Three men have been arrested for three different rape cases in Brown’s Farm, Cape Town, over the last three days, provincial police said on Friday. “Three suspects – aged 21, 23 and 25 – were arrested for three different cases of rape which occurred in Brown’s Farm,” said police spokesperson[…]
The City of Cape Town has welcomed the withdrawal of a high court application by the minstrel groups Cape Cultural Carnival Events Committee (CCCEC) and the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association (CTMCA). “The organisations lodged an urgent application on 16 December 2018 with the City of Cape Town and the[…]
The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Zwelini Mkhize, this week met with Eastern Cape traditional leaders to discuss ways to curb further initiate deaths in the traditional ulwaluko ritual. The country has seen a spike in deaths of initiates, particularly in the Eastern Cape. This season, 34[…]
A private security company says it had nothing to do with denying beachgoers night access to Clifton Fourth Beach in a move to “lock down” the beach over the busy holiday period. Professional Protective Alternatives (PPA) CEO Alwyn Landman told News24 that his guards were brought in to assist City of[…]
A two-year-old girl is receiving medical care after she survived a near drowning incident at a waterpark in Mosselbay, Western Cape on Wednesday. “Shortly after 16:00, paramedics from ER24 arrived on the scene where they found a local medic attending to the little girl,” ER24’s Wernar Vermaak said in a[…]
The Road Traffic Management Corporation ( RTMC) wants motorists to undergo K53 testing whenever they renew their drivers’ licences, which expire every five years. Other proposals include additional tests for taxi, bus and truck drivers, which will have a bearing on the granting of professional driving permits. RTMC says most[…]
A 52-year-old Manenberg father died on Sunday when a boat carrying five people capsized near the Kommetjie Lighthouse in Soetwater. The man was on the boat with his two sons, 18 and 20, and two other young men, 18 and 25, from Parow, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Kommetjie station[…]
Heroin, dagga, ecstasy and Tik are just some of the recreational drugs confiscated by police and traffic officials on duty around the country as festive season fever sets in. Between Thursday and Sunday morning, the Western Cape police had booked 1353 Mandrax tablets, 51 grams heroin, 219 grams of cocaine,[…]
Firefighters battled a blaze at a house in Belhar, Cape Town, in a suspected petrol bomb attack on Saturday. It’s understood the house is owned by Cape Town taxi boss and underworld figure Colin Booysen, although it’s not his primary residence. The City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue services[…]
A 26-year-old alleged gang member has been arrested for allegedly terrorising some community members of the Cape Flats including Lavender Hill and Steenberg. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk said following a protracted investigation, members of the Anti Gang Unit detective team pounced on an estate in Paarl on Friday night[…]
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