By Zahraa Schroeder A long-awaited meeting between frustrated Dial-A-Ride users and the City of Cape Town has finally culminated in an agreement, one that would hopefully, finally, cater to the needs of thousands of disabled people. The agreement comes after months of back and forth complaints to the city council,[…]
The much-dreaded Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Bill has officially been signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The legislation is most infamously known for its demerit system, which will have a profound change to driving in South Africa. This controversial proposed traffic law seeks to impose a[…]
After Meghan Cremer’s murder suspects were in police custody, an undisclosed amount of cash was withdrawn from her bank account from an ATM in Philippi. According to the Facebook Group Adjudicate, “a day after the three suspects were in custody an undisclosed amount of money was withdrawn from Meghan Cremer’s[…]
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) is investigating the City of Cape Town’s electricity tariff increase and its tariff structure. The increases were brought into effect in July 1. “Nersa received numerous complaints regarding the City of Cape Town’s electricity tariffs and is looking into the matter,” said[…]
Since the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill was introduced to Parliament last week, the debate about the plan which promises to fundamentally change healthcare in South Africa has heated up. While the arguments for NHI tend to focus on the massive inequalities in the current access South Africans have to[…]
Wife killer Jason Rohde is pinning his hopes of being released on bail on the supreme court of appeal (SCA). On Friday, the high court in Cape Town dismissed his application for leave to appeal against its decision not to grant him bail. After a brief hearing, judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe[…]
The City of Cape Town says it’s doing all it can to address the plight of people living in informal settlements. This follows complaints from residents at Burundi in Mfuleni of flooded and mud-ridden streets after heavy rains. The number of informal settlements increases every year and living conditions are[…]
The South African Policing Union (Sapu) said deploying SANDF in the Western Cape was never a good idea and that policing needed to be relooked in the province. The army was deployed a month ago to provide support to police. However, there have still been a number of gang-related murders.[…]
Amid SA National Defence Force and police operations in Cape Town’s crime hotspots, some of the city’s unsung heroines in neighbourhood watches (NHW) and community policing forums (CPF) were treated to a high tea for the work they do in dangerous conditions. “As I travel about the Western Cape and[…]
The Hanover Park community policing forum wants government to relook at its safety plan in gang-ridden areas. The call comes after a young man was shot and killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting. The CPF’s Ebrahim Abrahams said the victims were not gangsters. Abrahams said despite the army’s[…]
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