LOCAL Over the coming months, the City of Cape Town will be fixing leaks of 2 522 registered indigent households that are using more than 50 000 litres a month and restricting the use of others who are not keeping within the 15 000 litre allocation despite warnings. Water is[…]
Gus Thompson, the father of former SA Olympic-medallist rower James Thompson, was found dead on Chapmans Peak in Cape Town on Saturday, more than a week after he disappeared from a frail-care facility in Noordhoek. James Thompson referred TimesLIVE to Gwen Sparks, who is acting as a spokesperson for the[…]
With little pomp and a heavy heart, 76-year-old Gosain Samsodien, Cape Town’s last traditional fez maker takes his final bow, or rather, sews his final thread, after more than two decades of service to the local and global Muslim community. “This is my passion. I’ve been doing this for[…]
LOCAL Cape Town firefighters are battling a blaze in a building in Parliament Avenue. Councillor JP Smith says six firefighting vehicles and approximately 36 firefighters are on the scene. The fire is burning on the third floor, with initial reports indicating it started in the office space and is spreading[…]
SPORTS The popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens tournament, which was scheduled to take place from 10-12 December this year, has been called off due to ongoing challenges caused by the COVID-pandemic. World Rugby and SA Rugby announced on Friday that the Cape Town leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens[…]
Some tenants are more than six months behind on their rent, with the residential rental market’s recovery after the hard lockdown in the second quarter of 2020 taking a knock. Many tenants were struggling to catch up on rent arrears despite being employed when the restriction on movement was lifted[…]
The Biovac biopharmaceutical company in Cape Town said there was no evidence foul play led to a fire at its factory in Pinelands, which produces Covid-19 vaccines, on Sunday morning. City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith said the city received a call shortly[…]
Three suspects have been arrested for cultivating dagga in the Western Cape. Provincial police spokesperson Capt Frederick van Wyk said two suspects were arrested in Strand and another one in Somerset west on Wednesday. They appeared in court on charges of dealing in and cultivation of dagga on Friday. Van[…]
Two mass shootings in Cape Town are still under investigation by police. Last weekend three men were gunned down in Nyanga. On Saturday Samora Machel residents were shocked to find three men had been murdered in their community. The victims – aged between 20 and 25 – were found with[…]
Cape Town disaster management is on alert, with the SA Weather Service advising an intense cold front is expected to make landfall by Sunday evening, leading to heavy downpours on Monday morning. Wet conditions are forecast throughout the week as several cold fronts are expected. In an advisory, the weather[…]
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