The Cape Town magistrate's court on Wednesday cleared EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu of a charge of common assault after his successful application for the court not to prosecute him at the close of the state’s case. Magistrate Lindiwe Gura rejected the complainant’s and witnesses’ evidence as contradictory. She added that one of the witnesses had even tailored his evidence to suit the state’s case. Shivambu was charged with common […]
Acclaimed photographer Jürgen Schadeberg, perhaps best known for his photograph of South Africa's first democratic president Nelson Mandela looking out through the bars from inside his former cell on Robben Island, has died at the age of 89, it was reported on Sunday. “Sadly Jürgen passed away yesterday [Saturday] due to stroke/age-related issues. He was 89, had a full life, and his photos will live on,” IOL reported his wife […]
Veteran photographer David Goldblatt died on Monday at the age of 87. Robin Scher from the Goodman Gallery confirmed to News24 that Goldblatt passed away in the early hours of Monday morning. Born in Randfontein, Goldblatt's decades-long career launched in 1948 and he became best known for documenting events unfolding in South Africa throughout apartheid, according to the Mail & Guardian. The famed photographer was the recipient of many prestigious […]
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.
