Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille says she remains focused on clearing her name through the Democratic Alliance's disciplinary hearing processes and on governing the City of Cape Town. "Today [Sunday] I received media inquiries about whether I am negotiating an exit with the Democratic Alliance," she said. She had received several settlement proposals from the DA leadership over the past few weeks. Some of these were already in the […]
On Monday a full bench of the Western Cape High Court began hearing arguments from the state, the Women’s Legal Centre and other stakeholders on whether the failure to recognize Muslim marriages in fact discriminates against women. This as the Women’s Legal Centre some three years ago took the South African Government to court for failing to pass legislation that will give recognition to Muslim marriages. Speaking to VOC’s Breakfast […]
After a gruelling four months of court appearances, the family of Lekita Moore can finally pick up the pieces of their lives, after Cameron Wilson was on Friday found guilty of killing the 18-year-old Valhalla Park girl and four other victims. The verdict was delivered by Judge Chantel Fortuin in the Cape Town High Court. Wilson was convicted of 13 of the 15 charges he was charged with. The charges […]
The Cape High Court has ruled in favour of the Knysna Muslim Community for the construction of a mosque - the first mosque in the area. On Wednesday, Judge Daniel Dlodlo dismissed with costs, the application to set aside the construction of the place of worship. This after residents of 22 Rawson Street contested the Knysna Municipality's decision to approve an application for the construction of a mosque near the […]
Two years after his parents and brother were killed with an axe, Henri van Breda will go on trial in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. He is charged with three counts of murder, one of attempted murder, and one of obstructing the course of justice. Van Breda was arrested 17 months after his parents, Martin, 54, and Teresa, 55, and his brother Rudi, 22, were killed in their […]
There was a strong show of support for the Knysna Muslim community at the Cape High court today, as the bid to establish a masjid is heard by the court. The proceedings had to be moved to another court to accommodate the increasing number of members of the public supporting the hearing. While members of the Knysna Muslim community made the journey to Cape Town for the case, MJC […]
The dispute between a group of Knysna residents and the Knysna Muslim Council heads to the Western Cape High court on Wednesday, after a decade of wrangling over the building of a masjid for the local Muslim community. While the Knysna Municipality has pledged its full support behind the building of the masjid by the KMC, a group of local home owners and concerned citizens have objected to the project. […]
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.
