City of Cape Town advises of temporary road closures in Lansdowne and Kenwyn

City of Cape Town advises of temporary road closures in Lansdowne...

The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate has advised the public of the temporary lane and full road closures taking place along Racecourse...
New homes for Caltizdorp residents

New homes for Caltizdorp residents

Western Cape Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers has handed over 20 Breaking New Ground (BNG) housing units to beneficiaries of the R113 million Bergsig housing...
Cape Town switches on lights for Tower 37 relocation families

Cape Town switches on lights for Tower 37 relocation families

The City of Cape Town has announced that electricity has been switched on for the 46 families, who were recently relocated from Eskom’s National...
Three SAPS officers accused of assaulting a barber during a raid at his workplace in November 2023, are due back on 19 September. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Lawyer for cop accused of assault fails to show up in...

A visibly irritated magistrate at the court in Wynberg has given a police officer accused of assault another chance to get his act together. Constable...
A legal battle in Cape Town between property owners and the City will clarify what municipalities can charge residents. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Property owners are misreading the law, argues Cape Town mayor

In early July, the South African Property Owners Association filed its founding papers at the Western Cape High Court, seeking to have three...
1,397 Shucked Abalone Seized: SAPS Arrests 23-Year-Old Suspect in Fish Hoek Traffic Stop

1,397 Shucked Abalone Seized: SAPS Arrests 23-Year-Old Suspect in Fish Hoek...

Police officers from the Fish Hoek South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested a 23-year-old Zimbabwean national on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, for illegal possession...
A group of refugees living at a camp in Paint City in Bellville, Cape Town, say life in the camp has been tough this winter. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Eviction hearing looms for refugees in Bellville camp

Despite difficult conditions, including flooded shacks and poor sanitation, people living in a refugee camp in Paint City, Bellville, are sticking to their...
Four Killed in Cape Town Mass Shooting Amid Rising Gang Violence

Four Killed in Cape Town Mass Shooting Amid Rising Gang Violence

Four men were fatally shot in a mass shooting early Wednesday morning in the Overcome Heights informal settlement in Muizenberg, Cape Town. The victims,...
White Students ‘Given Higher Marks’ – Alleged UCT Grading Scandal Rocks South African Universities

White Students ‘Given Higher Marks’ – Alleged UCT Grading Scandal Rocks...

Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has announced that his department will lead an investigation into explosive allegations of racial bias in marking at the...
E-Hailing Driver Stabbed in Cape Town: Association Demands Urgent Safety Reforms

E-Hailing Driver Stabbed in Cape Town: Association Demands Urgent Safety Reforms

The Western Cape E-Hailing Association has called for improved safety measures for drivers following a violent attack earlier this week. A driver was stabbed...
DA Marches in Gugulethu Demanding Action on GBV and DNA Backlog

DA Marches in Gugulethu Demanding Action on GBV and DNA Backlogs

The Democratic Alliance (DA) took to the streets of Gugulethu yesterday in a Women’s Day march, painting the township blue as they called for...
Norma Fakadolo, Xolelwa Matiwane and Sbongiseni Maki led a march by residents of nearly a dozen informal settlements in Khayelitsha to deliver a memorandum to the Eskom offices on Thursday, calling for the electrification of their areas. Photo: Vincent Lali

Sick of waiting, Khayelitsha informal settlements demand electrification

Dozens of people from a host of informal settlements in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, marched on Thursday to the offices of Eskom to call for...