LOCAL A four-year-old girl who went missing in Paarl in the Western Cape on Sunday was found dead on Monday afternoon. Police spokesperson Capt Frederick van Wyk said the girl was reported missing at the Paarl East police station at 4pm on Sunday. “A search party was arranged and on Monday afternoon scholars at a primary school found her body in the bushes next to the school's rugby field. The […]
LOCAL Three men have been shot and killed in Mbekweni in Paarl. Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa, says Organised Crime detectives were called to the scene on Saturday. where they found the bodies of the deceased with multiple gunshot wounds in a car and a shack on the same property. The victims are aged 30, 33 and 40. Potelwa says the motive for the shooting is unknown at this stage and […]
A hearse transporting a corpse went up in flames in Paarl, Western Cape, on Saturday morning. Both the hearse and the coffin were destroyed but the body inside the coffin did not suffer damage, said Drakenstein municipality spokesperson Riana Geldenhuys. “Drakenstein municipality’s fire services responded to a fire call involving a hearse at 8.14am ... in Broadway Street in Paarl East,” said Geldenhuys. “When the firefighting vehicle and firefighters arrived […]
Jaco Stander, the man accused of physically and verbally assaulting niqaabi, Asheeqah Benjamin was granted R2000 bail in the Paarl magistrate court on Wednesday. Paarl residents and members of the ulema packed the court to support Benjamin. The court heard that Stander has Tourette’s Syndrome and mental health problems. An affidavit of testimony was submitted by the mother of the accused. In the affidavit, she states that her son has […]
A giant of the Paarl Muslim community has passed away - 91year-old Hajji Yusuf Moerat. Having served the Paarl community for more than 70 years, Hajji Yusuf's most important role was as the life president of Paarl Muslim Jamaah (PMJ) as well as life president of Vineyards Rugby club. He has played a crucial role in the struggle for non-racial sports in South Africa. An avid and skilled sportsman, he […]
The beautiful town of Paarl is bracing itself for the arrival of thousands of visitors from Cape Town this weekend for the 19th Boland Summer Festival. The annual community event will be taking place this weekend at the Dal Josaphat Stadium in Paarl from 23-25 March 2018. The festival draws more than 30 000 festival-goers very year from throughout the Drakenstein, Strand, Stellenbosch and Cape Town. VOC will pack up […]
The beautiful town of Paarl is bracing itself for the arrival of thousands of visitors from Cape Town this weekend for the 19th Boland Summer Festival. The annual community event will be taking place this weekend at the Dal Josaphat Stadium in Paarl from 23-25 March 2018. The festival draws more than 30 000 festival-goers very year from throughout the Drakenstein, Strand, Stellenbosch and Cape Town. VOC will pack up […]
As the dust settles on all the excitement following a weekend of stalls, entertainment and endless fun at the 2017 Boland Summer Festival, organiser’s report an overwhelmingly successful event. Described by many as one of the most successful events on the local calendar, the 18-year-old event was initiated by the Paarl Muslim Jamaah (PMJ) to support the work of local community organisations. The event kicked-off at the Dal Josaphat Stadium […]
The mother of murdered Paarl resident Nicola Pienaar, whose body was found in a friend's backyard, is struggling to process the death of her daughter, a colleague said. "She already went home a few hours ago, we are trying to give her space. This is a very emotional time for her," Marlaine Pienaar-Vice's receptionist Lyury Bailey told News24. "She told us that she is not taking any phone calls at […]
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.
