Mystery surrounds the origin of a R25 000 haul of cricket equipment found in a trolley in Grassy Park, Cape Town. Two men were spotted on Tuesday morning, pushing the trolley with a black bag inside, so the police decided to search them, Western Cape spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said[…]
Congestion on Cape Town’s roads is unlikely to be completely alleviated, despite the city council’s plans to spend R750 million on road upgrades over the next five years. Transport for Cape Town (TCT) says this is because of the rate at which the city is growing, exacerbated by the inadequate[…]
The driving school operators facing a ban from running their businesses at the Athlone Stadium parking area have been given a one-month reprieve. This comes after a group of frustrated driving operators met City of Cape Town officials and Athlone Stadium management to discuss the reasons behind the ban. An[…]
One of the country’s most prestigious private girls’ schools is dealing with allegations that a teacher raped a pupil – one of two sex assault scandals to rock high schools in the Western Cape this week. The 52-year-old teacher was arrested on Thursday and appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court[…]
A second Western Cape court orderly was arrested for suspected criminal activities on Wednesday. The constable was held on suspicion of dealing in drugs at Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court‚ and will appear in court in Kuils River on Friday. “A lawyer noticed a suspicious bag in a court room and[…]
With the countdown to Ramadan, Cape Town is gearing itself for the 6th annual EID Shopping Festival (ESF), set to take place in the Mother City for the very first time. Hosted annually in Johannesburg in association with Gauteng Tourism, this high profile lifestyle cultural festival is going bigger and better than[…]
The Manenberg Community Policing Forum has discharged street committees to mobilize within the precinct in a bid for the community to take back the streets from gang warfare. The policing forum says that their number one priority is to turn these roads into a safe haven for youths as gang[…]
A paramedic has told how he feared for his life after the ambulance he was driving was targeted by criminals while he and his partner responded to a call. The man, who asked to remain anonymous, told News24 that they were called out to attend to a patient in Nyanga.[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema has said that doing well in the Cape Town metro was important as it was the only South African city which represented and “remained a colony”. The commander-in-chief was speaking at the party’s first rally in Gugulethu on Sunday since launching its manifesto two weeks ago[…]
For the last nine months, more than R750 000 in insurance claims had been submitted by the City of Cape Town’s Health Directorate due to an ongoing cycle of crime and vandalism at local clinics, the City said on Tuesday. This, in addition to an already increased budget for security[…]
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