By Kouthar Sambo In honor of Youth Month and the unsung heroes who made enormous sacrifices for the sake of democracy and the liberation struggle, VOC News spoke to various students to gain their perspectives on the challenges of demonstrating their unwavering support for Palestine, which has swept across campuses in the Western Cape. Challenges in youth activism The Chairperson of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Palestine Solidarity Forum […]
By Yaseen Kippie Tensions broke out at the Baxter theatre in Rondesbosch on Monday 1 May as the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) celebrated Israel's self-proclaimed Independence Day, 'Yom Ha'atzmaut', This day has been labelled differently by Palestinians as 'Yawm an-Nakba', or the ‘Day of the Catastrophe' - when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1948 Palestine war. On Monday night, hundreds […]
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.
