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Police investigate murder of elderly man

Police are investigating a case of murder after a 64-year-old man was stabbed and died due to his injuries. The incident occurred at a garage in Mitchells Plain on Tuesday. SAPS spokesperson, Noloyiso Rwexana, says that three suspects have been arrested. “I can confirm that three suspects aged 29, 30[…]

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Sir Lowry’s Pass closed due to veldfire

Sir Lowry’s Pass has been closed due to a veldfire. Provincial traffic chief Kenny Africa says the N2 has been closed at Botriver and the Gordons Bay turnoff. Motorists are advised to use alternative routes from Cape Town via Gordons Bay Kleinmond to Botrivier, in both directions. City of Cape[…]

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Two arrests in connection with the abduction of Anisa

Two people have been arrested in connection with the abduction of Anisa Ahmed Abdule Mohamud. The four-year-old was abducted last week Wednesday by “known friends”. She was last seen in Van Riebeeck Road, in Kuils River. SAPS spokesperson, Noloyiso Wexana, says the investigation is ongoing. “An Abduction case was opened[…]

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Time to banish old SA flag: Nelson Mandela Foundation

By Wardah Wilkinson The Nelson Mandela Foundation is calling for a national conversation on whether the old South African flag should be banished. The debate has resurfaced amid the outrage over the use of the apartheid era South African flags at last week’s Black Monday protest. The protest mobilised over[…]

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Gusty Southeaster hampers Guy Fawkes

Twenty-two injuries, 18 of them children, were reported during last night’s Guy Fawkes Day activities in the Mother City.  The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate says last night’s gusting south easter winds caused havoc in some areas. The wind conditions resulted in the early closure of many[…]

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Halaal labelling error causes concern

The Muslim Judicial Council’s Halaal Trust (MJCHT) investigated a complaint from a consumer in which one of its labels was used on a non-halaal sandwich at Fedics, Sanlam Head office. The error occurred when a student that served her interim training period in the Halaal unintentionally labelled the incorrect product[…]

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HPCSA urges the public to report illegal practitioners

In a shocking find, the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has listed at least ten unregistered medical practitioners or practitioners issuing illegal medical certificates to employers who wish to abscond from work, within the Western Cape. Senior Manager at the HPCSA’s Inspectorate Office, Eric Mphapuli, explains that the[…]

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PHD 2017 in pictures

In a day filled with love and a celebration of life, hundreds of ladies gathered in solidarity with those impacted by breast cancer in Masjid al-Quds, Gatesville. VOC in collaboration with the Women’s Forum marked the international campaign Pink Hijab Day 2017,  under the theme ‘My Sickness is My Cure’. Guests[…]

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Film on Balfour Declaration screened in SA

This Thursday, 02 November, marks exactly 100 years since the issuing of the fateful Balfour Declaration on Palestine – 100 years since Britain signed over a country that it did not own, thereby sowing the seeds for the mass dispossession of the Palestinian people, and the ongoing Nakba in the[…]

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