July2015

ANC to take legal action over Jooste hospital

A site visit at the GF Jooste Hospital ended even before it began after members of the ANC Western Cape leadership met with concerned Manenberg residents outside the hospital on Thursday. Provincial ANC chairperson, Marius Fransman, provincial secretary Faiez Jacobs and members of the Manenberg Steering Committee for the city’s[…]

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VOC pays tribute to founding members

It was a morning of good food, laughter and reminiscing as VOC honoured its founding members, many of whom sacrificed immensely for the development of the station. To mark 21 years of broadcasting, VOC paid tribute to the ‘old guard’ – who are regarded as the pioneers of the station.[…]

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Turkey air base access “too little, too late”

In an unprecedented move in the battle to contain an Islamic State insurgency in Northern Iraq and Syria, Turkey has finally approved a deal that will allow the United States to launch airstrikes from a key military base in the southern part of the country. The decision represents a major[…]

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Claimants warned of bogus land claims officials

The office of the regional land claims commissioner has issued a warning to potential claimants to be aware of bogus land claims officials, after a spate of complaints against individuals attempting to solicit funds, as well as political allegiance. The office has heard complaints about prospective claimants being approached by[…]

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Young girl takes on Merkel

OPINION by Geoffrey Aronson – Refugees are by definition unlucky. They have been uprooted from homes and families, suffering the horror and tragedies that befall those tossed like flotsam atop the waves of history. They have lost what much of the Arab world as a whole risks losing as a[…]

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India home to over 180 million Muslims

An Indian official has revealed that the Asian peninsular country is home to more than 180 million Muslim population. The number was revealed by Indian Deputy National Security Advisor Dr Arvind Gupta in a meeting last Tuesday with Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb who holds the highest seat of religious learning in[…]

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Woman found murdered at Camps Bay hotel

A man has been arrested after the body of a 39-year-old woman was found at a Camps Bay hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Details surrounding the incident remain sketchy, but it is understood the murdered woman was an American citizen on holiday in Cape Town. The 41-year-old suspect is believed to[…]

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Cope lays fraud charge against Tshabalala

The Congress of the People (Cope) has laid a charge of fraud against former SABC board chairperson Ellen Tshabalala for allegedly lying about her qualifications. “It is fraud because she claimed she had qualifications [with which] she got a chairpersonship of the SABC board,” Cope spokesperson Dennis Bloem told News24.[…]

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Lili arrested over ‘kill criminals’ comment

ANC provincial executive member Andile Lili was arrested on Wednesday night following his remarks earlier in the week that criminals should be “killed immediately and brutally”. Lili, who is also the leader of the Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement, on Tuesday addressed a cheering crowd of supporters outside the Bellville Magistrate’s[…]

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