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[…]
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 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[…]
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[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With numerous political parties making various promises from bettering service delivery to ensuring job creation for the thousands of unemployed on the Cape Flats, many people find themselves unsure of who to support during the general elections set to take place on the 29th of May[…]
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