LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa received a standing ovation after delivering his address at a joint sitting of parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on Tuesday afternoon. “It is reassuring that since becoming president in 2018, you have led the way in restoring the Mandela vision for your country. I wonder if you and the people of South Africa realise the importance to the people of the United Kingdom […]
A 90-year-old grandmother became the world’s first person to receive a fully-tested COVID-19 shot on Tuesday, as Britain began mass-vaccinating its people in a global drive that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history. Health workers started inoculating the most vulnerable with the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, with the country a test case for the world as it contends with distributing a compound that must […]
When Donald Trump meets Queen Elizabeth next week, he will become the 12th U.S. President that the monarch has met during her 66 years on the throne, the longest in British history. Apart from Lyndon Johnson, Elizabeth has met every U.S leader since Harry S. Truman but no other U.S. presidential encounter has generated the same level of opposition and controversy in Britain as Trump’s trip. Prime Minister Theresa May […]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has called for an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss military action in Syria, as US President Donald Trump continues to mull potential air strikes against the Syrian government. May is expected to sell the case for military action in a bid to stop further chemical attacks by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al Assad. The emergency cabinet meeting comes amid widespread calls by opposition […]
OPINION by Salma Yaqoo We live in a dangerous world. This is the reality in which Prime Minister Theresa May wants to carve out a future as a "truly global Britain" after Brexit to "reach beyond the borders of Europe" and play an even more international role. But surviving in a dangerous world - let alone doing any good for yourself or others - requires the ability to learn from […]
This Thursday, 02 November, marks exactly 100 years since the issuing of the fateful Balfour Declaration on Palestine - 100 years since Britain signed over a country that it did not own, thereby sowing the seeds for the mass dispossession of the Palestinian people, and the ongoing Nakba in the Holy Land. It is essential for anyone genuinely seeking justice in Palestine to understand the context of the Balfour Declaration […]
UK police on Tuesday raised the death toll in a blast at an Ariana Grande concert attended by thousands of young fans in Manchester, northern England, to at least 22 people, reiterating that they were treating it a "terrorist incident". Ian Hopkins, chief constable for Great Manchester, said children were among those confirmed dead in Monday night's explosion at Manchester Arena, which also left at least 59 injured. Police believe […]
The United States, Britain and the UN peace envoy to Yemen on Sunday urged the warring parties in the country's civil war to declare a ceasefire they said could start within days. The United Nations envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said: "We are here to call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, which will be declared in the next few hours." Cheikh Ahmed said he had been in contact with […]
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.
