Firefighter fighting fires in the Greater Overberg

Firefighter fighting fires in the Greater Overberg

Area: Bredasdorp, Overberg District. Heuningberg Mountain & Soetmuisberg Mountain and Napier Mountain range. To recap, this fire started early this morning on the Golf course,...
Senior ANC Members Defect to DA, Citing Marginalization of Coloured Communities

Senior ANC Members Defect to DA, Citing Marginalization of Coloured Communities

In a move signalling significant political shifts, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed several senior African National Congress (ANC) officials from the Western Cape,...
Life Imprisonment for Double Murder of Police Sergeant and Civilian

Life Imprisonment for Double Murder of Police Sergeant and Civilian

Thabo Ndevu, 26, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2021 murder of a police sergeant and a civilian in Mfuleni. The final...
Cross-Border Police Collaboration Leads to Arrest of Five After Wind Farm Robbery

Cross-Border Police Collaboration Leads to Arrest of Five After Wind Farm...

A coordinated operation between police forces in the Northern Cape and Western Cape culminated in the arrest of five male suspects following an armed...
Homemade Rifle and Hijacked Vehicle Recovered in Khayelitsha After Suspects Flee

Homemade Rifle and Hijacked Vehicle Recovered in Khayelitsha After Suspects Flee

A swift response by local crime fighters led to the recovery of a hijacked vehicle and a homemade firearm in Khayelitsha on Tuesday. The incident...
A jogger runs past a rubbish dump and a polluted stream in Siyahlala informal settlement. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso

City of Cape Town contractors mess up

Rubbish is piling up in some of Cape Town’s townships because contractors are not meeting their obligations, according to the City of Cape Town. Contractors...
Gcobani Caphu, a grade 10 learner, said this sink hole occurred in his shack on Saturday night. Photo: Vincent Lali

Sink holes open up again beneath shacks in Khayelitsha

Families have had to vacate their homes in SST section of Town Two, Khayelitsha, as the ground beneath them has collapsed. When the ground...
ANC Disbands Western Cape Leadership, Appoints Ebrahim Rasool to Head Task Team

ANC Disbands Western Cape Leadership, Appoints Ebrahim Rasool to Head Task...

In a significant move to revitalize its structures, the African National Congress (ANC) has disbanded its Western Cape Provincial Executive Committee (PEC), replacing it...
23-Year-Old Sentenced to 30 Years in Kraaifontein Murder Case

23-Year-Old Sentenced to 30 Years in Kraaifontein Murder Case

The South African Police Service (SAPS) management in the Western Cape has welcomed the substantial prison sentence handed down to 23-year-old Calvin Charles for...
FOUR PAWS’ Fiona Miles Named Finalist in Good Hope FM Warrior Women Awards 2025

FOUR PAWS’ Fiona Miles Named Finalist in Good Hope FM Warrior...

Leading with purpose, how Fiona Miles and her team are redefining animal welfare in South Africa. Cape Town, 29 October 2025 – FOUR PAWS South...
GOOD Party Files Criminal Complaint Over Allegedly 'Rigged' Western Cape Budget

GOOD Party Files Criminal Complaint Over Allegedly ‘Rigged’ Western Cape Budget

The GOOD Party has laid criminal charges against former Western Cape Finance MEC Mireille Wenger and former Education MEC David Maynier, accusing them of...
A seven-year-old boy drowned while playing in this dam in Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East on Thursday. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso

Seven-year-old drowns in dam in Cape Town informal settlement

Police have opened an inquest docket after the drowning of seven-year-old Likhanye Cwethu in a dam in Marikana informal settlement, Philippi East, on Thursday...