Not everyone who travels to Syria or Iraq have intentions to join the military ranks of the armed forces of the Islamic State (ISIS). Jasmine Opperman, the director of the Terror and Analysis Consortium, told VOC News that while recruitment is taking place in South Africa, ISIS has focused their[…]
The family of slain Fatima Patel are outraged that her husband Rameez Patel was granted bail on Tuesday. The Polokwane businessman was granted a R250 000 bail following his arrest for the murder of his wife in April. His bail requirements are that he has to report to the Polokwane[…]
Capetonian Muslims may be able to breathe a little sigh of relief after Eskom assured that it was working hard to limit the possibility of load shedding during the upcoming winter months. The holy month of Ramadan is scheduled to take place during the heart of winter this year, raising[…]
A newly adopted bill could afford children under the age of 18 the right to freely engage in sexual activity without fear of prosecution. The controversial bill, recently adopted by the Portfolio committee on Justice and Correctional services, has provisions that may allow for consensual sex between those not of[…]
The first two days of June have brought with it a major cold front, which will only likely ease off at the end of the week. After a relatively dry autumn, Capetonians have been met with blustering winds and heavy rains, and in some parts of the peninsula, flooding has[…]
Limpopo businessman Rameez Patel, who is accused of killing his wife Fatima, was released on R250 000 bail by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Magistrate Mohammed Shaik said exceptional circumstances, namely that the couple’s children needed to be looked after, justified his release. Shaik ordered Patel to report to[…]
While calm has returned to Philippi East after violent protests, tensions between the Cape Town communities of Lower Crossroads and the Marikana informal settlement remain high. Marikana community leader, Joseph Makeleni, told News24 community meetings and negotiations would continue “until everyone is happy”. “Our fight was never with the people[…]
Drug addicts are using schools as “hardware shops” to find whatever they can sell to buy a quick fix. These crimes were costing the department money that could otherwise be spent on additional teaching posts or study materials, Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schafer said on Tuesday. She announced that[…]
Myanmar’s navy is escorting a boat crammed with 727 abandoned migrants to an undisclosed location, four days after intercepting it in the Andaman Sea, the country’s information minister said on Tuesday. The migrants, who were found drifting on Friday in a converted fishing boat that was taking on water, wanted[…]
A court in Cairo has adjourned the final ruling on a death sentence recommendation for former president Mohamed Morsi. The judge in the case postponed the verdict until June 16. Morsi entered the courtroom for the hearing on his death sentence on Tuesday as fellow defendants chanted with “down, down[…]
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