The memory units of both flight recorders from the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month are severely damaged, according to Egyptian aircraft accident investigation committee sources. The memory units of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) – collectively known as the[…]
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been displaced and hundreds of troops killed amid an army military offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Fallujah in Anbar province. Three days of fighting have left more than 30,000 people displaced from the city, in addition to[…]
A gun was fired during a protest outside a Khayelitsha ward councillor’s home on Saturday after a group of residents marched there to demand that she not stand as their representative. The residents want the ANC councillor for Ward 18, Ntomboxolo Kopman, to step down. The protest at Kopman’s house[…]
An Israeli pro-settlement group is campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union to punish the EU for what it says is its pro-Palestinian stance, one of the group’s officials said on Sunday. Regavim is a right-wing NGO that supports Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, though they are[…]
A nonagenarian land claimant struggled to hold back her tears as she realised that she and her family would soon move back to the land they were once forcibly removed from by the apartheid government. Katy Sasman, 90, is one of 86 claimants who have been embroiled in a lengthy[…]
After sharing the story of a Belhar family caught in the vicious web of poverty, VOC received an overwhelming response from members of the public interesting in assisting. From calls, smses to Facebook posts, Nashrullah Leonard says that following her interview on the Voice of the Cape she’s been overcome[…]
During the month of Ramadaan, hufaath around the world take the lead in Taraweeh prayers uplifting musallees with their recitation of the Quran. For those who have done this for many years, it becomes second nature. However, for the many debutants who are leading the mass prayer for the first[…]
The following is a Jumuah khutbah delivered by Ihsaan Bassier at Claremont Main Road Mosque on Friday 17th June, in commemoration of Youth Day. Youth Day 2016. Forty years ago, school students courageously rose up against an oppressive government and inspired an era of mass resistance. I string together stories[…]
Louisa Wynand‚ the young woman who laid sexual assault charges against Western Cape ANC leader Marius Fransman‚ was allegedly offered a full bursary by the party. “Louisa received the bursary offer from the ANC‚ just after the ANC’s integrity commission meeting‚” her spokesperson‚ Gavin Prins‚ told TMG Digital on Friday.[…]
One of President Jacob Zuma’s wives have reportedly been ordered off the Nkandla property by State Security Minister David Mahlobo, “pending an investigation”. Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma’s attorney has confirmed that she and three of the president’s children were now living in Greytown, outside Pietermaritzburg. Responding to News24 questions, Ulrich Roux, the[…]
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