Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba has suspended senior city official, MMC of Health, Mpho Phalatse, over her participation at a pro-Israeli rally on Sunday. Its believed that Phalatse for publicly declared that the city was a friend of Israel and she has since gone on to share more of her views of Israel on her Twitter account. The event, organised by the local Israeli lobby was sponsored by Israel's Ministry of Strategic […]
With the help of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a motion of no confidence against City of Johannesburg executive mayor, Herman Mashaba, and council speaker, Vasco da Gama, failed on Thursday night. During Da Gama's motion, which was heard at around 19:00, there were 140 councillors who voted against the motion and 120 that voted in favour of the motion. In Mashaba's case, 140 councillors voted against the motion and 121 […]
By Ebrahim Moosa The DA’s executive mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, has met with the new Israeli Ambassador to South Africa and a visiting Israeli parliamentary delegation. The Ambassador, Lior Keinan, tweeted about the meeting on Wednesday, stating its purpose as being “to discuss joint challenges & opportunities”. Keinan took over the reins at the Israeli embassy in Pretoria this month after predecessor Arthur Lenk completed his tenure. Earlier, it […]
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.
