Cape Town could be beset by water restrictions as a result of a drop in the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS), with some of the provinces main water sources deemed far lower than average. Low rainfall means that at least six dams across the region currently sit at 74%[…]
Around 230 000 members of unions affiliated with Cosatu are expected to take part in a march in Cape Town next week, the federation’s provincial secretary claimed on Thursday. Tony Ehrenreich said a memorandum of demands would be handed over to a representative of Parliament. The march is part of[…]
Sanral’s decision to toll highways in the Western Cape has been set aside. The Western Cape High Court ruled in the City of Cape Town’s favour on Wednesday when judgment was delivered in the City’s battle against Sanral’s decision to toll highways in the province. City of Cape Town mayor[…]
The City of Cape Town is enlisting growing numbers of private security cameras in an effort to broaden its “safety net”. Most of the responses have been from residents’ associations, neighbourhood watches and city improvement districts. The city’s policy, approved last year, targeted private cameras installed on its property, for[…]
A gang held up staff at the Castle Hotel in central Cape Town on Monday morning. The four robbers entered the hotel on Canterbury Street around 06:15, said Western Cape police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana. They held up the manager and employees at gunpoint, taking an undisclosed amount of money[…]
An investigation is to be launched by the City of Cape Town into fading road and line markings, it said on Sunday. “During the past 18 months or so, we have noticed that some road and line markings across the city fade faster in some areas than in others,” city[…]
Beach and ocean users should expect an increase in in-shore shark activity over the spring and summer months, the City of Cape Town has warned. “Typically, shark sightings start in late August, and continue through to April, with most sightings being reported in mid-summer,” mayoral committee member for energy, environmental[…]
Sanral Chief Executive Officer Nazir Alli wrote to the city to seek a “win-win solution” and avoid legal action over tolling, but at the same time he said tolls were the only way to fund a project to upgrade roads. This emerged from correspondence between mayor Patricia de Lille and[…]
The murder of a commuter on an early morning Cape Town train is under investigation, police confirmed on Wednesday. A train conductor is understood to have found the body of a man in a carriage at 05:00 on Wednesday morning. Police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed the murder. “An unidentified[…]
The Manenberg Clinic was plunged into darkness after cable thieves struck the council facility earlier this week, leaving staff without any telephone or computer lines. City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for health, Siyabulela Mamkeli, said the electricity supply had since been restored. However, millions were being spent on[…]
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