Due to a blocked sewer, the beach was briefly closed as a precaution on Sunday, December 18, 2022. The City’s Environmental Health Service can report that the findings of a water sample conducted at Fish Hoek Beach following the sewer spill reveal that the water quality is within the minimum[…]
LOCAL Two Fish Hoek police officers who were recorded seemingly assaulting an unarmed man in the Western Cape town will appear in court on September 30, said the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) on Tuesday. “The officers were seen in a social media post at the weekend assaulting a member[…]
LOCAL The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is investigating an incident between Fish Hoek police officers and a civilian. Police confirmed that both parties opened assault cases against each other. Videos of this weekends’ altercation have gone viral on social media. According to Western Cape SAPS spokesperson, Brigadier Novela Potelwa,[…]
The Kimura Shukokai International (KSI) 2020 World Karate championships will take place in Cape Town this year. For a Fish Hoek local, it has taken blood, sweat and tears to qualify – but she needs help to raise funds for the competition costs. Aliveya Adams (19) recently started her first[…]
Following a shark warning issued on Friday last week at Fish Hoek Beach, visitors were advised not to enter the waters and one local managed to capture a video of shark spotters in action, keeping locals and visitors safe. Shark Spotters usually deploy nets at beaches notorious for shark activity[…]
A shark warning siren was sounded at Fish Hoek beach on Thursday, and visitors were advised not to enter the waters until they had been deemed safe for swimming and recreational activities. According to the official Shark Spotters Twitter page, shark exclusion nets were deployed at approximately 11.10am on Thursday[…]
The City of Cape Town’s Social Development and Early Childhood Development is making its way to the beach with its Identikidz project. The project, which provides children on beaches with identification tags to help them be located in case they get lost, has become an important element of the festive[…]
Michael Myekwa has been putting smiles on the faces of locals in Fish Hoek for years with his amazing sand art creations and now the community is trying to give back and support Myekwa in producing his art. Since 2016 Myekwa has been the community’s resident sand artist, creating breathtaking[…]
A convicted paedophile from Fish Hoek was sentenced to 45 years in jail in the Wynberg Regional Court on Monday for 21 sexual offences described as “cruel, degrading and inhumane” punishment of two minor children. The man’s family consoled each other in the gallery as Magistrate Nontuthuzelo Ralarala described the[…]
A charred body was found in a train after blaze at Fish Hoek railway station on Thursday. Metrorail Western Cape confirmed that two carriages of the train caught alight around 10am Thursday morning. No injuries were initially reported and all commuters were safely evacuated from the train. However, a body[…]
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