The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) did not take into consideration that its decisions would unfairly discriminate against poor people, according to the City of Cape Town. “It’s poor people that live alongside the N1 and N2. The wealthy live in the suburbs and the Atlantic Seaboard,” senior counsel for[…]
A foreign national has been nabbed in Ottery with a stash of drugs estimated to have a street value of R4m. Western Cape police said the discovery and his arrest on Wednesday morning was a “significant blow” to the province’s illegal drug trade. The 32-year-old raised the suspicions of officers[…]
OPINION by Nabila Ismail – The Democratic Alliance (DA) controlled Cape Town City Council must be reminded that Freedom of Expression in our country is protected by our constitution. Furthermore, any attempt to re-introduce an Apartheid /oppressive style regime in our country will be vehemently opposed by all South Africans.[…]
A long-awaited showdown between the City of Cape Town and Sanral is set to take place in court over proposed tolling in the Western Cape. The city is approaching the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday to have Sanral’s decision to toll sections of the N1 and N2 set aside.[…]
Sandra Opperman sleeps under a surprisingly clean threadbare blue blanket on a pavement in the Cape Town CBD. “Sjoe, meisie, maar dis koud op die straat [girl, it’s cold on the street],” she admits after begging for a R5 “for bread”. “But this is the life I chose. It’s where[…]
A police officer was stabbed to death on the N2 highway in Cape Town after stopping to change a flat tyre on Wednesday morning. The 50-year-old SA Police Service member was robbed and stabbed by two suspects, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith told News24. The officer[…]
A woman was killed and two other passengers were injured in a fatal crash on Cape Town’s M5 on Thursday evening, with emergency workers only managing to finish clearing the scene early on Friday morning. Western Cape traffic spokesperson Kenny Africa said the accident was just before midnight on Thursday[…]
The Mother City’s famous southeaster, otherwise known as the Cape Doctor, was gusting at an unseasonal 40 to 50 kilometres per hour on Wednesday, causing the closure of some main routes. The City of Cape Town traffic chief Kenny Africa said: ”The winds are extra strong so we have closed[…]
The two Cape Town properties bought by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa have been declared to Parliament and the Cabinet, the presidency said. It was responding to a report in City Press which stated Ramaphosa’s new luxury mansion will be built at the foot of Lion’s Head in Cape Town on[…]
Uber Technologies taxi drivers in Cape Town are suffering xenophobic discrimination from traffic police and face lengthy waiting times for licence approvals, according to a spokesperson for the US company. “Many of our partner drivers say they have been stopped by law enforcement officers who first determine that the driver[…]
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