It was indeed a trip down memory lane as VOC’s loyal elderly listeners evoked the spirit of the golden days of District Six at the station’s 5th Annual Golden Hour Luncheon on Saturday. Guests came in their vintage attire to keep in with the theme ‘The Star Bioscope in District[…]
The UN Security Council will vote on a resolution to blacklist the son of Yemen’s former president and a Houthi leader, and effectively impose an arms embargo on the rebels who rule most of the country, diplomats have said. The draft resolution, obtained early on Tuesday by the AP news[…]
Boko Haram have abducted at least 2,000 women and girls since the start of 2014, according to rights group Amnesty International. A report published by the organisation on Wednesday says many of those captured have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight for the group. The group based its[…]
Schools in rebel-held areas in Aleppo will be closed for at least a week after bloody air raids on civilian areas, carried out by the goverment of Bashar al-Assad, a monitor and activists said on Monday. News of the closure comes as fighting between rebel and government forces on Syria’s[…]
The Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria is using heavy weaponry and artillery in ongoing fighting in the beleaguered Yarmouk refugee camp, a PLO official said. Ahmad al-Majdalani, the PLO envoy to Syria, told Ma’an that despite heavy fighting with the Syrian army ISIS have maintained their positions in the camp[…]
Wide-scale looting erupted across Durbans townships on Monday night as tensions fuelled by anti-foreigner rhetoric boiled over. Several people have been killed and thousands more displaced as the violent attacks on the basis of ethnicity continued unabated. On Monday night, KwaMashu was electric as gangs moved from shop to shop.[…]
More load-shedding is on the cards on Tuesday and is likely to continue until 10pm the evening. Eskom said the electricity supply system remains very vulnerable due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages. “Eskom would like[…]
Opposition parties have applauded Helen Zille’s decision to step down as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), in what was a surprise announcement on Sunday. The African National Congress (ANC) and the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) believes her decision was a coercive one in a bid to[…]
New technological improvements at all levels within the Saudi Kingdom are set to greatly aid the haj registration process, according to South African Haj and Umrah Council’s (Sahuc) president, Shaheen Essop. This comes after a four man Sahuc delegation recently visited the holy lands, holding several key discussions with stakeholders[…]
The following is part of series focusing on Muslim communities and minorities around the world. Whilst the Rohingya community in Myanmar have faced untold hardships since becoming the subject of ethnic Buddhist aggression in 2012, their plight, which has attracted both international attention and condemnation, has largely overshadowed the existence[…]
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