By Aneeqa du Plessis As cold fronts continue to batter the Western Cape, the SA Weather Service issued an advisory for level five damaging winds for Monday. The gale-force winds can potentially cause damage to formal and informal housing structures, electrical and communication infrastructure and uprooting of trees. According to[…]
The Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, says there has been no fatalities reported in the City, amid reports of two lives lost due to flooding in the Western Cape province. Parts of the province are still underwater following days of torrential downpours, coupled with harsh winds – with flooding reported[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Gift of the Givers Western Cape spokesperson Ali Sablay recently discussed the devastating floods that have struck the Western Cape during an interview on Sunday Live. While certain areas like Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Mitchell’s Plain, and Strand are accustomed to flooding this time of year, the heavy rains on June 14 caused extensive[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Speaking on Voice of the Cape’s (VOC) breakfast show on Monday morning, Criminologist Dr. Simon Howell cited some of the latest crimes committed in the Western Cape over the weekend. “The Strandfontein businessman who was shot at Lansdowne, four people were shot in Manenberg along with the[…]
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the Western Cape has compelled the Department of Agriculture to quarantine many farms, preventing the movement of live animals or eggs. Over 500 000 chickens have been culled as a result of the outbreak, and eggs have been destroyed to prevent the[…]
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued two yellow Level 2 warnings for damaging winds in parts of the Western Cape this weekend. This as a series of cold fronts are expected to make landfall on Friday evening, which could cause localised flooding in low-lying areas. Damaging winds are[…]
Mental healthcare services in the Western Cape public health sector will be boosted by a new psychiatric wing being built by the provincial government in one of the overburdened regions. Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo, who visited the construction site of the R86m Eerste River Acute Psychiatric Unit on Friday, said[…]
Three men have been arrested for drug dealing in the Western Cape, while a fourth has been charged with possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. “On Friday, a 30-year-old man was arrested for drug dealing after police received a tip-off and searched premises in New Rest, Gugulethu. They confiscated a[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana | Source: GovernmentZA via Flickr A Government Gazette has sparked discontent across the Republic as Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has exempted Eskom from reporting any irregular expenditure, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, that occurs from now until the financial year of[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews Source: Democratic Alliance The Democratic Alliance’s Federal Congress has concluded with no significant changes as John Steenhuisen remains DA leader after beating party peer Dr. Mpho Phalatse. Steenhuisen retaining his position has come as no surprise but has revealed a problem within the official opposition. Speaking on[…]
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