Vodacom customers who had their accounts debited twice will be refunded by Monday, according to the cellphone company. On Friday, a number of Vodacom customers complained that their accounts had been debited twice. In an SMS to customers on Friday afternoon, the cellular network said it was aware of the[…]
The ANC in the Western Cape has called for the Taj Hotel in Cape Town to apologize directly to minstrel groups and Cape Malay Choirs and iron out any differences. This follows a request from the prestigious hotel to the City of Cape Town for New Year’s Day parades to[…]
Residents of Hout Bay’s Imizamo Yethu settlement were slowly getting their lives back on track thanks to the generosity of neighbours and strangers, a community worker said on Friday. “Hout Bay may have its internal bunfights, but like a true family they pull together if there is a crisis,” said[…]
South African farmers, severely affected by the drought, have received aid from all over the world – including from a woman in Dubai who donated R100 000. NC Schoombee, a Free State businessman and founder of the group Boere in Nood (Farmers in Distress), said 245 farmers had already received[…]
The Taj Hotel manager in Cape Town has apologised for asking that the Cape Malay Choirs not play music when walking past the hotel during the traditional annual parade. “I recognize in retrospect that my request to Mayoral Committee Member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development, Garreth Bloor, was insensitive[…]
A woman was airlifted from Table Mountain in Cape Town after suffering heatstroke on Thursday. She is in a critical condition. According to ER24 spokesperson, Chitra Bodasing, rescue technicians from Metro Rescue went to where the 60-year-old woman was and SkyMed was dispatched to airlift the patient. “Upon their arrival,[…]
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape on Thursday welcomed the incarceration of AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo. “Dalindyebo is incarcerated after he was found guilty… on numerous charges of gross violation of the rights of the vulnerable people he is supposed to lead, serve and protect,” SACP[…]
Residents in greater Muizenberg area are said to be outraged at the escalating crime in the Vrygrond area after a 14 year old boy was stabbed to death. The Steenberg Community Policing Forum has now vowed to work more closely with the community to form street committees to clamp down[…]
The Historic Cape Malay Choirs say they will not be silenced. This after a luxury hotel in the CBD appealed to the City of Cape Town to ensure that the annual event – which attracts thousands of cheerful revellers – did not disturb sleeping guests by playing music when walking[…]
Sanco on Thursday welcomed the Ngangelizwe royal family’s intention to rebuild relations with the victims of AbaThembu King Buyelakhaya Dalindyebo’s “reign of terror”. It would hopefully translate into compensation for those who had suffered human rights violations, and lost livestock and property due to Dalindyebo’s actions, SA National Civic Organisation[…]
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