Firefighters in the Franschhoek mountains have changed their strategy to keep the fire away from the town because of changed winds by doing a “backburn” from the Franschhoek Pass to the fire, the Cape Winelands District Municipality said on Thursday night. “The pass will serve as a firebreak while helicopters[…]
DA leader Mmusi Maimane says public resources have been looted by ANC politicians in many municipalities. He led a picket to the Free State Premier’s Office to hand over a memorandum demanding the provincial government to take immediate action against municipalities that have failed to pay Eskom. Maimane says the[…]
Two robbers who held up a pair of hikers and shot one in the leg in Simon’s Town remain at large, Western Cape police said on Tuesday. The robbery took place at Kleinplaas Dam near Red Hill, an area identified by the Table Mountain Watch as a “longstanding crime hotspot”.[…]
The GOOD Party leader, Patricia de Lille, says that she welcomes Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s identification of the six priorities, during his Budget Speech, which the government will have to act on if it plans to fix South Africa. These six priorities are achieving higher economic growth, increasing tax revenue, incurring expenditure[…]
A mother has opened a police case against her son’s primary school sports coach after he and some classmates were allegedly ordered to lower their pants and stand with their backs to him after a pupil’s money disappeared. The woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her[…]
Finance minister Tito Mboweni’s first National Budget came with no real surprises or shocks. Given the pressure-cooker that is state finances, especially those of struggling power utility Eskom, it appears to be a well-balanced act. Government’s central economic policy goal remains to accelerate inclusive growth and create jobs, said the[…]
South Africans are set to cough up even more for tobacco and alcohol, following yet another increase on sin taxes announced by finance minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday. If you’re feeling the pinch, one option to save money would be to swap your favourite tipple of whiskey or sparkling wine[…]
A Cape Town hardware salesman, who allegedly shot and killed his former partner and injured their daughter, renewed his bid for bail on Tuesday when he appealed a magistrate’s refusal to release him to the Western Cape High Court. Angela Marinus was shot and killed while in her car in[…]
Consumers should brace for tougher times ahead. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is likely to announce levy increases to the fuel and Road Accident Fund (RAF) in his 2019 Budget Speech on Wednesday. In 2018, Mboweni warned that the Road Accident Fund liability would increase. He said the 30-cents-a-litre increase was not be enough.[…]
Police have tracked down a man who allegedly stoned two MyCiTi buses in the Cape Town City Bowl on Tuesday morning, causing damage to the vehicle and leaving commuters shaken. The 42-year-old was arrested just hours after the buses were attacked on Kloof Nek Road, Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant[…]
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