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Vodacom compensates affected customers with 500MB bundle

Following a barrage of complaints, Vodacom has agreed to grant affected customers a 500MG bundle free “over and above the airtime and data refunds processed by the company.” In a statement released on Wednesday, the operator says that the system error was caused by a configuration change on Vodacom’s prepaid[…]

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Overwhelming response to VOC’s Unwanted Guest

VOC has been overwhelmed by the public interest in its first theatre production The Unwanted Guest, with 90% of tickets now sold. From its origins as a radio series during the December holidays, the story of a crazy, yet loving Cape Town Muslim family is being brought to life on[…]

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Hanover Park set to stage protest against gang violence

By Ra-ees Moerat With Hanover Park residents gripped by fear and a sense of helplessness, community members are set to stage a protest on Saturday August 26, 2017, against gang violence. Last week, 16-year-old pupil, Octavia Johannessen’s life was cut short when she was allegedly gunned down by gangsters in[…]

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The Irony of Uniforms in SA Schools

By Yaseen Kippie South Africa celebrated as a vanguard of multiculturalism- has seen a rise in cases of schools being accused of intolerance towards religious expression. Whilst the outrage over black hair at a girls’ high school in Pretoria in 2016 thrust the issue of school racism and cultural expression[…]

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Oakbay sells mining unit for $225 million

Oakbay Investments said on Wednesday it would sell its mining unit Tegeta for $225 million, the second sale this week in the company’s portfolio of investments caught up in an influence-peddling scandal. Oakbay is owned by the Gupta family, business friends of President Jacob Zuma accused of using their links[…]

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443 Qatari pilgrims head to Makkah

More than 440 Qataris have so far used the Salwa border crossing to drive into Saudi Arabia and head towards Makkah to perform Haj. The crossing, shut down on June 5, was re-opened last week following the successful mediation of Shaikh Abdullah Bin Ali Al Thani, a Qatari national who[…]

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