By Aneeqa du Plessis Tragedy has struck the Mitchells Plain community after Toufeeq Williams, 37, was fatally wounded in gang crossfire in Beacon Valley yesterday. He was a LEAP officer but off duty at the time of the incident. According to City of Cape Town’s (COCT) Mayco Member for Safety and Security JP Smith, Williams was attached to the Hanover Park LEAP department. Smith said the deceased was with his […]
LOCAL A R5 000 reward is on offer for information around the torching of three pitbulls in Gatesville last week. Reports indicate that community members had beaten and set the dogs alight after they attacked and injured a young girl on an open field. Amid ongoing debate around pitbull ownership in the country, the Cape of Goodhope SPCA clarified that the reward is not a matter of bias but rather […]
LOCAL The City of Cape Town is working to initiate a reward system for residents and businesses who voluntarily have their power turned off, to conserve electricity. It comes as Eskom plunged South Africans back into Stage 4 loadshedding on Tuesday evening, citing the tripping of a generation unit each at Kendal power station in Mpumalanga and Lethabo power station in the Free State. Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan appointed […]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is offering a R100 000 reward for information that could help apprehend the suspects involved in the murder of police sergeant Donavon Prins. Prins (34) was killed while on duty in Lavender Hill in June 2019. He and a fellow officer were pursuing suspects in the area when they allegedly opened fire. Prins was wounded and later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. The sergeant […]
As the Elsies River and Ravensmead communities continue a widescale search for missing eight year old Tazne van Wyk, Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Albert Fritz, has offered a R10 000 reward for whoever has information about her whereabouts. “I call upon those wishing to assist in search efforts to do so in a coordinated manner by alerting their local SAPS Station Commander of their intention to patrol. This […]
A R100 000 reward has been offered to help nab cop-killers in the Western Cape, the provincial community safety MEC, Dan Plato, said on Sunday. "In the past week, three police officers have lost their lives, some even while responding to the needs of the community they serve while on duty," said Plato. He said the reward was now being offered to anyone with information that would lead to the […]
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.
