The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has expressed shock and sadness after the deep sea fishing trawler, Lepanto, sunk off Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard on Friday afternoon. Creecy says, 20 fishermen were on board and nine have been rescued. She says 11 of the fishermen are still missing and maritime authorities have been deployed to assist with the search and rescue. “At this stage what we know […]
LOCAL South Africa has congratulated the Egyptian COP27 Presidency on the release of the draft outcomes text to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It reflects the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to keep the one point five degree temperature increase target alive by providing a clear programme to advance the mitigation agenda from now to 2030. COP27 was extended to today amid tough […]
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.
