A 76 year old woman has been left displaced after a fire left her Heideveld home in ruins. Janap Mathews had been visiting her neighbour when she was alerted to a haze of smoke coming from her house on Thursday morning. “Aunt Jane just told her, Janap look your house[…]
Gift of the Givers (GOTG) are currently awaiting feedback from the Malian division of al-Qaeda over what demands will need to be met to secure the release of South African captive, Stephen McGown. McGown has been held hostage in Mali alongside Swedish national, Johan Gustafsson since November 2011, but a[…]
Residents in Vrygrond have expressed frustration that the court hearing of a man suspected of murdering 10-year old Misholine Jantjies has been postponed for a third time in less than a month. The accused is believed to have strangled and stabbed Jantjies to death at a local play park in[…]
The South African Food Sovereignty Campaign launched a special campaign and helpline with the purpose of allowing farmers the opportunity to report on the effects of the country’s ongoing drought. The Voice of the Cape spoke to Imraahn Mukaddam, coordinator of the South African Food and Sovereignty Campaign about the[…]
A blaze that has swept through Ocean View in recent days has left at least 17 families at the area’s Rasta Camp settlement displaced, although there has been some contention over the destroyed structures. “Some of the structures were set up on a national park which is not suitable for[…]
With thousands of children returning to the classroom as the new school year kicks off across the Western Cape, students at Mountain Road Primary School are showing their eagerness to knuckle down and excel during the new academic year. “I want to study my hardest and get good marks, and[…]
Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) carte blanche to operate in Yemen may well be under threat, after yet another of the humanitarian aid organisation’s facilities in the war-torn gulf state was bombed on Sunday. The attack, which has been strongly condemned by the organisation, is the third such incident to hit[…]
With students heading back for the first day of school on Wednesday, many institutions have set the objective of building on the successes of the previous year. After missing out on a 100% pass rate by one learner for two successive years, Strand-based Madrasatur Rajaa High School finally achieved the[…]
Orphans and vulnerable children in Mitchell’s Plain received a major boost ahead of the 2016 academic year, when Islamic Relief South Africa (IRSA) distributed much needed schooling essentials to those students most in need. The humanitarian relief group visited the crime and poverty-hit area on Tuesday to distribute supplies, a[…]
The South African Hajj and Umarah Council (SAHUC) has confirmed that the number of Umrah passengers who were unable to board a plane from Jeddah to Johannesburg at the weekend stands at forty-four and not sixty as stated in earlier reports. Although the matter has been resolved and the mutamireen[…]
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