The City of Cape Town is conducting assessments on the fire that ravaged through Vrygrond near Muizenberg in Cape Town on Thursday night. According to the City, the fire started at about 17:30 and up to 120 shacks were destroyed, though the final number will be determined once the assessment[…]
The Cape Town City council was scheduled on Thursday to announce its decision on the sale of City-owned land to housing non-profit organisation Communicare for redevelopment for social housing, GroundUp has reported. But the decision was pushed back to the next council meeting because “the DA caucus has some queries around[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema’s cousin has been implicated in irregular payments of almost R6m believed to emanate from the plundering of VBS Mutual Bank, the Mail & Guardian (M&G) reported on Friday. The payments were reportedly made from Sgameka Projects – a company owned by Brian Shivambu, the brother of EFF deputy[…]
Pick n Pay has committed itself to helping thousands of victims who were affected by the Khayelitsha fire. In-store and online drop- off points has been made available for those who would like to assist by donating food, water blankets, stationery and anything else they wish to donate. Director of[…]
The transport initiative programme has been launched to improve the partnership between the department of transport, the Western Cape government and the mini bus transport industry. Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande and Transport MEC Donald Grant launched the “Smart Shayela” (smart driving) initiative programme which seeks to create awareness of the[…]
Swedish singer, songwriter, and music producer of Lebanese origin, Maher Zain held a press briefing atop Table Mountain in Cape Town, to announce the performance of his latest debut album at the Artscape theatre. In conjunction with his record label, Awakening Records, Swedish Embassy from Pretoria and the Cape Philharmonic[…]
At least 10 people were killed in an air raid that struck a group of farmers in a vegetable market in Yemen’s Hodeidah province, medical workers and residents said. The Saudi-UAE alliance, which has carried out hundreds of air attacks in the country, said it was investigating the incident. At[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will respond in kind if the US withdraws from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Putin’s warning followed US President Donald Trump’s weekend announcement that he intends to opt out of the landmark 1987 nuclear arms control pact – which rid Europe of land-based nuclear missiles – over alleged Russian violations. “If[…]
Genocide continues to take place against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully functioning democracy, a UN investigator said. Marzuki Darusman, chair of the UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar, said the estimated 250,000 to 400,000 Rohingya who remained in[…]
Police have arrested three people for the murder of two men, who were suspected of killing a Verulam taxi driver. According to police spokesperson Thembeka Mbhele, 27-year-old taxi driver Mlungisi Maphumulo was shot dead at his home in Hazelmere, Verulam on Monday. Then on Tuesday, two men believed to be[…]
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