The safety and security preparations for Thursday’s State of the Nation address (SONA 2019) are on track, according to the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints). Who will head up SONA 2019 security detail? Related: Disruptions ahead? Busisiwe Mkhwebane future could be decided before SONA Natjoints includes all government departments within[…]
Cape Town is ranked as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It also has the highest population of muslims provincially in South Africa. These two factors have contributed to the launch of a new campaign to create a more attractive offering for international muslim visitors by Cape[…]
Following recent controversy surrounding the Muslim call to prayer (athaan) at the Zeenatul Islam Masjid, it seems that the City of Cape Town and the masjid could be looking at ways to protect the calls to prayer of all religions by making those calls exempt from similar noise complaints. In[…]
Hundreds of youths in Cape Town and Pretoria marched on Friday to demand that the government urgently act on climate change. About 300 people marched from Parliament to the City Hall in Cape Town to hand over a memorandum demanding government take “immediate action on the climate crises”. The march[…]
The Al Noor Orphanage Centre in Woodstock which faces serious allegations of physical and sexual abuse is denying that it had any knowledge of such abuse. Several children have been removed from the centre, following a preliminary investigation into complaints by the Western Cape Department of Social Development. Director of[…]
The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit says it has made significant inroads in dealing with sophisticated card and vehicle asset financing fraud in Cape Town, after six people were arrested and charged in the Western Cape Metro. Responding to information about suspected cloned cards being used at a store[…]
By Anees Teladia The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be launching an inquiry into violence in the Western Cape, assessing the root causes as well as measures to combat and prevent it. There has been an increase in gang related shootings over the past month, shootings which keep[…]
Convicted triple murderer Phelo Mtala was finally apprehended on Tuesday after escaping from the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court last month. “Since he escaped from the Wynberg Magistrate Court the team had sleepless nights in pursuit of him. With the help of brave informers police pounced on him last night,” Western Cape[…]
The Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by a caller requesting urgent assistance for a hiker on Table Mountain who was experiencing medical complications. Metro Medical Rescue Technicians and Logistical support crew responded. The incident occurred on the Cecelia Ridge path close to the SANParks Overseer’s Hut, on[…]
Lorenzo Anthony does not consider himself a hero, but that is what many have called him since he helped a man fight off armed robbers while travelling on a train in Cape Town last week. After visiting an optometrist on Thursday, Anthony decided to visit his college and hopped on the[…]
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