Cape Town’s City Hall will host an international conference gathering voices and movements standing against violence and conflict from July 4 to 8. London-based War Resisters International (WRI), founded in 1921 by conscientious objectors to the First World War, will host the conference with local partner Ceasefire Campaign. Other local[…]
Police in Manenberg say the area is now saturated with policemen, metro police, law enforcement officers as well as other crime prevention units. Visibility has been beefed up after a deadly wave of gang related murders two weeks, which has forced many Muslim residents to stay home for Taraweeh. Manenberg[…]
The Iraqi military has launched air raids against armed groups trying to capture the country’s largest oil refinery, killing as many as 30 fighters, authorities said. News of the latest attack on Friday came as government forces claimed to have recaptured the village of the late dictator Saddam Hussein, and[…]
With the haj accreditation process completed and the full quota filled, the president of the South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) Shaheen Essop says operators will now embark on the back end work for Haj 1435. Speaking to VOC’s Breakfast Beat on Friday, Essop said much of the focus[…]
Statements by deputy minister of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Luwellyn Landers, suggested that Boko Haram splinter groups may be operating in the country have caused controversy. The minister’s made the remarks this week, saying South Africans would never know whether the person sitting next to them was a member[…]
Villagers from a northeast Nigerian town where Boko Haram rebels abducted more than 200 schoolgirls on Friday appealed to the United Nations to intervene because of worsening violence in the region. The community, which originates from the Chibok district of restive Borno state, claimed rebels were running amok in their[…]
Thousands of people have gathered in occupied East Jerusalem for the emotionally charged funeral of a Palestinian teenager killed in an apparent revenge attack for the abduction and murder of three Israeli settlers last month. The funeral procession carrying the body of Mohammed Abu Khdair, 17, on Friday afternoon moved[…]
After months of behind-the-scenes work, VOC on Friday officially launched its new look and feel website at www.vocfm.co.za. The website gives the VOC community access to an unprecedented array of news and opinion and in-depth info about the station. The website is optimised for mobile use thus allowing for greater[…]
A police constable allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend on Thursday at their house in Delft, Cape Town, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate said. “It is alleged the couple was returning from Bellville court over a domestic violence case against the police officer,” Ipid acting spokeswoman Grace Langa said in[…]
Even after receiving constant physical threats and being mistreated by government officials, American imam Abdul Alim Musa says he and his movement have only become stronger as a result of the hardships they have faced. Musa is the founder and director of As-Sabiqun as well as the Islamic Institute of[…]
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