Crime analyst Willem Els said South African criminals have lost fear and respect for police, as shootouts between criminals and police members are on the rise across the country. Earlier this week, a shootout ensued between the South African Police Services (SAPS) and a group of seven men allegedly involved in extortion at a shop owner in Bothasig. Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Friday Els said criminals have become brazen […]
Against the backdrop of Human Rights Day, irate residents in Bo-Kaap took to the streets today in protest of drugs and criminality hounding the community. Chairperson of the Bo-Kaap Neighborhood Watch, Ebrahim Christians says residents have a right to safety and security, but it is being stripped from them by brazen drug-merchants who are lining their pockets by sacrificing the lives of the youth. “The reason we are experiencing a […]
By Yazeed Kamaldien The national correctional services department faces pressure to tighten up its parole system in a bid to prevent repeat offenders from terrorising local communities. This comes after the murder of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk from Elsies River, whose alleged killer Moyhdien Pangaker was out on parole. Pangaker has previously been convicted of abduction and murder. He was transgressing his parole conditions at the time of his arrest […]
On Friday Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo outlined new plans to ensure that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) employees are safe when they are saving other people’s lives. This comes after an ambulance was attacked on Wednesday morning while transporting a critically injured child to Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. The attack delayed seven-year-old Faigon Wildschut’s transfer to hospital. He died in hospital later that day. The boy’s mother‚ […]
The High Court in Pretoria is on Tuesday expected to rule on a bid to stop the media from identifying child victims, witnesses, and offenders. The lawyers of Zephany Nurse brought the case in order to protect her identity before she turned 18 on April 29, 2015. Nurse was snatched from Cape Town’s Groote Schuur Hospital shortly after her birth in 1997. Her biological parents found her in 2014. Several […]
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.
