The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will not be deployed to deal with gangsterism and high crime rates in Cape Town's low-income communities, Police Minister Bheki Cele maintained on Thursday. He confirmed his stance an hour before the DA, led by party leader Mmusi Maimane, marched to the Nyanga police station calling for the deployment of the army to crime-ridden areas in the city. Cele gave an update on […]
Despite vociferous calls for the deployment of the army to gang afflicted communities, the Minister of Police says the army will not be deployed to the Cape Flats. Various stakeholders from the community met for a ministerial session with the Minister of Police Bheki Cele on Thursday to address the ongoing gang violence within communities. Cele indicated that an additional 269 police officers have been deployed to communities to assist […]
The Pakistani army has been called in to restore order to the capital after clashes between anti-blasphemy protesters and police left at least 174 people injured. Thousands of riot police and paramilitary personnel on Saturday fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon at the protesters in an attempt to dislodge them from a major highway into Islamabad. The protesters, numbering as many as 2,000, stood their ground, fighting back […]
Members of the Zimbabwean Defense Forces (ZDF) will be returning to their barracks following the swearing-in of President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday, the army chief General Constantino Chiwenga has told the BBC. The man who has been hailed by most Zimbabweans as a hero told a BBC Africa editor that “troops will go back to barracks.” According to him, the reason they were forced out had been accomplished. The army […]
Army deployment in gang hot spots around Cape Town is a long overdue necessity to try and crack down on "genocide" at the hands of gangsters, say residents. However, some have cautioned that soldiers may not be welcome in certain areas where residents have become fed up with police officers who cannot seem to quell gang violence. On Tuesday evening, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula, in an extreme move, announced that […]
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.
