The community of Harare in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats is living in fear following the killing of 8 people in separate incidents on Wednesday morning. In the first incident, four men and a woman were found dead at Ncumu Street with gunshot wounds. A few hours later, the bodies of two[…]
Security expert Andy Mashaile says the terrorism alert issued by the United Kingdom Embassy in South Africa was meant to create panic. This after the Embassy issued a terrorism alert for any of its citizens who may be planning to travel to South Africa, however there was no explanation given[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The human rights organisation Africa4Palestine has expressed its dismay for the giant retail brand Woolworths. This comes after customers in Cape Town discovered Israeli products on the shelves, specifically Sodastream sparkling water machines alleged to be produced in and imported from Israel. Speaking on VOC’s News Beat[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Statistics South Africa has released its latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data showing the headline consumer inflation declining to 5.3% in March. Speaking on VOC’s Drive Time show on Wednesday, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Chief Director responsible for Price statistics, Patric Kelly, said that food inflation[…]
By Ragheema Mclean South African motorists are bracing for another potential petrol price hike in May, while diesel prices could see a slight decrease. Data from the Central Energy Fund indicates that petrol prices are currently showing an under-recovery of around 30 to 40 cents per litre, setting the stage[…]
Former Chairperson of the Khayelitsha Development Forum (KDF) and community activist, Ndithini Tyhido says the township and areas like it require deliberate crime prevention programmes. This after Cape Town police said eight people had been shot in three separate incidents in Khayelitsha, on the Cape Flats today. Police suspect the incidents[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Open Secrets has published the first two articles in a series on the new leak entitled the Swazi Secrets Leak, exposing the vulnerability of Swaziland’s (Eswatini) financial institutions to predatory behaviour by politicians and corporations alike. Speaking on VOC’s Drive Time on Tuesday, an investigator at Open[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Tragic scenes played out on Tuesday at the Maghazi refugee camp when the Israeli occupation rained down missiles from its drones. A Palestinian resident in Gaza, Rafat Jawwad, told VOC News that the children were playing right outside their camp after Asr prayer when they were suddenly[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews The Border Management Authority, also known as the BMA, has reported that they have prevented over 300,000 individuals from entering the country’s borders illegally since its inception one year ago. According to Mmemme Mogotsi, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Communication and Marketing at the Border Management Authority SA[…]
By Ragheema Mclean Three decades since the dawn of democracy in South Africa, the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) the highest court in the land, which deals with the application and enforcing constitutional matters has performed well in the first 15 years since democracy, but cracks started showing in the second part[…]
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