Yet another fire has gripped the Mother City this weekend as six coaches caught alight at the Cape Town train station on Sunday evening. The City’s safety and security director Richard Bosman said the incident is currently being attended to by fire and rescue services. “The fire is on platform[…]
Several fires in Cape Town over the weekend have left nine people dead and thousands displaced. The most heavily affected areas included Elsies River, Delft, Mfuleni, Vrygrond, Imizamo Yethu Informal Settlement as well as Cape Town Station. On Saturday alone, eight people were killed after shack fires engulfed various parts[…]
South Africa ex-president F W de Klerk, on Saturday criticised a campaign to remove a statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes from an Oxford college. The move to remove the statue follows a similar campaign at the University of Cape Town, where a statue of Rhodes has already been taken[…]
A 27 year-old man drowned at Melkbaai, Strand in Cape Town on Saturday, the National Sea Rescue Institute said on Saturday. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon in a statement said at around 15:20 the NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew assisted Strand Lifesaving, Law Enforcement Marine, Western Cape Government Health EMS, ER24[…]
Two employees from Cape Town’s safety and security department have died after colliding head-on with one another in Mfuleni, Cape Town on Christmas Day, the department said on Saturday. Bulalekile Ganta and Zindiswa Canca had just concluded their shifts and were on their way home when the crash occurred just[…]
Eight people were killed and 19 others were displaced in the early hours of Saturday morning across Cape Town when their shacks in were engulfed in flames, the city’s fire and rescue department said. A total of three men, three women and two girls were killed in four different areas,[…]
Another dead humpback whale has been found near Kommetjie beach. Surfers are warned to stay away from the area in the proximity of a 9 metre beached humpback whale. The City of Cape Town says they have deployed Law Enforcement officers and a shark spotter to warn surfers not to[…]
As questions are raised by opposition parties over former energy minister Ben Martins’ signature on the recently gazetted notice to move ahead with the nuclear procurement programme, Martins has apparently taken to Twitter to comment on the matter. The Democratic Alliance has questioned why Martins signed off the gazetted decision[…]
The Democratic Alliance has said the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is using “bully-boy” tactics to threaten motorists this festive season. In a statement released on Thursday, the party said that RTMC had threatened arrests in areas that contravened legislation. “In lieu of proper road safety initiatives, the RTMC has[…]
A Government Gazette notice released by the Department of Energy on December 21 has confirmed Cabinet’s decision to move ahead with the 9 600 MW nuclear procurement programme. This means the department can now call for quotes for the tendering process to begin. Russia, China, France and South Korea, Canada[…]
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