Petrol bomb attacks which left gangsters’ dens in ruins in Lentegeur Mitchell’s Plain this weekend could signal the end of gangsterism or could worsen ongoing gangster feuds. The devices were detonated in Magnolia Street and Linara Street in Lentegeur leaving the residences in ruins. The area is notoriously known for[…]
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) in association with the Kensington Factreton Ratepayers and Residents Association (KFRRA) has urged the public to engage in peace building through an interactive discussion on International Peace Day on Sunday, 21 September 2014. The discussion revolves around the violence that is taking place[…]
A meeting was held by Kensington Factreton residents on Wednesday evening, to address the occupation of a derelict warehouse in the area. The residents have expressed outrage, after the building was reportedly converted into 20 apartments, despite no permission being granted for any such construction to take place. Kenfac Ratepayers[…]
Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) president Maulana Ighsaan Hendricks was re-elected as an executive member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) for a third time at its annual gathering in Turkey last week. Over 100 Muslim scholars, politicians and intellectuals from across the globe convened in Istanbul to mark[…]
The District Six claimants meeting went well in terms of the expectations of the current residents in the area, according to the chairperson of the District Six Community Forum, Anwar Botha. Speaking to VOC’s Breakfast Beat, Botha said many of the residents were satisfied that their concerns and issues were[…]
District Six claimants on Saturday expressed their frustration at authorities with the slow progress of the housing development by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform at the Multi-purpose Hall at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). The meeting raised many issues including progress of development and equity. Hundreds[…]
At a highly-charged meeting at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) on Saturday, several important resolutions were taken to move phase 3 of the District Six restitution process forward. Whilst things got off too a late start, 1100 beneficiaries gathered CPUT hall – only those who lodged land claims[…]
The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti, is set to host a feedback meeting with District Six claimants this coming weekend. The meeting, which is directed at those who have issued claims before the first cut off date on 31st December 1998, will address the progress made[…]
The World Health Organization on Wednesday began a two-day emergency meeting on west Africa’s Ebola epidemic, with the UN agency deciding whether to declare it an international crisis. The closed-door session is tasked with ruling whether the outbreak constitutes what is known in WHO-speak as a “public health emergency of[…]
Following a shocking spate of police killings in recent months, a number of Western Cape cabinet ministers and senior police officials held a high level meeting to discuss solutions to the issue. The meeting, which was called by Premier Helen Zille, was attended by provincial police commissioner, Arno Lamoer, and[…]
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