Due to severe weather warnings, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has closed all schools in the province on Wednesday. Spokesperson for MEC Debbie Schafer, Jessica Shelver says the decision follows extensive consultations with the weather office and disaster management teams. In a statement released[…]
The City of Cape Town is bracing for a massive storm and plans to have its disaster operation centre in Goodwood on full alert from Tuesday evening to co-ordinate any emergency responses. An anticipated cold front, making landfall on Tuesday evening, could possibly lead to flash flooding in several low-lying[…]
Five men have been arrested for allegedly holding Cape Town paramedics at gunpoint in the early hours of Monday morning and making off with their belongings, Western Cape police said. The paramedics were assisting a heart attack patient in Heideveld around 00:30 when they were accosted by six people, said[…]
The wedding of the Gupta brothers’ niece in 2013 at Sun City was one of the most lavish celebrations the country has ever seen: it was a four-day extravaganza costing millions while the entire country was outraged by the wedding party’s landing at Waterkloof Air Base. But though the Guptas[…]
The DA and the EFF will approach the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday morning in a bid to have Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s re-appointment reviewed. Molefe was reappointed as CEO of the parastatal by the Eskom board on Friday, May 12, after a dispute over a R30m pension pay-out,[…]
While the leaked tranche of Gupta emails reveal the government and the Guptas to have maintained very close channels of communication over recent years, they did not share everything. It may have displeased the Guptas’ pals in high places, for instance, to learn that the family was hoping to persuade[…]
Former Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille is set to appear before the party’s disciplinary panel on Friday for her tweets on colonialism. This was confirmed on Monday by Advocate Glynnis Breytenbach, chairperson of the DA’s federal legal commission, who said it would be a “first appearance”. “They will set timelines.[…]
Everybody needs to give greater consideration to combating climate change, says Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille. In a statement marking World Environment Day on Monday, De Lille said this day was all the more important this year in Cape Town because of the severe drought crisis the city was[…]
Business Day Investigative journalist Stephan Hofstatter says he is confident that the leaked Gupta emails are authentic. Hofstatter’s comments come as some politicians including the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama are questioning the authenticity of the leaked emails. But, Mngxitama[…]
By Mpho Raborife Former acting national police commissioner Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane says he agreed to ‘step aside’ from his position with immediate effect after constructive engagement with Police Minister Fikile Mbalula. This was revealed in a statement released on Thursday night, a few hours after President Jacob Zuma had[…]
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