December2015

Vrygond residents oppose bail of alleged murderer

A group of concerned community members are to picket outside the Muizenberg Magistrate’s Court at the bail hearing of a man suspected of stabbing to death 10-year old, Micholine Jantjies at a local play park last week. The accused, 20, is also alleged to have attacked the girl’s 15-year old[…]

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Road fatalities exceed 2014 toll

The Western Cape has seen an alarming increase in road fatalities over the festive season thus far, this year’s 133 road related deaths already well over 2014’s toll of 120 for the entire December period. 1600 people have also reportedly been arrested for drunk driving in the province over the[…]

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Busy Christmas weekend for NSRI

From shark sightings to false reports of a body floating at sea, and a “missing” woman, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) had a busy Christmas weekend. A sea rescue craft was sent out to Klein River, Hermanus, on Sunday following reports that a woman was missing from a boat,[…]

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De Klerk doesn’t deserve Nobel Peace Prize: EFF

The Economic Freedom Fighters says former president FW de Klerk’s view on the Oxford University’s Rhodes Must Fall movement shows he does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize he shares with Nelson Mandela. “If De Klerk does not see the importance of the demand by Oxford students that Rhodes’ statue[…]

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Iraqi army declares Ramadi ‘liberated’

Iraqi forces claimed victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Ramadi as clearing operations were under way to flush out the armed group’s remaining fighters in the key city. “Yes, the city of Ramadi has been liberated,” Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said in a televised[…]

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Bombs in Homs kill 32, wound 90

At least 32 people were killed and 90 wounded in two bomb explosions in the Syrian city of Homs on Monday, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The blasts, one from a car bomb and another from a suicide attack, struck the Zahra district in the middle[…]

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VOC has new streaming service

VOC has received a stream of complaints of the streaming service being down. The good news is that in order to bring you better quality of service, VOC has changed service providers for our Audio-stream function. In future, please bookmark: http://iono.fm/embed/streampage/prov/134

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Four SA siblings held in Saudi jail

An influential Muslim family from Port Elizabeth has asked President Jacob Zuma to help them get their four children who are being detained in Saudi Arabia released, Rapport has reported. The Saudi authorities refuse to say why the children have been in custody for more than a month without being[…]

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