The Special Action Committee (SAC) will host a picket outside the Cape Town High Court in Keerom Street on Monday morning expressing concern around the thousands of educators who have lost their jobs due to budget cuts within the education sector. Speaking to VOC News, Nadeem Hendricks, a member of the SAC said the aim of the picket is to ensure that no child will be left affected by the […]
By Kouthar Sambo The public was outraged after a video made the rounds on social media depicting a pro-Palestine man being attacked. The video was titled “Zionist racist attacking Palestinian activist.” It is believed that the public was under the impression the person being attacked was a female, however, the individual told VOC News that he is a "long-haired man" identified as Marco Antonelli, who is also actively involved in weekly pro-Palestine pickets. Speaking on VOC's Drive Time show […]
The ANC will conduct nationwide pickets against the scourge of racism. They will be picketing at eNCA offices and other centres. The governing party is upset over eNCA management’s defense of the organisation’s political journalist, Lindsay Dentlinger. Dentlinger sparked a public uproar when video footage of her asking Black Members of Parliament to keep their masks on while she had allowed White MPs to speak on the broadcaster’s platform without […]
By Abubaker Abrahams Following a successful mass protest yesterday, a group of about 50 community members joined the Al-Quds Foundation for a picket in Wale Street in the CBD today, to show their unwavering support to the beleaguered Palestinians. Despite the announcement that Israeli authorities have eased some of the security detail at Al Aqsa, locals say they will keep the issue on the public agenda. Hajji Yunus Allie from […]
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.
