The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has condemned “inflammatory remarks” made by EFF leader Julius Malema on social media about eNCA, which has led to threats being made against journalists working at the broadcaster. Earlier this week, Malema took to Twitter accusing eNCA of advocating an “anti-black agenda” and[…]
Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, Gift of the Givers’ founder and director Imtiaz Sooliman and theologian Professor Musa Dube were among the recipients of honorary doctorates bestowed by Stellenbosch University on Tuesday. Makgoba, the youngest person to be appointed as Archbishop of Cape Town, was awarded the degree Doctor of Theology,[…]
Cape Town collective water use has gone up again to an average of 565Ml a day after the City quietly moved Day Zero to 2019. “Unfortunately, usage has increased by 54 million litres per day from last week’s record low of 511 million litres per day,” said Deputy Mayor Ian[…]
Popular online classifieds portal Gumtree is cautioning users against criminals, after a man from Mitchell Plain was a victim of robbery by men pretending to take an interest in buying his vehicle advertised. According to the victim Nazmie Lakay, he had gone to meet a potential buyer in Goodwood and[…]
The Progressive Principals Association (PPA) has voiced their concerns about the increase in violence in at schools in the Mitchell’s Plain area. This comes after a learner was allegedly stabbed multiple times outside the school gate on Friday. The attack ensued after an alleged altercation during the school interval. According[…]
The majority of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants from the town of Dapchi last month have been returned, the government says. Nigeria’s Ministry of Information says 76 of the 110 schoolgirls were brought back in the early hours of this morning following “back channel efforts”. The army then “paused”[…]
A Cape Town man was allegedly manhandled by city traffic officers yesterday, in video footage posted on Facebook that has since gone viral. Speaking to VOC News on Tuesday, Zaahira Allie said her father 51 year old Zainodien Allie had gone to assist his 81-year-old uncle Yusuf Davids in Belmore[…]
Human rights activists from a range of civil society groups will march on Human Rights Day on Wednesday 21 March for access to land, security of tenure and decent housing. Activists from the Social Justice Coalition, Reclaim the City, the District Six Working Committee and Ndifuna Ukwazi are demanding that[…]
Deputy president and parliamentary chief whip of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Floyd Shivambu, has tendered a formal apology to NetWerk24 employer, Adrian de Kock, after being accused of “manhandling” the journalist within the precinct of Parliament. De Kock says Shivambu forced him to delete a photo he had shot[…]
Following promises to pay mu’tamireen money owed to them by Saturday 17 March 2018, the co-founder and spiritual guide of Umrah Connect International, is believed to have departed for the holy lands, providing no clarity on the status of the company’s debt. After VOC News revealed how the travel operator[…]
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