While the late human rights lawyer Judge Essa Moosa will be remembered for his unwavering commitment to the anti-Apartheid struggle, very few people know that the jurist had also focused his life’s work on the self-determination of the Kurdish people of Turkey. Tributes continue to stream in for the judge who passed away on Sunday – a man known to have spent his life in the service of humanity. Known […]
The Kurdish Human Rights Action Group (KHRAG) has called upon the South African government to intervene in the unlawful arrest and detention of Selahattin Demirtas, his co-leader Figen Yuksekdag of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and all other progressive political activists. Demirtas and Yuksekdag are accused of spreading propaganda for Kurdish groups fighting the Turkish state. Both leaders visited South Africa a few months ago, to draw attention to the […]
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.
