From shark sightings to false reports of a body floating at sea, and a “missing” woman, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) had a busy Christmas weekend. A sea rescue craft was sent out to Klein River, Hermanus, on Sunday following reports that a woman was missing from a boat,[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters says former president FW de Klerk’s view on the Oxford University’s Rhodes Must Fall movement shows he does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize he shares with Nelson Mandela. “If De Klerk does not see the importance of the demand by Oxford students that Rhodes’ statue[…]
An influential Muslim family from Port Elizabeth has asked President Jacob Zuma to help them get their four children who are being detained in Saudi Arabia released, Rapport has reported. The Saudi authorities refuse to say why the children have been in custody for more than a month without being[…]
The Department of Home Affairs has said reports of UK-based travellers experiencing problems entering South Africa because of immigration regulations were “baseless and inaccurate”. In a statement the department said negative reports had emerged due to distortion of facts. “We wish to categorically state that these reports are baseless and[…]
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,[…]
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