Two men, aged 30 and 41, were shot and killed in Mitchells Plain on Sunday (09 March 2025). The incident occurred at the corner of Suurberg and Buffelshoek Streets in front of a premises in Buffelshoek Street, Tafelsig. The South African Police Service (SAPS) stated that the two victims were standing at the location when an unidentified man began shooting at them, fatally wounding both in the head. The motive […]
The state is expected to call a ballistics expert to the stand to testify in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, on Wednesday morning. Five men are on trial for the murder of the soccer star who was shot and killed in 2014. Meyiwa was at Kelly Khumalo’s mother’s house in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, when he was shot. On Tuesday, Dr Johannes Steenkamp, a […]
By Aneeqa du Plessis A case of murder is being investigated after a Law Enforcement Officer was shot and killed in Nyanga last night. According to SAPS, the deceased was a passenger in the back of a vehicle when an unknown gunman opened fire along Miller Road. The officials were en route to Bishop Lavis in an attempt to restore calm amid the taxi stay-away. “Possibility that the attack is […]
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 […]
Israeli soldiers, on Tuesday, shot an Israeli female settler near Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, believing she was a Palestinian. The army said, in a statement posted on Twitter, that "a Palestinian woman was neutralised at a military checkpoint south of Hebron while she was trying to carry out an attack," without causing any Israeli casualties. However, Israeli media outlets said the shot woman was a mentally ill […]
By Aneeqa du Plessis A 26-year-old man was gunned down in Cravenby on Thursday morning. According to SAPS Captain FC Van Wyk, Ravensmead police are investigating a case of murder after the victim was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his face and head. “Details surrounding this fatal shooting incident are under investigation. The unknown suspect/s fled the scene and are yet to be arrested. The motive for the attack […]
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.
