Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-08-01 i Daily Voice

ARE you ready? We are ready! The countdown to glamour is in full swing! We’re counting down to the ‘local is lekker’ grand affair, the Daily Voice’s Diamonds and Divas’ fifth edition. Mark the date: Saturday, 13 September 2025. Let your friends, your sisters, and your squad know you’ve got a date from 11am to 3pm, and the only place to be at is The Venue in Schaapkraal, dressed in a gevaarlike sparkling pink nommertjie. Glam The red carpet will be rolled out, the glam will be turned all the way up, and our top-tier local artists are ready to blow your high heels off. Expect live performances, good vibes, and unforgettable moments. Another year, another jol, only this time, the volume’s turned all the way up. Salome, the rose…

A MONTH-OLD baby’s life was cut short following a chaotic protest that broke out in Happy Valley on Monday. The protest, which saw four people arrested, prevented the newborn’s parents from taking her to a hospital. Mother Jasmine Joseph, 37, said that she woke up after 5am on Monday, but little MayLynn was unresponsive and did not want to feed. Joseph told the Daily Voice that after realising that they would not be able to get the ambulance to her home in Happy Valley due to the protest, she and MayLynn’s daddy, Manuel, decided to walk to the police station. “We were held hostage, no one was allowed to come and no one was allowed to go out,” Joseph explained. “I felt like I was failed by this protest that…

DJ Clint hosts golden oldies AS SOUTH Africa celebrates Women’s Month this August, Pulse Productions presents Unbroken The Musical Part 2 in aid of abuse survivors this Sunday at the Joseph Stone Auditorium. This production celebrates stories of resilience and hope that weaves together true stories of abuse survivors from diverse backgrounds, age, race and abilities. Through music, dance and spoken word, this gripping musical highlights the resilience and determination of women who have overcome unimaginable challenges. Follow the journey of real-life stories and characters overcoming adversity, finding strength in vulnerability, and rising above the darkness. Nommers such as My boy Lollipop, Mr Postman, I’m Every Woman, I’ll Rise Up, The Last Waltz, Memories, Greatest Love of All and Hit the Road Jack among others will be performed at the…

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl was killed by a stray bullet in Nyanga while walking to the shop with her aunt, sparking outrage and renewed calls for urgent safety interventions from community leaders. The child was shot on Monday evening along Klipfontein Road, Lusaka, as gunfire erupted in the area shortly before 7 pm. According to a community member, the little girl had just left home with her aunt to buy groceries for supper when the shooting occurred. “Her aunt asked her to go to the shop with her. They were not even 10 minutes out and there were three gunshots. The aunt carried the child, who was weak at the time. The bullet hit her in the back and came out the front,” said the community member. With no ambulance immediately…

EFF caucus leader in the City of Cape Town, Mzubani Dambuza, said he lodged a complaint of assault with police on Wednesday night, after he was attacked and choked by security personnel inside the City Council Chambers. Calls have since gone out for Cape Town Speaker, Felicity Purchase, to step aside, with the GOOD Party saying she was responsible for the incident after unlawfully allowing a Point of Order during the oral question period following Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’s address, which set in motion the chaos that followed. The confrontation was caught on film and shared widely on social media, showing Dambuza attacked and choked by security personnel, allegedly to the point of unconsciousness, during the Council sitting. Dambuza said he was doing fine after the assault and added: “As much…