Taxi council Santaco in the Western Cape has welcomed Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga’s call for the immediate release of impounded minibus taxis in Cape Town. During a media briefing on Tuesday, the minister claimed the City of Cape Town had been impounding taxis under an unlawful by-law. Chikunga said the[…]
With no love lost between the City of Cape Town and Stop CoCT founder Sandra Dickson, it seems that the City has come out on top of allegations of wasting resources and public funding as far as the holiday season and associated events are concerned, at least for now. During[…]
JP Smith has come under fire for his recent comments about homeless people in Cape Town. The City of Cape Town’s mayco member for safety and security paid Kieno Kammmies from Radio 702 a visit to talk, at length, about the current controversy that surrounds the provincial government in how it is dealing with[…]
While families celebrated the start of the festive season by heading out to the annual Cape Town Festive Lights Switch-On, two people were killed in the process. Mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith said the South African police service (SAPS) was investigating two deaths believed to have[…]
Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith and local councillor Angus McKenzie were ejected from the meeting at the behest of the protesters on Wednesday. Protesters claimed that Smith and McKenzie were trying to use the community’s social ills to their political advantage. The meeting follows Tuesdays “Total[…]
At least 44 937 fines have been issued to taxi operators by the City of Cape Town’s Traffic Service since April 9, 2018. The fines range from moving violations to unlicensed vehicles. Mayco member for safety and security, Alderman JP Smith, said the fines exclude speeding offences. “These fines exclude speeding[…]
The City of Cape Town’s Social Housing Unit has arrested over sixty people since the start of the year in connection with illegal housing occupation. Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith, says the unit was established in 2012 to curb the illegal occupation of council owned[…]
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