A nurse, who helped care for thousands of people’s wounds at Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town, has retired after 35 years – and she has never taken a day’s sick leave. Sister Colleen Grehan’s dedicated service was highlighted on the Heroes of Groote Schuur Facebook page, a project of the[…]
Localised flooding has been reported on the Cape Flats after heavy downpours across the Cape Metropole on Tuesday. Disaster Risk Management spokesperson Charlotte Powell said many formal and informal settlements where affected, however no emergency evacuations were needed. “Due to last night’s heavy downpours, localised flooding has occurred in informal[…]
The dose of good news and positivity South Africa needed has come from a Shell petrol attendant in Cape Town, whose selfless act sparked an outpouring of gratitude. When Nkosikho Mbele gave a motorist R100 out of his own pocket as she couldn’t pay for her fuel, he surely wouldn’t have been[…]
Thousands of patients have been left in limbo after an arson attack led to the total shutdown of a clinic at Nomzamo in the Strand, near Cape Town. The main clinic and the outside buildings were destroyed in the fire on Friday morning. The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee[…]
A small crowd made their way to Parliament this afternoon for the annual Cape Town Al Quds Day March. The rally takes place every year on the last Friday of Ramadan. About 200 people dressed in Palestinian colours and scarves, calling for the end of the Israeli occupation and the[…]
Another train has been set alight at the Cape Town station. The City’s Fire and Rescue Services has confirmed that they are still at the scene where one train with three carriages is on fire. About 160 carriages have been destroyed by arsonists since 2015 with damages estimated at millions.[…]
A woman has died after a house caught alight in Bonteheuwel in Cape Town in the early hours of Monday morning. The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue spokesperson, Jermaine Carelse says the cause of the fire is being investigated. “Three fire fighting appliances, a rescue vehicle and 14 staff members were in[…]
The seawater feeding into the desalination plant at the V&A Waterfront is polluted by raw sewage from the Green Point outfall pipe and is sometimes up to 400% dirtier than specifications the City gave companies that tendered to build the plant. This is according to Musa Ndlovu, director of Quality[…]
Chad Hanning did a live art installation of a Jurassic Park-themed mural in Braamfontein on 2 May for the 8th Artists Series event. Produced in collaboration with Sneaker LAB, Hanning created a creative mural to fit the brand’s Braamfontein store. He included all his signature elements and based the design[…]
A very special birthday was celebrated in Delft on the Cape Flats of possibly the oldest man in the world, Oom Fredie Blom. He was showered with gifts, cake and love for his 115th birthday. Blom has not been recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man, despite[…]
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