Oxfam has calculated that close to 14-million South Africans go to bed hungry every night in South Africa. While these vast numbers of South Africans crave food they cannot access, the country somehow, manages to dump food valued at R60-billion. A South African-based scientific and technology research, development and implementation[…]
With just two weeks left until the water supply in Ceres runs dry, the Shukrul Mubeen mosque initiated a collection drive and recently distributed water within the area. Deputy Mayor of the Witzenberg Municipality, Karriem Adams, says the dam’s level is at 18%, the lowest ever recorded. Adams declared that[…]
Recent gang activity in Leonsdale has sparked much debate among community members about the role of the police force in alleviating the problem. Leonsdale is one of six gang ridden hot-spots within Elsies River. Speaking to VOC, Steve Ross, Public Relations Officer at the Elsies River Community Police Forum (CPF)[…]
Advocate Wim Trengove, appearing for the Economic Freedom Fighters, contended in the Constitutional Court on Tuesday that President Jacob Zuma had flagrantly defied the Public Protector’s report on his Nkandla home to hold on to ill-gotten gains in the form of upgrades that were not necessary to secure the property.[…]
Student movement Open Stellenbosch has retracted an apology it sent to two students after the pair’s purple costumes were deemed racist on social media, claiming their actions were “still blackface”. Student Poekie Briedenhann and a friend drew much controversy on Instagram after posting a picture of themselves in what appeared[…]
Canada is to end its participation in air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Syria and Iraq within two weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced Following up on campaign promises he made last year to withdraw Canada’s jets, Trudeau said on Monday[…]
Police say at least four people have been killed and more than 100 have been injured in an early-morning train crash in southern Germany. The two trains collided near the town of Bad Aibling, in Bavaria, around 7am local time on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for police in Upper Bavaria confirmed[…]
New Zealand’s capital city Wellington was rocked by 5.7 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, according to the country’s earthquake monitoring service. The quake’s epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) southeast of St Arnaud, a small town in the north of the country’s South Island, at a depth of 62 km (13[…]
The development is also nearly two years behind schedule, and which beneficiaries will occupy the flats has yet to be decided. Claimants have been waiting almost two decades for restitution but the redevelopment has been beset by delays. This Thursday marks the 50-year commemoration of District Six being declared a[…]
A 22-year-old University of Cape Town student was held up at gunpoint near the medical campus on Monday in the latest in a string of attacks which has rocked the student community and surrounding areas in recent weeks. Sebastian Scheidereiter said he felt lucky to be alive after two men[…]
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