The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has expressed its disappointment with the outcome of the nominations process for its Independent Advisory Panel, calling it a “lacklustre and unsatisfactory response”. Following a timeframe of 10 months, only one nomination was submitted to the MJC for consideration. The MJC leadership and members of[…]
Human Rights advocacy group CAGE have embarked on a review of its activities and future objectives, amidst uncertainty and much public interest with regards to its relations with Mohamed Emwazi, notoriously known as the Islamic State beheader “Jihadi John”. CAGE has had to bear the brunt of negative publicity from[…]
Concerned tenants at a retirement village at Dreyersdal Park in Bergvliet say they can no longer live under the constant housing increases enforced by a social housing non-profit company called Communicare. Ten elderly residents met with VOC News outside the complex to discuss their complaints, on the condition that they[…]
On this fateful day, 70 years ago, the first of the only two atomic bombs ever used was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, with a second catastrophic detonation wreaked on Nagasaki on August 9th , killing over 220,000 people by the end of 1945, with many tens of thousands[…]
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir did not come to the country on South Africa’s invitation, President Jacob Zuma said in the National Assembly on Thursday. “Bashir coming to South Africa – it was by invitation of the African Union [AU] and once he is here, he is a guest of the[…]
Men in the ANC had the “audacity” to instruct women who to elect as leaders, ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) president Angie Motshekga said on Thursday. She was delivering her political report to the conference in Pretoria. “It cannot be [that in] the ANC… as women are currently subjected to… male[…]
“Five years are not enough for the life she took,” Catherine Wannenberg said on the steps of the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. This after Natasha Hansen was handed a five year sentence for the murder of Wannenberg’s son Gershwin Isaacs, 5, who was beaten to death 11 years[…]
Recent conflicts in Palestine and Masjidul Aqsa have prompted a renewed effort to gain support for the Palestinian cause amongst the South African community. Sunday saw the arrival of a delegation of five Imams from Masjidul Aqsa in Cape Town. Four talks were scheduled by the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC)[…]
Bells tolled and thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Thursday at ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing while survivors warned about Japan’s moves away from its pacifist constitution. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government are pushing security bills through parliament that[…]
At least four Palestinians from the same family have been killed, and 43 people were injured, in the Gaza Strip after Israeli military ordnance left over from last summer’s 50-day war exploded, a Palestinian health official has said. Ashraf al-Qidra, a Gaza health ministry spokesman, said on Thursday that the[…]
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