By Aneeqa du Plessis As criminality continues to plague the Hanover Park community, residents once again took to the streets to protest against the ongoing gang violence perpetrated in the area on Sunday. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Monday morning, Imam at Masjidun Nur, Moulana Yazeed Benjamin said despite[…]
By: Aneeqa du Plessis With the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) set to embark on a national shutdown on Monday, 20th March, The Western Cape Government has assured citizens it will be ‘business as usual’. According to a statement released by the City of Cape Town, authorities are well prepared and[…]
LOCAL Three men have been arrested in connection with a triple murder at Victoria Lodge informal settlement at Southfield in Cape Town in March. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg, says the victims were all shot in the head. He says the suspects are expected to appear in court on Monday. “The[…]
The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture in conjunction with women from various law enforcement agencies in Gauteng will host a march on Tuesday in Pretoria Central. The march is in commemoration of the 9th of August 1956 women’s march to Union Buildings against the introduction of the apartheid pass[…]
INTERNATIONAL Turkish police arrested dozens of LGBTQ+ activists and a journalist on Sunday during a Pride march in Istanbul. Protesters had gathered near Taksim Square despite the governor’s office banning the march near the iconic Istanbul landmark. Police, who had lined the streets in anticipation of the march, detained dozens[…]
Thousands of people took part in a march in Washington on Friday to denounce racism, on the anniversary of the march in 1963 where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr made his historic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. “You might have killed the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream,” civil rights leader[…]
An Emancipation Day walk commemorating the abolition of slavery in the Cape, has taken place in Cape Town. The “Walk in the Night” march marks the end of slavery in the Cape Colony on December the first 1834. Community members joined the 13th annual walk organised by the District Six Museum. They[…]
Social justice movement group, Moms Move for Justice is expected to march to parliament in Cape Town tomorrow on Thursday in commemoration of all the victims of crime and senseless violence in local communities. Ordinary community members, religious leaders, community organisations and non-profit organisations are expected to attend. The march[…]
LONDON (Ma’an) — Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of London, on Saturday, in solidarity with the Palestinian people who are commemorating the 71st anniversary of the 1948 Nakba or “catastrophe,” when an estimated 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes when the state of Israel was created.[…]
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