By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With the first of several cold fronts making landfall on Sunday, the City of Cape Town (COCT) said disaster teams are monitoring the impacts of the prevailing inclement weather. In the early hours of Sunday morning, a thunderstorm rocked the Mother City followed by heavy downpours. Aid organisation Gift of the Givers (GOTG) said their teams have been on standby since Friday, when the first Orange […]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Over the weekend, Cape Town and the Western Cape were greeted with a chilly and rainy spell, turning the mother city into a cold and wet haven. In an interview with VOC Breakfast on Monday, COCT Disaster Risk Management spokesperson, Charlotte Powell, discussed the impact of bad weather in the region. “We experienced heavy rains on Saturday and Sunday, but there were no major incidents reported to […]
Rainfall in certain parts of South Africa has become more severe over the past 50 years. This is the findings of research from the University of Pretoria. The studies were led by Charlotte McBride of the South African Weather Service among other role players. Associate Professor in Meteorology at the university, Liesl Dyson, explains how this research can be used by local authorities to better assist communities. “We see that […]
Cape Town's supply dams swelled to 39.1% on Tuesday as run-off from recent rains continued to feed into reservoirs – but the council has warned that the drought-stricken city is nowhere near out of the woods yet. And while some farmers in the Western Cape's wheat-growing areas are rejoicing at planting crops in moist soil for the first time in three years, others in parts of the Overberg, the southern […]
More than 500,000 people have been displaced in East Africa following heavy seasonal rainfall that has resulted in widespread flooding across large parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. In Somalia the flooding has displaced 470,000 and damaged or destroyed key infrastructure in Belet Wenye, Hiiran, Hirshabelle, Baidoa, Lower Shabelle and South West State. The Somali Government has declared a national emergency, bringing the growing humanitarian crisis in the region under […]
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.
