The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has attributed a shortage of textbooks at Masiphumelele High School to violent protests and a massive shack fire that occurred in the area last year. Due to the setbacks, the school found it could not implement what it calls its Textbook Retrieval Policy. Some of the main[…]
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries have expressed frustration over unauthorised deductions from their accounts. Many individuals that have contacted VOC complained that they did not know that this money would be deducted from their accounts, furthermore, stating that no indication was given regarding the reason for the deductions.[…]
The DA in the Western Cape legislature has hinted at possible procedural irregularities or even a “cover-up” in the sexual harassment case against ANC leader Marius Fransman. The DA’s chief whip in the legislature, Mark Wiley, said that, despite repeated enquiries to at least six senior police officers in the[…]
Major-General Shadrack Sibiya – the former head of the Gauteng Hawks – has been arrested. He was detained at Joburg Central Police Station, and he was criminally charged on five counts of fraud. He appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court for allegedly fraudulently claiming over R24 000 in travel expenses[…]
An ANC veteran is hitting out at President Jacob Zuma. Ben Turok says there is a crisis in South Africa’s leadership. “The most important issue is what kind of leadership is given to the country and I must say, I’m deeply disturbed. I haven’t been so upset for a long[…]
Russia has intensified its air strikes in an attempt to back up the Syrian government’s offensive in Syria’s Aleppo, killing scores of people, Al Jazeera has learned. The reports of deaths come amid another breakdown of peace talks in Geneva and a donor conference in London where world leaders have pledged[…]
Saudi Arabia is prepared to deploy ground troops to Syria to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) if US-led coalition leaders agree to the offer. Saudi’s air force has targeted ISIL with air strikes since the campaign began in Syria in September 2014, but the Gulf[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema warned on Thursday that Gupta-owned media such as ANN7 and The New Age will not be welcome at his party’s events. “Gupta must leave the country. We tired about talking about [the] Guptas. We going to take practical action,” Malema told reporters in Johannesburg.[…]
About 246 human rights abuses have been recorded over a three month period, against people who use drugs in parts of South Africa. According to a report by the TB/HIV Care Association has recorded around, people who use drugs often suffer human rights abuses ranging from assault and extortion to[…]
Whilst the property value of housing in Bo- Kaap might tempt residents to sell, the area is becoming a tourist hub and creating opportunities for the people residing in the colourful community, Osman Shaboodien, chairperson of the Bo-Kaap Civic Association. With Bo-Kaap poised to become a conservation area, developers are[…]
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