Armed security staff employed by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to escort train drivers were attacked and shot at by a group of unknown armed men in Philippi, Samora Machel, in Cape Town on Sunday, Prasa said. The driver of the vehicle was shot in the shoulder, Prasa said in a statement. The attack is not the first on Prasa staff, hence the employment of guards to […]
Paarl East detectives are investigating a case of attempted murder and public violence. This after the owner of a shop shot at two suspects that stole some cool drinks at his shop in Ribbok street, Chicago, Paarl East on Tuesday evening. According to Western Cape police, the shop owner and his partner were busy unloading cool drinks from his vehicle when the two suspects stole a crate of cool drink. […]
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has called on the public to snitch on those behind the arson, theft and damage to Metrorail's trains and cables in Gauteng and the Western Cape, or it may have to start reducing services on high-risk lines. This after two more coaches were burnt between Thursday and Friday, bringing to 10 the number of coaches torched in the Western Cape this week. […]
Ancient cave paintings at a world heritage site in the Sahara desert have been defaced with graffiti, Chad's minister of culture has told the BBC. The graffiti drawn on the paintings, which are about 8,000 years old, was "a tragedy... offensive to the whole history and memory of Chad," Mahamat Saleh Haroun said. Vandals scrawled their names on top of the artworks in French and Arabic. The Ennedi plateau was declared a […]
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.
