As millions of people came out in their numbers on Wednesday to cast their vote in the 2016 Local Government Elections, voters sentiments are an apt reflection of the mood of the country at the moment – it’s time for change. VOC News visited at a myriad of polling stations[…]
A shooting incident in Bonteheuwel on Wednesday night has left a family of five shaken and in hospital. Last night, Imam Magadien Abrahams and his family were shot at erratically after they stopped to give way to a passing vehicle. “We were coming back from Mitchells Plain and my son[…]
Addressing media, IEC’s Courtney Sampson says that while the election process has a number of phases, the voting phase for the 2016 Local Elections has officially been concluded and that the IEC has secured all results slips at the capturing sites. The Final stage of capturing of the results is[…]
Dubai airport, the world’s busiest in terms of international passengers, was shut down Wednesday following an accident involving a landing Emirates plane, it said. “All operations (arrivals and departures) at (Dubai International) DXB have been suspended until further notice following the incident involving flight EK521,” Dubai Airports said on Twitter.[…]
Israeli forces have razed the southern West Bank homes of two Palestinian men accused of shooting dead four Israelis at a popular Tel Aviv nightspot in early June, Palestinian sources have told Al Jazeera. Mohammad Makhamrah, 22, and his cousin Khaled Makhamrah, 21, were charged last month for murder, conspiring to murder and attempted[…]
Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes have recaptured hills and villages from rebel groups on the outskirts of south-western Aleppo, a monitoring group and state-run media have said. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said on Wednesday that the government had been[…]
Bonteheuwel residents fed-up with “empty elections promises” made good on their promise on Wednesday by spoiling their ballot papers. Residents last week responded to community activist Judith Kennedy’s call on Facebook, #IamSpoilingMyBallotWithMyBlood, saying they will also not vote for any party. On Wednesday, Kennedy and other members of the Bonteheuwel[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema on Wednesday slammed the African National Congress for handing out T-shirts to community members, calling it unethical, while members of his own party did the same in his hometown. Malema, speaking to journalists after casting his vote at Mponegele Primary School in Seshego, Limpopo,[…]
Today, South Africans took to voting stations around the country asserting their democratic right to vote in the Local Municipal Elections. Residents ventured to nearby schools, churches, and civic centers where the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) stations were housed, with many voters saying that they voted for change. Addressing media,[…]
We are all going to die some day. That is a fact of life. And we all need to be buried somewhere. That is our final destination. What happens after that falls in the realm of the unknown and is prescribed by our religious affiliation. So we find ourselves in[…]
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