Authorities are urging parents and caregivers to be vigilant when out with children on the city’s beaches over the next two days. Historically, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day are the two biggest beach days in Cape Town. The City’s Recreation and Parks Department will have lifeguards on duty throughout[…]
With South Africa plagued by an increase in gender-based violence in 2019, concerns remain rife with regards to the safety of vulnerable women and children. Unfortunately during the silly season the consumption of alcohol soars which in turn leads to violence being inflicted onto women and children. The director at[…]
The South African National Parks (SANParks) has hired an independent investigator to probe the details surrounding the incident which led to renowned South African cyclist Nicholas Dlamini breaking his arm. SANParks acting head of communications Reynold Thakhuli said the investigator will be briefed on Monday morning in terms of the[…]
Violent clashes between two leaders of the refugees seeking shelter at the Central Methodist church in the Cape Town CBD on Sunday may hamper possibilities of finding a resolution to their housing crisis. This was according to commissioner Chris Nissen from the South African Humans Rights Commission (SAHRC), as a[…]
State electricity company Eskom said on Monday it did not expect to implement rotational blackouts as a result of a drop in demand during the holiday period and a return of some generating units to service. The utility, however, cautioned that the power system remained vulnerable and unpredictable, leaving the[…]
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) says 84 people have been murdered in Cape Town since the beginning of December. The party has expressed the hope that various government institutions across political parties will work together in the fight against gangsterism in the New Year. ACDP MP, Marie Sukers, says[…]
Police arrested three men who were involved in an alleged armed robbery in Parow in Cape Town after Saturday night. Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said a 40-year-old man was stabbed with a knife and hijacked in McIntyre street by the men before they fled with his silver Nissan Micra.[…]
The Department of Basic Education urged the public to be wary of what it deems “fake news” suggesting it reduced the pass mark for Mathematics to 20%. “This could not be further from the truth,” spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said. “It is mischievous of some people to take old information and[…]
The US military carried out “defensive strikes” in Iraq and Syria against the Kataib Hezbollah militia group, the Pentagon said on Sunday, two days after a US civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base. The Pentagon said it targeted three locations of the Iranian-backed[…]
Nine Palestinians were injured this morning by Israeli army gunfire as hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into Joseph’s Tomb near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, said security sources. Israeli forces escorted a convoy of buses packed with hundreds of fanatic Jewish settlers into the site, located[…]
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