The Electoral Commission is on a voter registration drive this weekend to encourage all South Africans to register to vote. South Africans who are eighteen and older, including the homeless, who have not registered to vote, are urged to do so. Stations around the country will open from eight o’clock until five o’clock in the evening this weekend. To date, just over one million transactions have been processed through the […]
Credit reporting agency TransUnion has published its Consumer Credit Trends report for 2020, detailing how the country’s coronavirus lockdown has impacted the finances of the average South African citizen. With a fall in GDP and the associated rise in unemployment, consumers have had to prioritise their personal finances to cope with the dramatic effects of the pandemic, TransUnion said. “As the crisis progressed, the number of consumers seeking credit—observed by […]
Prospective pilgrims have shared their tear-jerking reaction to the news that the auspicious journey of Hajj 1441 has been cancelled. Following weeks of anticipation, the South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) and the Department of International Relations held a joint meeting on Thursday to determine the status of Hajj under the travel regulations put in place to stop the spread of the global coronavirus pandemic. During the sit-down, International […]
A group of 22 South Africans who were to be repatriated from Kenya – as the world battles coronavirus – remain stranded in Nairobi. This after SEMAIR, the airline that was to evacuate them, again, cancelled at the 11th hour. The airline is alleged to have failed to inform passengers and the South African High Commission in Kenya. The High Commission says it is in contact with the airline to […]
Ministers who are part of the National Command Council once again gave an update on a variety of issues at a media briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday. Among the issues discussed were grant payments, assistance to South Africans who are still stranded abroad, transport issues and worker-related issues. There are 1 474 South Africans stranded around the world, some in high-risk countries. The group is made up of 723 students, […]
South Africans being repatriated from Wuhan, China, will be kept in isolation for between 14 and 21 days, with soldiers and the army patrolling the perimeter of a special quarantine facility in Limpopo, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday. He described Wuhan as being "awash" with the Coronavirus during the late night media briefing. The returnees would not be allowed to have contact with their families until a fortnight […]
Psychologists are warning that South Africans who are to be evacuated from China may face a cold reception when they return home. This is after government announced last week that it will bring 151 South Africans back who have been living in the city of Wuhan, at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. “A lot of fear is connected to being under lock down. First of all you’re isolated from […]
With the World Health Organisation (WHO) expected to decide on Thursday whether the coronavirus crisis should be declared an international health emergency, a South African who has been working in Beijing in China has described the current situation as “calm”. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, approximately 7,911 cases have been confirmed. The first confirmed death from the coronavirus infection occurred on 9th January 2020 and since then 170 deaths […]
The Embassy of China in Pretoria on Friday urged South Africans to avoid travelling to China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the current coronavirus epidemic which has so far killed at least 26 people. “Friends from South Africa are requested not to go to Wuhan for the time being, and South African friends in Wuhan now should not leave the city or return to SA at this moment,” […]
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.
