Dan Plato has been voted in as Cape Town’s new mayor on Tuesday at a special council meeting, taking the position for the second time. The position has been vacant since the resignation of former mayor Patricia De Lille who resigned last week, followed by eight other Democratic Alliance (DA)[…]
The City of Cape Town has designated eleven public open spaces for the discharge of fireworks for Monday, Guy Fawkes Day, and for Tuesday which is the Hindu festival of lights. Some of the spaces include Bishop Lavis sports field, Macassar beach parking area and Strandfontein pavilion. Mayoral committee member[…]
Firefighters are battling an intense fire on the mountain slopes at Grotto road in Hout Bay, which has now reached the peak of the mountain. Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Edward Bosch said four fire engines, two water tankers with 25 fire fighters as well as additional crews of National[…]
At least fifteen people have been killed on Western Cape roads over the weekend, with most fatalities recorded amongst pedestrians. According to Western Cape Traffic Chief, Kenny Africa said on the deaths were made up of 12 pedestrians, two passengers and a driver. The fatalities were recorded in Bot Rivier,[…]
The City of Cape Town’s new Rail Enforcement Unit have been met with mixed emotions by Cape Town Metrorail passengers, who remain hopeful that the unit will help combat crime on trains. The 100 officers were deployed last Monday, in a joint initiative between the City of Cape Town, provincial[…]
Human remains, which could be nearly 200 years old, have been uncovered on the Montagu Pass at George in the Southern Cape. A local indigenous leader, Danuab Dikwex, says they found the bones on a hike close to the Toll House, adding that they suspect it to be the remains[…]
The City of Cape Town has rejected as skewed, the comments made by its former Mayoral Committee Member for Housing, Brett Herron, that the City has no desire to integrate its citizens. Acting Cape Town Mayor Ian Neilsen says he’s not worried about a spate of resignations from councillors within the City[…]
Mayoral Committee member for Transport and Urban Development, Brett Herron, has on Thursday resigned as a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), with immediate effect. Herron announced his resignation at the Salt River Market on Thursday afternoon, where he was set to address the blocking of the disposal of the[…]
Two KwaZulu Natal men accused of the murder of top gang advocate, Pete Mihalik, and the attempted murder of his eight-year-old son, made a brief appearance in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The incident took place outside the Reddam House School in Green Point. 26-year-old Sizwe Sinzokohle Biyela[…]
Incoming City of Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato was sworn in as a councillor on Thursday morning. Plato said his top priority would be to unite the DA caucus in the city council. He was speaking before being sworn-in as a DA councillor following Patricia de Lille’s resignation yesterday. “I[…]
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