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[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Data from Statistics South Africa has revealed that the country’s headline inflation rate moderated to 5.3% in March, down from 5.6% in February. This decline comes after two consecutive months of climbing inflation. Since September 2023, inflation has remained within a range of 5% to 6%. Among[…]
United Nations (UN) Women on Tuesday announced the deaths of more than 10,000 women in the Gaza Strip, which has been suffering a devastating Israeli war for more than six months. The authority conveyed in a statement: “Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed. Women[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has reported a significant surge in admissions applications for the academic year 2025, marking a new record. With the admissions deadline closing on April 12, 2024, the department disclosed an influx of over 102,600 applications, a notable increase of more than[…]
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