The South African National Defense Force (SANDF) has released the names of the 14 fallen soldiers who died during and following a battle with M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) earlier in the week. Another soldier has, meanwhile, succumbed to their injuries while in hospital in the DRC, increasing the death toll from 13. According to a statement released by the SANDF on Saturday the fallen soldiers’ […]
Casualties mounting, with at least four Palestinians – including two minors – killed and dozens wounded. Israeli forces have killed at least four people, including two minors, in raids on multiple locations in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials reported on Wednesday. Israeli forces shot dead a 13-year-old boy, identified as Rami al-Halhuli, in the Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday evening. The Israeli Border Police said […]
In the last 108 days, Israeli army attacks have killed 11,000 children and 7,500 women in the Gaza Strip, said the media office of the government in Gaza on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. In the Strip, 7,000 people, 70 per cent of whom are women and children, are still under debris or missing from Israeli attacks, it said, citing a host of new figures to try to convey the depth of loss […]
One more journalist was killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli attacks, the government media office said in a statement published Sunday, bringing the total number of journalists killed in the Palestinian enclave since 7 October to 101, Anadolu Agency reports. “Fellow journalist, martyr Ahmed Jamal Al-Madhoun, deputy director of the Palestinian Al-Rai Agency and director of the Visual Media Department, rose to greatness as a martyr at the hands […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on members of the public to take a stand against police killings. He was speaking in Pretoria at an event to honour police officers and reservists who died in the line of duty. About 34 police members were killed in the 2022-2023 financial year. Ramaphosa says communities should not condone attacks on officers. “Communities need to speak out against police killings. The lives of police […]
At least 17 civilians were killed, including five children, in an airstrike in south Khartoum, according to Sudanese activists on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. The attack targeted a residential neighborhood in Mayo suburb in the Sudanese capital late Saturday, the so-called South Belt Emergency Room said in a statement. Eleven people were also injured in the attack. It was not yet clear the party behind the attack, but the Rapid Support […]
By Aneeqa du Plessis A third-year university student was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in Belhar on Saturday evening. Kamva Dasi, 22, who was an accounting student at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), was attacked while walking to a nearby bank with a group of other students. According to SAPS Spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk, the incident happened shortly after 22h30 in Kern’s Crescent. Spokesperson at […]
The well-known liquidator, Cloete Murray who was shot and wounded in Midrand, Johannesburg on Saturday, has died. His son Tom was also killed in the suspected hit which happened at the Newroad off-ramp on the N1 North. Murray was the BOSASA and Gupta company liquidator. Murray and his son were shot after unknown suspects opened fire on them. Earlier the police said they were investigating a case of murder and […]
A senior member of the Uncedo Taxi Association has been shot dead outside his home in Thembalethu in George in the Western Cape. Police spokesperson Chris Spies says they are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after the 60-year-old was shot and a family member sustained gunshot wounds. Spies said they were outside their residence at Thembalethu Zone 6 when two men fired several rounds at them. 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.
