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The City of Cape Town has thanked the many officials hard at work to ensure the safety of citizens during the holiday season. With the festive cheer in full swing, this past weekend’s beautiful weather saw the Mother City’s beaches, parks, malls and other attractions, packed to capacity. Mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith applauded the dedication and commitment of the Traffic, Emergency and Fire and Rescue […]

The George municipality says swimming is only permissible at the Touw River mouth and the designated area where life guards are on duty. Swimming upstream of the designated area is not allowed and any other water sports are at own risk. Municipality spokesperson, Debra Sauer, says water sampling results from yesterday indicate that E-coli counts are within the accepted standards at the lagoon and river mouth. “E-coli levels further upstream […]

A 31-year-old suspect believed to be part of the Boko Haram syndicate was arrested yesterday in Mamelodi, Pretoria, and will appear in court tomorrow. Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo says the suspect is alleged to be involved in gang-related crimes including business robberies, extortion, intimidation and other serious and violent crimes in Mamelodi and the surrounding areas. Gauteng Police Provincial Commissioner Elias Mawela says his department will continue with the fight […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says there will be widespread showers and thundershowers over large parts of South Africa today. The service issued an orange level 6 warning for disruptive rain. This includes the parts of the North-West, Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga Limpopo. Severe thunderstorms are also expected over the eastern interior of the Western Cape along the Little and Central Karoo. The SAWS has warned that the rain […]

Tributes have continued to pour in from across the globe for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, whom President Cyril Ramaphosa described as one of the nation’s finest patriots. Tutu lost his battle with cancer in his Cape Town home at the age of 90 yesterday morning. Ramaphosa last night announced that there will be a period of mourning for the late bishop, during which the national flag will fly half-mast nationwide, […]

A suspect is expected to appear in court tomorrow after being busted with millions in drugs on the N1 in the Western Cape. According to police, officers conducting a roadblock part of various Safer Festive Season operations, stopped a Toyota Corolla just outside Leeu-Gamka. A police dog led to the discovery of Tik worth an estimated R4.1 million found in a hidden compartment behind the back seat. The driver on […]

A 46-year-old man is expected to appear in court tomorrow for attempting to smuggle rhino horn at OR Tambo International Airport. Police say security guards discovered six pieces of rhino horn inside two chocolates boxes of lunch bar, under the driver seat of his car. It was allegedly declared as Ferrero and Cadbury chocolates. He was also found with an undisclosed amount of money. The package is understood to have […]

For the second consecutive day, the Western Cape has reported the most new COVID-19 cases in the country. This is according to the health department, which reports that over 5 604 new cases and a further 71 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. This represents a positivity rate of 27.2 percent. The majority of new cases came from the Western Cape at 28 percent, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at […]