By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The reality is that children are trafficked in South Africa daily but not much awareness is raised as media outlets do not make this known, they only highlight big cases, yet on the Cape Flats are children are being killed with no media coverage. This is according to Tershia (Breytenbach) de Klerk, the Founder of the Joseph Movement, an organization that works towards Reducing, Exposing and […]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With innocent people being shot and killed daily, many residents said that they feel unsafe, with some describing it as being prisoners in their own homes. Speaking to the VOC News team, anxious residents said their kids are no longer safe as constant fighting between rival gangs, have stripped the younger generation of the right to play freely in their respective communities, communities that have witnessed […]
Following widespread calls for decisive action to address the senseless child killings in the province, Premier Helen Zille will convene a meeting of NGOs specializing in child protection. More than 20 children have been murdered in the Western Cape since the start of the year, and in most cases, the girls were raped. The pattern emerging from incidents in the Western Cape - in almost all cases - is 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.
