There is just a day left before the one month extension of the Declaration of the National State of Disaster comes to an end. It’s almost five months since the coronavirus was declared a national disaster on March 15. The coronavirus, a global pandemic has seen South Africa declaring a National State of Disaster for the first time by invoking the Disaster Management Act. The Act makes provision for the […]
Dear Fellow South African, Yesterday (Sunday 9 August 2020), the country celebrated Women’s Day. This occasion marks the anniversary of the day in 1956 when 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings - a great sea of womankind speaking many languages, from different places and of all races. They were united in their demand for an end to the dreaded pass laws and for their right to live in […]
The alcohol industry has welcomed the call by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) for government to start preparing for the lifting of the ban on the sale of alcohol. The decision recognises that there was no immediate severe pressure on hospital beds set aside for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The call was made by SAMRC president Dr Glenda Gray and Professor Charles Parry, director of the Alcohol, […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says compared to other countries South Africa’s infections are still under control and manageable. Ramaphosa has urged South Africans not to panic and be alarmed by the rising number of coronavirus infections in the country. He was speaking during the virtual Presidential Imbizo on the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday night. The President interacted with communities across the country through over 80 community radio stations and some SABC […]
South Africa's official unemployment rate added one percentage point to a record 30.1 percent of the labour force in the first quarter of this year compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, the national statistics agency said on Wednesday. In its quarter labour force survey, Statistics South Africa said the number of employed people decreased by 38,000 to 16.4 million while that of the jobless increased by 344,000 to 7.1 […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit Cape Town on Friday to assess the Western Cape’s provincial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Western Cape currently accounts for nearly two-thirds of infections nationally. President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on his inspection of COVID-19 facilities in the province. The Western Cape Government recently announced that it would only test people who are at highest risk […]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) Interim Leader, John Steenhuisen has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to update the nation on the continued lockdown of the country relating to COVID-19. Steenhuisen says it has been more than two weeks since Ramaphosa last addressed the nation on the issue, when he announced that the country would move to alert level 4 of the lockdown. He wants Ramaphosa to address the nation at least […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has shed light on what the country's new reality will look like when the lockdown continues beyond the end of April, albeit in another format. South Africans entered the lockdown at midnight on 26 March to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was expected to end on 16 April, however, Ramaphosa announced a few days before its end it would be extended for a further […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address the nation again on Thursday on government’s plans to gradually lift the The lockdown in its current format is expected to end next week Thursday. On Tuesday evening, Ramaphosa announced COVID-19 social relief measures amounting to R50 billion over the next six months. The President announced a R300 increase to the child support grant in May, as well as an additional top-up of […]
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.
