LOCAL Three children aged 1, 4 and 9 died in a fire in Wesbank, Cape Town, on Saturday morning. City Fire's Jermaine Carelse said during firefighting operations, the bodies of the children were discovered in an informal structure. He said the city's fire and rescue service was alerted at 2.15am that there was a home on fire in Baxley Crescent. “When they arrived on the scene, firefighters found several structures […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) yesterday warned of the increasing Jewish-only settlement in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported. This came during a meeting between PA Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki, and Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Wopke Hoekstra, held in Ramallah. During the meeting, Al-Maliki briefed Hoekstra on the escalating Israeli violations and crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory. He explained that the occupation carries out crimes against Palestinians, their land, properties and holy sites […]
Nine Palestinians were injured today in fresh Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Anadolu Agency reports. Medics treated six Palestinians from injuries in the towns of Al-Yamun and Kafr Dan in Jenin in the northern West Bank, it said in a statement. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces raided several homes in Al-Yamun town. The Palestinian Health Ministry said two of the injured were in […]
“He hurt my child and he hurt me. This is the first time I am speaking about the incident." These were the words of Shanaaz Majal, a distraught Wesbank mother whose son has allegedly fallen victim to a serial molester in the community. With the outcry of sexual abuse allegations against community members growing more and more vehemently, VOC News was prompted to visit Wesbank, Delft where several children had […]
A 35-year-old woman from Wesbank in Cape Town has been taken in for questioning by Western Cape police after the bodies of two babies were found in a freezer. On Thursday, police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said a resident had notified the police of the bodies at a house in the suburb. Van Wyk added an autopsy would be held to determine the cause of death and ages of […]
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.
