By: Aneeqa du Plessis With more than 24-hours gone, residents in the Kensington area have continued relentless searches for Grade R learner Shanawaaz Asghar, 6, who was kidnapped outside of his home yesterday. Asghar was snatched by a group of men whilst en route to his school, Hidayatul Islam, a mere stone’s-throw away from his house on the corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street. However, since the story broke […]
LOCAL Community safety MEC Reagen Allen has expressed concern over the rise in child kidnappings in the Western Cape. He spoke in the wake of the latest incident involving a six-year old in Kensington yesterday. Little Shanawaaz Asghar was abducted on his way to school, Hidayatul Islam, by a handful of armed suspects. Allen has called on anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrators, to […]
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.
