Deyr seasonal rains, which hit Somalia between October and December, have seriously affected the lives of roughly 73,000 people, a UN agency said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. "Among those affected are more than 53,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) and members of the host community in Baidoa town in South West State, whose living conditions were already dire," the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report. […]
Being told to self-isolate or work from home as the world grapples with Covid-19 is meaningless to people who rely on shelters for a bed and food. So how are some of South Africa's shelters adjusting to the declaration by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday that there should not be more than 100 people in a group? For Hassan Khan of The Haven, which runs well-known shelters in Cape Town […]
They might be from different political parties that have contrasting ideologies, but on gender-based violence they all agree – it is an issue that cannot be politicised. Public Works Minister Patricia De Lille, who is also the leader of GOOD, her social development counterpart, Lindiwe Zulu, a staunch ANC member, and the DA's Sharna Fernandez, who serves as Western Cape social development MEC, held a joint media briefing this week […]
By Abubaker Abrahams The Departments of Economic Opportunities and Social Development in the Western Cape have announced a ground-breaking women empowerment initiative. The announcement was made at Sisters Incorporated, one of the social development department’s funded shelters for abused women. In a study done by the World Health Organization, it was found that 60,000 women and children are victims of domestic violence in South Africa. It is hard to gather […]
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.
