Monday marks exactly three years since the death of former president Nelson Mandela. Mandela, who was the first president of South Africa to be elected in a fully democratic election, died at the age of 95 on December 5, 2013. Msunduzi Municipality Mayor Themba Njilo said he still regards Mandela[…]
“She was my flower. You plucked her.” These were the words Shawn Lewis uttered to his 10-year-old daughter’s killer on Monday before he collapsed in the witness stand. Lewis, wearing a faded shirt bearing Shamonique Claasen’s picture, cried and struggled to breathe. His thin arms slipped from the wooden stand[…]
The Western Cape African National Congress plans to lodge a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission and police on Monday after a Hout Bay resident apparently called black people “stupid animals” in a Facebook post. “They are like stupid animals. We should tie them to a rope. Too many[…]
Nineteen crew members rescued from a Greek bulk carrier, which flooded following a fire at sea, are to arrive in Cape Town harbour on Monday, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) said. A fire broke out in the engine room of the Antaios, owned by the Greek shipping company[…]
The executive disregarded the people of South Africa when it decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, the DA argued in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. “Government had to involve the public in such a fundamental matter involving human rights,” advocate Steven Budlender told the court. Budlender[…]
VOC’s biggest community event, the VOC Summer Festival 2016, was a resounding success with thousands of festival-goers attending the event over the three days. Organisers estimate that 20 000 people supported the event this past weekend, mostly families who seek an environment where there is clean fun. The festival brought together a myriad of local[…]
VOC’s festival convening team and staff might be tired, groggy and bleary-eyed on Monday, but they can smile knowing that another successful festival was pulled off. With the start of the December festive season, the VOC Summer Festival 2016 ushered in summer (and some wind) with a fantastic line-up of[…]
VOC staffers had to contend with Sunday morning’s summer heat and the heat of the kitchen, as they rolled up their sleeves to get cooking for the VOC Breakfast at the festival. The annual breakfast event has grown since it first started in 2013, with 400 people buying tickets to[…]
“Come rain or shine. No matter what happens, we are there!” These were the emphatic words of some die-hard festival-goers, who braved Saturday’s mid-afternoon heat for the summer vibe of the VOC Summer Festival at Vygieskraal stadium. More than 10 000 people made their way to the festival complex on Saturday,[…]
VOC’s Born To Serve presenter, Dr Qari Muhammed Sheik, has pulled off a great feat by walking away as the “Best African Quran Reciter” and finalist of the Bahrain International Hifz Memorization Competition. He’s definitely no stranger to these contests, as he proved yet again to be the best in[…]
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