Through the compassion and generosity of the Cape Town community, Muslims in an area called Porterville near Piketberg feel hopeful about their future. In Ramadan, VOC News shared the story of this small destitute community trying to uplift the local children through education. At the start of the month of[…]
Egypt‘s former President Mohamed Morsi was buried on Tuesday in eastern Cairo, one of his lawyers told AFP news agency, a day after he collapsed in court and died shortly after. “He was buried in Medinat Nasr, in eastern Cairo, with his family present. The funeral prayer was said in Tora prison hospital” where[…]
SANDF Soldiers deployed to the Mozambique border have exchanged gunfire with police from the neighbouring state prompting a board of inquiry. Details of the incident are limited to a brief statement issued by SANDF spokesperson Brig-Gen Mafi Mgobozi. “The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) can confirm that a shooting[…]
Nicole Dlamini* was locked up in a holding cell and harassed by a police officer when she went to the station to report her abusive lover. Her sin was that the officer, who interrogated and detained her, was a former school buddy of her lover. Dlamini had gone to a[…]
The Zeenatul Islam Masjid in District Six has asked the City of Cape Town (COCT) to exclude calls to worship from its noise disturbance bylaws. The City received a complaint about the noise generated by the Mosque’s call to prayer, or Athaan, last month but agreed to conclude their investigation[…]
The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg is set rule on whether the EFF can appeal an earlier judgment that found the party guilty of making false claims against former finance minister Trevor Manuel. The court had on Friday deferred its ruling for leave to appeal to Tuesday after hearing arguments from both[…]
Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has announced the deployment of about 1,000 more troops to the Middle East for what he said were “defensive purposes,” citing concerns about a threat from Iran. “I have authorised approximately 1,000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats[…]
More than half of the girls living as refugees in Beirut have reported that they face sexual violence and sexual harassment with alarming regularity, new research by Plan International, a development and humanitarian organisation, has revealed. Based on surveys of 400 girls aged between 10 and 19, the study on Tuesday described[…]
Russian fighters were scrambled twice to intercept American B-52H bombers, active on the eastern and southern borders. The close encounters between Russian and US planes occurred both above the Baltic and Black seas. The US strategic bombers were intercepted twice on Monday, Russian Defense Ministry has said, without providing exact[…]
Lawmakers in the Canadian province of Quebec have adopted a law banning public service employees from wearing religious symbols. Critics and advocates both see it as an attempt of the Francophone region to preserve its identity. Bill 21 (Loi 21) was passed by a vote of 73-35 in the National[…]
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