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LOCAL Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC, Daylin Mitchell said so far, 78% of Western Cape motorists have renewed their driving licences. There are two weeks left before the driving licence renewal extension expires at the end of this month. The National Transport Department has indicated that there will be no further extensions of the deadline. Mitchell said drivers can use the 61 driving licence testing centres in the […]

LOCAL The Cape Town Carnival returned on Saturday after a two-year break. It features more than 600 performers who will entertain crowds at five different venues across the city centre. The five hubs, at Cape Town High School, Heritage Square, the South African Museum and the National Gallery, are the venues for 25 diverse performances. Although the traditional marches through the city cannot take place due to Covid-19 restrictions, families […]

LOCAL Parole has been granted to Anni Dewani’s convicted murderer Zola Tongo. The young woman was was killed while on honeymoon in 2010. The taxi she and her husband, Shrien Dewani, were travelling in was hijacked at the time. Tongo and two others arrested soon after allege that they were hired by her husband. The 42-year-old confirmed a R15k payment from Shrien, against whom charges were dropped following a drawn […]

Five vehicles were attacked by petrol bombs in Nyanga this morning. According to a statement released by Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith, two Golden Arrow buses, a City truck and two LDVs owned by Eskom and the City were targeted between 06h50 and 08h30. “All service delivery vehicles have been instructed to withdraw from the area immediately,” added Smith. No motive has been established for […]

The Western Cape High Court has sentenced a Cape Town law enforcement officer, Morne Horn, to ten years' direct imprisonment for the 2020 double murder of an undercover police official and a suspect. Hawks spokesperson, Zinzi Hani, says Horn was found guilty of murdering an undercover cop making a drug bust, and a homeless man. Judge Matthew Francis rejected Horn's defence that he had thought his life was in danger. […]

Sub-Saharan Africa needs R5 trillion invested by 2030 to improve electricity generation and distribution. According to a report released by Wood Mackenzie Limited, about 600 million people on the continent remain without power and the amount will be needed to solve the region's long-standing electricity access problem. Electricity demand in the region is expected to increase nearly eight-fold by 2050. The report states for Sub-Saharan Africa to meet the United […]

Paarl police in the Boland need the assistance of the public after bicycles with an estimated value of R1 million was stolen from a guest farm. A cycle group from Mauritius who participated in the Cape Town Cycle Race resided at the farm before their departure to participate in the Africa Cycle Race in Egypt. Yesterday morning it was discovered 12 of the bicycles were stolen from the storage facility […]