The City of Cape Town urged residents in low lying areas on Tuesday to put measures in place to reduce the risk of flooding. This followed a weather warning from the city’s disaster risk management centre. “With flooding expected in many regions of the Western Cape, including in the Cape[…]
Police have arrested 86 people and seized counterfeit goods with an estimated street value of R150 000 at the Cape Town Station Deck this weekend, they said on Sunday. This was part of Operation Fiela in the province, Constable Noloyiso Rwexana said in a statement. Among those arrested, 81 were[…]
An “extreme downpour” has led to flooding in parts of Cape Town, affecting several hundred people in informal settlements, the city’s disaster risk management centre said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Charlotte Powell said assessments were being done at informal settlements in Khayelitsha, Strand, and Gugulethu. “No emergency sheltering has been activated,”[…]
All Maureen’s possession fit into one bright yellow shopping bag. She clutches her goods as she walks through the streets of Cape Town, trying to make a quick buck “for something to drink”. Her love of the bottle is the reason Maureen, 53, prefers to brave the elements and sleep[…]
Four men arrested in connection with an armed robbery that ended in a bloody shoot-out at Primrose Markette in Surrey Estate, are due in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The men were arrested after the shop was hit on Monday, police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said. They face[…]
Cape Town is known to many as the ‘Mother City’. It is from the foot of Table Mountain that Cape Town gave to South Africa its trek Boers and its English pioneers. For the Muslims of South Africa it has an even greater importance – it is where Islam first[…]
The first two days of June have brought with it a major cold front, which will only likely ease off at the end of the week. After a relatively dry autumn, Capetonians have been met with blustering winds and heavy rains, and in some parts of the peninsula, flooding has[…]
Four children have died in a shack fire in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, the city’s fire and rescue services said on Tuesday. “The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service responded to a fire at 20:15 on Monday night in U-Section in Khayelitsha,” spokesperson Theo Layne said. “We had four[…]
A baby is being kept in hospital for mandatory observation after she was found dumped next to a school field in Cape Town on Tuesday. The infant, estimated to be between two and four-months-old, was found by a passer-by lying on a blanket on a trail used as a shortcut[…]
Adventure cyclist, Mark Beaumont, has broken the coveted Cairo to Cape cycling world record after arriving at the Green Point lighthouse on Thursday, just 42 days after setting out on the 10 000km journey. The Scotsman started his adventure on 10 April with the original aim of reaching Cape Town[…]
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