Outgoing Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille says she will give her replacement Dan Plato “the benefit of the doubt” to continue the work she did during her seven years in office. “He will be inheriting a city which is well run,” De Lille told News24. “The irony is that,[…]
Around 100 off-duty firefighters who gathered at the Cape Town Civic Centre this week have pleaded for the City to hear their grievances about a standby allowance and working conditions. With security already tight at the centre because of the MyCiTi bus strike, a few representatives were eventually let in[…]
Rummaging through somebody’s luggage at an airport can get you 10 years in jail, it emerged in the Bellville Regional Court on Thursday. This was revealed during the appearance of a man who used to work at Cape Town International Airport. He was arrested after he allegedly scratched through someone’s[…]
Police Minister Bheki Cele is expected to visit various townships in Cape Town to establish whether the deployment of more police in the areas earlier in the year has made any difference in curbing criminal activities and gang violence. Spokesperson for the Western Cape Police Commissioner, Novela Potelwa, says Cele[…]
Issues of rail safety and a dispute between the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa ( Prasa) and Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) over the attempted shutdown of train services in the country was the main focus at a transport portfolio committee meeting on Wednesday in Parliament. In the first three[…]
The Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court sentenced a Cape Town lawyer to seven years in prison after he was convicted on two counts of fraud on Wednesday. Ignatius Marthinus Potgieter abused trust funds totalling R720 963 after two families entrusted him with their money. Arguing in aggravation of sentence, advocate Jannie[…]
The City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue service is taking strain as a labour dispute over a standby allowance and working hours deepens. Over the last few months, officials have been battling it out with the two unions representing firefighters – the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and[…]
Cheryl Zondi, 22, weeps as she testifies during the trial against controversial Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Zukiswa Sitho and Lusanda Sulani at the Port Elizabeth High Court. The first victim testifying against Nigerian pastor, Timothy Omotoso, has told the High Court in Port Elizabeth that she was[…]
A ten-year-old rescued his mother and two-year-old cousin from a shack fire in which his infant nephew‚ Athaluve Sixakwe‚ died in the early hours of Monday. The fire left 70 people homeless in Kwa 5‚ Doornback informal settlement‚ opposite Dunoon near Milnerton‚ Cape Town. The grade 4 Sophakama Primary School[…]
A “wildcat” strike by MyCiti bus drivers entered its third day on Wednesday with some routes disrupted in Cape Town. Amid disgruntled and frustrated comments from commuters, the MyCiti social media accounts announced around 07:00 that the following routes were currently operational: T03, T02, X02, D01, D02, D03, D04, 101,[…]
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