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[…]
Beachgoers were urged to be vigilant and work with the City of Cape Town’s partner, the Shark Spotters, to ensure the safety of all visitors to in-shore areas, the city’s environmental department said. Spokesperson Gregg Oelofse said in a statement on Thursday that there had been 29 shark sightings at[…]
A pedestrian has been killed in an accident involving one of State Security Minister David Mahlobo’s official vehicles in Mpumalanga, the department said on Thursday. Spokesperson Brian Dube could not immediately confirm whether Mahlobo was in any of the motorcade vehicles during the accident. “I can confirm that one of[…]
The long-running battle within the council of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) is set to go back to court. And, once again, the unresolved allegations of corruption, especially concerning a R70m security tender, continue to swirl amid claims of political interference, backstabbing and backhanders. On December 18, suspended[…]
AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo will be spending Christmas with his family after his bail conditions were extended until December 30 by the Mthatha High Court on Wednesday afternoon. Dalindyebo’s lawyers apparently went into the judge’s chambers on Wednesday at 15:00 and emerged two hours later with the ruling. The king’s[…]
President Jacob Zuma was tickled on Wednesday when he heard an isicathamiya group from the New Prison Correctional Services in Pietermaritzburg singing a song dedicated to him. The group of prisoners, who were neatly dressed in festive colours, performed at a Christmas party organised for the elderly at the Savannah[…]
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