LOCAL Every year, over 10 000 babies are abandoned in South Africa, with the vast majority of them found dead. This is according to Baby Savers South Africa, a national coalition of organisations working to put an end to unsafe infant abandonment. Baby Savers South Africa says teenage pregnancies and poverty are some of the main reasons why thousands of babies are abandoned yearly. The Director at Door of Hope […]
By Aneeqa Du Plessis “Sometimes a life needs to be lost in order to save the lives of many,” says reformed ex-convict Bradwin Daniels. In a time where many youth across the Cape Flats are directionless and falling victim to the scourge of gangsterism daily, parolee, Daniels has taken it upon himself to inspire local youth to make better decisions through after-school programmes, excursions and a feeding scheme. Daniels, 38, […]
The Western Cape government says land expropriation without compensation is not the appropriate intervention in addressing issues of land reform and skewed property ownership patterns in South Africa. It says the proposed amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution will undermine individual property rights and be detrimental to the economy. The amendment seeks to change a part of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. Provincial […]
Leading female scholars from Saudi Arabia have described moves to ease restrictions on women as government spin aimed at an international audience to bolster support for efforts to liberalise its ailing economy. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seeking to appeal to western governments as a reformist while cracking down on the very women inside the country who have been campaigning for an end to systematic discrimination, they say. […]
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.
