he loved life like me. Even Ahmed’s girlfriend never knew that he anticipated to take his own life or he was suicidal,” Dr Salim Essop said during the inquest into Timol’s death. Timol’s death was ruled as suicide by jumping out […]
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.
