The leadership of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) will meet with the imams of masajid in Manenberg on Saturday to discuss community safety ahead of the festive season. Areas like Manenberg and Hanover Park have been hard hit by violence in recent weeks. MJC secretary general Maulana Abdul Khaliq Allie[…]
Social grant recipients are set to receive a welcome boost after the South African Social Services Agency (Sassa) announced that grants for December will be distributed earlier than expected. With the festive season fast approaching, recipients will be able to access their funding from the 26th November onwards. Pay-outs usually[…]
While roadblocks have heeded positive results in clamping down on those residents who do not abide to the law, the City of Cape Town has authorised the funding for dashboard cameras which will be placed in marked and unmarked traffic and police vehicles which will not only be able to[…]
Road fatalities declined by 0.6 percent in the past festive season to 1368, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said on Friday, expressing dissatisfaction with the high number of deaths. “Though we half-heartedly acknowledge the decline, we have no cause to celebrate as our people continue to be killed on our roads[…]
Motorists have again been advised to remain vigilant and cautious when taking to the roads, especially with the festive season drawing to a close. This comes in light of an extremely busy holiday period for Metro Police and provincial traffic authorities, which has yielded numerous fines and arrests over the[…]
The toll of 1143 road deaths during the festive season so far is alarming and saddening, the Justice Project SA said on Tuesday. “What is truly alarming is that this average is almost twice the average of 54 per day during the eight-day period last year (22 to 30 December[…]
South African consumers have over the few last weeks flooded the country’s stores, buoyed on by end of year bonuses and festive season sales. Despite the country’s economy seen as being at its weakest in years, this has done little to damper consumers from spending their hard earned cash. But[…]
Altogether 1143 people have died in 924 crashes during the festive season up to December 28, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday. KwaZulu-Natal had the most fatal accidents, with 249 deaths from 211 crashes, Peters told reporters in Durban. In Gauteng there were 174 deaths from 156 fatal crashes.[…]
As millions of visitors begin to flow in the City over the busy festive season and New Year’s period, the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) has urged people to be extra vigilant, especially when in the City CBD. This is to avoid becoming the victim of theft or[…]
There was a 35 percent reduction in road deaths and a 42 percent reduction in crashes since the start of the 2014 festive season compared to the same period last year, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said on Wednesday. “We have registered some decline in relation to the crashes and fatalities[…]
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