Preparations are underway for the State of the Nation Address at the Cape Town City Hall this Thursday. The highly downscaled and hybrid event will grant a limited number of MP’s, guests and media access to the chamber, while the rest join via webinar. Hopes are high that President Cyril Ramaphosa will inspire and provide direction in his latest address. Meanwhile, yesterday marked 25 years since the South African Constitution […]
Camps Bay Beach, Glen Beach and the Camps Bay and Maidens Cove Tidal Pools will be closed to the public until further notice. This is according to the City of Cape Town, whose Water and Sanitation Dept is tending to pollution concerns. The City says the Camps Bay Marine Outfall experienced pump failure last night, the root cause of which is under investigation. The City speculates it could be due […]
Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has received backlash for attempting to talk down communities and environmental activists from taking legal action over oil gas and oil exploration along the country’s coast. According to Mantashe, South Africa should learn from China and India- the world’s largest coal users- about tackling climate change. Mantashe says power plants should not be closed hastily, nor should government succumb to pressure to rapidly change its energy […]
By Tauhierah Salie The South African Weather Service has assured that tropical cyclone Batsirai does not pose a severe threat to the country. The cyclone claimed one life and left hundreds without electricity in Mauritius and drenched the French island of La Reunion for two days with torrential rain. It is now forecast to continue in a south-westerly direction. Schools were closed and flights cancelled in Madacascar on Friday, as […]
LOCAL The Berg River Estuary in the Western Cape has been declared as South Africa's 28th wetland of international importance. Situated at Velddrif, close to St Helena Bay where the Berg River flows into the sea, the estuary spans an area of over 1 000 hectares. The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment says the wetland is considered a super ecosystem because of its contribution to the provision of […]
LOCAL Non-profit organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi says the City of Cape Town's plans to dispose of publicly-owned land is indicative of it's failure to prioritise housing for the poor. This as the city prepares to auction-off several of its properties. Land activists want the land to be developed for social housing. One of the properties up for auction is a plot of land in College Road, Claremont. Ndifuna Ukwazi's Head of […]
LOCAL Two people have died and 23 have been injured following a crash between a bus and a motor vehicle on the N7 at Vissershok near Table View. Cape Town Traffic Services Spokesperson Richard, Coleman, says the collision has resulted in road closures. Motorists are urged to be cautious in the area: “We have a serious motor vehicle accident on the N7 south-bound at Vissershok with one bus and one […]
The Western Cape government has urged residents to co-operate with the census counting as this will translate into fair budget allocations. The provincial government says the unprecedented influx of citizens to the province in the past ten years has put a strain on its resources. The province was addressing Census field employees before they undertook the task of counting the country's population. The field workers hit the ground running as […]
NATIONAL The Tshegofatso Pule murder trial is expected to resume at the High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday morning. Former lover, Ntutkhuko Shoba, has been labelLed the mastermind behind Pule’s murder. The court has heard testimony from investigating Officer Mpe Tema from the Roodepoort police station. Tema says messages retrieved from Shoba’s phone reveal that the couple had been fighting. Tema says Shoba was called into the police station for an […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
