The Cape Town magistrate's court on Wednesday cleared EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu of a charge of common assault after his successful application for the court not to prosecute him at the close of the state’s case. Magistrate Lindiwe Gura rejected the complainant’s and witnesses’ evidence as contradictory. She added that one of the witnesses had even tailored his evidence to suit the state’s case. Shivambu was charged with common […]
Eastern Cape police were on Thursday morning trying to ascertain if an assault on several women in what appears to be a police station occurred this week, and where. The incident came to light in a video shared on Twitter, depicting a man hitting and wrestling with several women who are screaming. The women try to fight back, hitting the man on his head as he wrestles one of them […]
Jaco Stander, the man accused of physically and verbally assaulting niqaabi, Asheeqah Benjamin was granted R2000 bail in the Paarl magistrate court on Wednesday. Paarl residents and members of the ulema packed the court to support Benjamin. The court heard that Stander has Tourette’s Syndrome and mental health problems. An affidavit of testimony was submitted by the mother of the accused. In the affidavit, she states that her son has […]
The Teddy Bear Clinic says it has assisted children as young as five that have instigated or orchestrated instances of sexual violence, having full awareness of the wrong they were about to commit. The clinic’s director, Dr Shaheda Omar, spoke to VOC’s Breakfast Beat show following the alleged gang rape of a mentally ill woman by six teens in Parkwood. “We've worked with children as young as five and six […]
Former deputy higher education and training minister Mduduzi Manana’s resignation as a member of parliament was an attempt to “evade accountability”. That was how the DA interpreted his abrupt resignation on Tuesday. Manana was supposed to appear before Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests on Wednesday. The resignation comes in the wake of the former deputy minister pleading guilty to three charges brought against him for an incident […]
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride is expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday for allegedly assaulting his daughter. McBride has been charged with child abuse, and an alternative charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, after he allegedly assaulted one of his daughters while they were driving in a car. He was previously released on bail of R10 000, on the […]
Controversial businessman Nafiz Modack is facing charges of robbery and assault related to an incident that played out in the Cape winelands town of Worcester. The drama unfolded late on Tuesday. It is understood a group of men, with links to the underworld and nightclub security industry, ended up at the Worcester police station. According to documents seen by News24, Modack faces charges of robbery and assault. It is understood […]
Parents who give their children a hiding will no longer be able to use the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ if they are later accused of assault. This comes after the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg ruled on Thursday that parents can’t be exempted from the law, even when their religious beliefs demand that they discipline their children. The judgment, handed down by Judge Raylene Keightley, was welcomed and criticised, […]
Zimbabwe first lady Grace Mugabe still hopes for diplomatic immunity as pressure grows for her to be charged with assault. Legal and professional opinion agreed on the irregularity of Mugabe's claims for diplomatic immunity on an assault charge. Former state prosecutor Gerrie Nel and lobby group AfriForum stepped in to support the complainant, 20-year-old model Gabriella Engels, and her family. Nel, who heads AfriForum's private prosecution wing, said he would […]
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.
