Embassies of the United States and the United Kingdom in Zimbabwe have issued security warnings to citizens. The U.S. also said the political situation had forced them to suspend visa operations for this week. The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said in a summary of its alert issued on Thursday November 16, 2017: “The political situation in Harare remains uncertain and there continues to be a military presence in […]
President Jacob Zuma, in his capacity as SADC chairperson, has called an urgent meeting to discuss the unfolding political and security situation in Zimbabwe. The meeting follows hot on the heels of what is being described as a coup in Zimbabwe after the Zimbabwean Defence Force put Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under military guard and seized control of the state broadcaster. The meeting is expected to take place in Gaborone, […]
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has launched a veiled attack on white South Africans. He's also broken his silence on his wife's alleged assault of a Johannesburg model by lamenting the behaviour of young people. The South African government granted Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity following the alleged attack and allowed her to leave the country. Mugabe says he had asked an African National Congress (ANC) Minister why white people still had […]
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.
