By Rachel Mohamed The National Minimum Wage Committee is calling for input from the public on a possible increase of the National Minimum Wage, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has tabled its concerns on the idea of increasing the national minimum wage arguing that the present rate should remain unchanged for the betterment of the unemployed youth and businesses. Speaking on VOC’s News Beat show on Thursday Michael Bagraim, the DA […]
By Kouthar Sambo Various political parties have reached a consensus to form part of the Government of National Unity (GNU). This comes after two weeks of intense engagements with 18 parties that have seats in the National Assembly. Further to this Ganief Hendricks, the founder and leader of Al Jama-ah, the only Muslim political party to join the GNU, confirmed the party would be forming part of the GNU. Al […]
By Kouthar Sambo The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has called on political parties to place the interests of South Africans before their own. Speaking on VOC's PM Drive on Wednesday, the Director at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Neeshan Balton, said that he hopes political parties are going into this with pure intention. "For some of the people who would want to enter into a government of national unity, it may mean […]
Political analyst Levy Ndou says the ANC appears to be indecisive on which parties to enter into a coalition with. This follows the party’s announcement that it would seek to form a government of national unity with a group of opposition parties. Consultative talks to set up the seventh administration under the proposal have continued this weekend. The DA is among the parties that have expressed support for the proposal. […]
The African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa says it comes as no surprise that the Democratic Alliance (DA) will be challenging the National Health Insurance legislation at the Constitutional Court. Speaking in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, where he was campaigning for the ANC in the province, Ramaphosa says it’s part of the country’s democracy for laws to be challenged. “This will not be the first time that any law that has been passed […]
By Ragheema Mclean Three decades ago, on 27 April 1994, South Africa witnessed a historic moment as over 22 million citizens cast their inaugural democratic votes. This pivotal event symbolized the end of centuries of colonialism, segregation, and white minority rule. While the victory of the African National Congress (ANC) in the election, with 62.65% of the vote, ushered in a promising era under the leadership of Nelson Mandela, the […]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on government to ease the pain of the high cost of living. The DA submitted a memorandum of demands to the National Treasury in Pretoria ahead of next week’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. Part of their demands is that Treasury should introduce a section 77 money bill that will cater for the poor, who continue to suffer under the harsh economic environment. The […]
There are mixed reactions from some of the political parties in Parliament regarding the performance of the Eskom Board as it marks a year in office. Some parties say the board has made steady progress in tackling some of the challenges facing the power utility. While others say the entity is far from reaching its target of improving the energy availability factor to 70% in 2025. The Eskom board assumed office on […]
The DA in the Northern Cape has called on Premier Zamani Saul to immediately fire Health Department HOD, Dion Theys and other officials implicated in the multi-million PPE scandal. Seven health officials including Dr Theys, Chief Financial Officer, Daniel Gaborone and Deputy Director of Finance, Victor Nyokong were arrested by the Hawks on Wednesday. The seven health officials and two company directors face charges of fraud, money laundering, corruption, and […]
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.
