Parliament – Speaker Baleka Mbete on Wednesday said she had asked Parliament’s rules committee to look into the scathing criticism Economic Freedom Fighers leader Julius Malema’s levelled at President Jacob Zuma in the debate on the State of the Nation Address. Mbete told the National Assembly she would stand by[…]
“Rhodes Must Fall protesters have lost legitimacy for their cause, in the eyes of their fellow students.” This was the opinion of one University of Cape Town student, following a night of mayhem which saw students vandalizing university property and riot police firing stun grenades. Speaking to VOC on Wednesday[…]
A number of University of Cape Town (UCT) students are facing criminal charges and a suspension from the institution, UCT management said. “We are in the process of obtaining an interdict and will bring criminal charges against those involved. We have taken the step to suspend eight students. We are[…]
The Syrian government has approved access to seven besieged areas and UN convoys are expected to travel to them within days, the United Nations said after crisis talks in Damascus. UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, who was given the green light at talks with Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem,[…]
China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in the South China Sea, officials in the US and Taiwan said. Taiwan defence ministry spokesman Major General David Lo told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday that the missile batteries had been set[…]
Local mobile operator MTN [JSE:MTN] plans to compensate some of its one million customers who were hit by a network outage this week. MTN said on Monday that it was experiencing connectivity issues that affected approximately one million voice, SMS and data customers. The connectivity issues started on Sunday, MTN’s[…]
The amount of drugs making their way in and out of South Africa is clearly on the rise, though it also appears the SA Revenue Service is improving in catching the illicit substances before they can be distributed. Statistics released to The Star by Sars show that last month it[…]
UCT students, frustrated with the housing crisis and other challenges, set paintings and a plaque from the Smuts Hall residence alight at the foot of Jameson stairs on Tuesday. Earlier, students raided the dining hall at Fuller residence, and stripped the hall of its decor and paintings. The paintings were[…]
As the #FeesMustFall campaign continues, the University of Witwatersrand Students’ Representative Council (SCR) has taken it upon themselves to try and assist students with outstanding debt. The SRC recently initiated the #Access campaign which aims to raise R10 million by the end of February and are set to intensify the[…]
While the media has mostly focused on the gang crisis in areas like Manenberg and Hanover Park, the community of Uitsig has its own battles on its hands in trying to stem the gang violence. During a safety outreach campaign in Uitsig on Tuesday, residents were vocal about their concerns[…]
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