The Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Albert Fritz, calls on all social grant recipients never to divulge their social grant details or pin numbers, whether over the phone or email, to anybody claiming to be from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). This comes after the MEC received tip-offs from the public regarding a scam involving a person falsely claiming to be an official from SASSA. SASSA is […]
In a bid to call attention to the scourge of substance abuse, this morning Western Cape MEC for Social Development, Albert Fritz, led a door-to-door substance abuse awareness campaign through the streets of Mitchells Plain. As a leading province showing an increase in substance abuse, Western Cape communities have in recent years been impacted by the prevalence of drugs, with seven Western Cape areas reflecting the highest cases of drug-related […]
The body of a six-month pregnant woman whose BMW was swept away by flash floods on the N3 near Linksfield in Johannesburg following Wednesday's thunderstorms in has been found near Lanseria. The Jukskei River flows from Linksfied in the east to Lanseria north of the city. However, the police's Kay Makhubela says the search for the missing three-year old who was swept away in a separate incident is still continuing. […]
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.
