On Sunday, thousands of runners participated in the much anticipated Metropolitan Slave Route Challenge. The Slave Route Challenge is an event that honours South Africa’s heritage. Each registered participant runs in honour of one of the 8000 men, women, and children who are symbolic to South Africa’s history. The 8000[…]
Cape Town police said on Wednesday that it believed a syndicate was behind the smuggling of cocaine disguised as chocolates into the Mother City. This follows the arrest of four people at the Cape Town International Airport and the confiscation of drugs with an estimated street value of close to[…]
Just over 20 kms outside of the City of Cape Town lays a small community named Blikkiesdorp. Blikkiesdorp translated into English means tin village and that is what you see when you drive into the little village, through gates, you see row upon row of tin structures. What started out[…]
A few hundred Capetonians took to the streets of the Mother City on Wednesday to call on President Jacob Zuma to “do the right thing and step aside”. The march, organised under the #ZumaMustFall banner, was supported by various church groups from the greater Cape Town area and took on[…]
The City of Cape Town hopes to complete the construction of 1005 serviced sites for its Gugulethu/Nyanga infill housing project soon, which will make way for the construction of subsidised housing units as part of the city’s commitment to enabling redress, it said on Sunday. The Gugulethu/Nyanga housing project comprised[…]
The closing date for in-store entries for Cape Town‘s biggest community run has been extended until the 24th April. The Slave Route Challenge 2016 will take over the Mother City on Sunday 8 May 2016, and will see thousands of runners tackle some gruelling hills as they navigate their way[…]
A couple is in critical condition after they were stabbed multiple times by burglars in a house in Bishopscourt. The attack took place on Tuesday at about 12.30pm in Briar Road. Police spokeswoman Noloyiso Rwexana said: “I can only confirm that cases of attempted murder and house robbery are being[…]
The families of those shot dead by gangsters who went on a killing spree on Tuesday night in Nyanga, shooting six people and killing four, are reeling from the shock of losing their loved ones. The suspects were apparently on the trail of an alleged gangster who they had been[…]
Cape Town police are appealing to the public to help them locate a five-year-old boy who went missing two days ago. In a statement on Tuesday, police spokesperson Lieutenant Andre Traut said Okuhle Linganiso disappeared from his Kalkfontein home on Sunday. Traut said police believe his biological father may have[…]
Human trafficking remains a major issue in the city, mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith said on Thursday. The city council’s vice squad and the Hawks’ anti-human trafficking unit have clamped down on prostitution in the CBD. Two suspects have been arrested for prostitution and running an[…]
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