Phone calls and video footage of the night Shrien Dewani and his wife Anni ate out in Cape Town in 2010 was shown in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. Prosecutor Shareen Riley led her 12th witness, Zola Tongo, through the telephonic communication he had with Dewani and their[…]
ANC MP Jackson Mthembu was discharged from hospital on Wednesday morning following treatment after he was shot in a robbery, the ruling party said. Mthembu left the Emalahleni Private Hospital where he had spent 10 days since being shot on October 19, spokesman Zizi Kodwa said in a statement. Mthembu[…]
The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has tabled a final revised wage demand to the SA Post Office (Sapo), the union said on Wednesday. “We have tabled what we view as our final counter-proposal and call on management of Sapo to respond positively and with the necessary speed if indeed they[…]
Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani said Wednesday he was ready to talk to rivals in the conflict-hit country if “all sides” made concessions. Thani’s government moved to the eastern city of Tobruk in August for security reasons after mostly militia seized the capital Tripoli and a rival administration[…]
An elderly Pakistani man was killed by Indian troops as fresh cross-border firing rocked the disputed Kashmir region, officials said Wednesday. The 75-year-old was herding goats outside his home in the Chari Kot border village of Pakistani administered Kashmir on Tuesday when he was killed by “unprovoked” firing by Indian[…]
An Israeli army general has said his country believes Hezbollah may have dug tunnels across the border from Lebanon in preparation for any future war, but added that there was no conclusive evidence. “We have no positive information meaning that there are tunnels. The situation is not similar to what[…]
Gang violence is hampering the progress on the Community Residential Units (CRU) in Manenberg, according to the City of Cape Town. City staff and contractors have worked under extremely volatile circumstances given the gang violence experienced in this area. The City has called the community and SAPS to assist in[…]
“In dealing with my cancer, I know that I am not alone. It is not a cul-de-sac because there are other people living with it and it is a curable disease.” These were the words of Masoeda Abass, just one of many cancer patients sharing their words of motivation and[…]
For the second year, VOC took its annual Pink Hijab Day initiative to Masjidul Quds in Gatesville, where almost 1000 women gave a voice to the fight against cancer. Tuesday’s event was the 6th annual Pink Hijab Day project, which aims to bring much needed awareness to cancer, especially amongst[…]
The Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) says they will be doing all they can to ensure that transport issues do not result in matriculants being unable to write their Senior Certificate examinations. Arson on nineteen Metro Rail carriages at Salt River’s train depot on Sunday was the cause of[…]
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