A metro police contingent has been deployed to the fire-ravaged building in the Johannesburg CBD. More than 70 people including 12 children were killed and more 60 others injured after the blaze ripped through the five-storey building on Thursday morning. More than a dozen JMPD officers have been keeping a close eye on the building overnight, to ensure that no one attempts to enter. Rolls of barbed wire have also […]
Sri Lanka is seeking an interim claim of $40m from the operator of a fire-ravaged cargo ship that sank off the country’s coast to cover part of the cost of fighting the blaze, officials said on Saturday. Sri Lanka’s attorney general has sent the claim to lawyers representing X-Press Feeders, the ship’s operating company, said Darshani Lahandapura, head of the state-run Marine Environment Protection Authority. She said authorities were still […]
A Parkwood family has been living in a small shipping container provided by the City of Cape Town for over a month while another has opted to live in a neighbour's lounge after their council flats were gutted in separate fires. Leonie Harrison and five relatives lost everything when a fire destroyed their four-room flat on the top floor of Corin Courts. It is unclear what started the fire, GroundUp […]
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.
