Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

Social Development Dept reports significant drop in Sassa grant beneficiaries

LOCAL The number of beneficiaries of the social relief of distress grant has dropped. Nearly 7.5 million people are now receiving the grant which was introduced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Social Development Minister and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) updated the media on the relief and top-up grants for orphans. About 10 million unemployed South Africans benefited from the R350 COVID-19 grant. Following the […]

11 October 2022

Local

Stigmatization comes under the microscope on Mental Health Awareness day

LOCAL Stigmatisation remains a leading reason behind people not seeking professional help for mental illnesses. This is according to a Cape Town based mental health counsellor, Claire Williams. She says stigmatisation adds to the burden of mental health disorders, often leading to people opting not to seek professional help. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation reported that 970-million people worldwide suffered from a mental disorder. Just over 300-million […]

11 October 2022

Local

Sanlam CPT Marathon gets a revised route for Marathon Majors candidacy

LOCAL The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, in its 15th year, is a candidate for selection to be part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, alongside six of the largest and most renowned marathons in the world. The candidacy comes with a revised route that will see traffic interruptions in some areas. The 2022 edition of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is expecting approximately 18 000 runners from Cape Town, the rest […]

11 October 2022

Local

COCT conduct feasibility for homeless shelter expansion

LOCAL The City of Cape Town says it is conducting feasibility studies to expand shelters for the homeless, including in Green Point and Muizenberg. To mark World Homelessness Day on Sunday, the City announced a R140 million investment into its transitional Safe Spaces project over the next three years. Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill Lewis explains that homelessness is a complex issue that requires resources such as time, land and […]

11 October 2022

Local

WC to honour law enforcement officials who died in the line of duty

LOCAL Western Cape law enforcement officials who lost their lives in the line of duty this past year will be honoured with a wreath-laying ceremony in Cape Town on Monday. The provincial Mobility Minister, Daylin Mitchell, says relatives of some of the fallen heroes will join him in paying tribute to the officers. Mitchell says it’s one of the most important events on the Transport Month calendar. “This ceremony is […]

10 October 2022

News

COCT issues tender to reward customers who voluntarily turn off power

LOCAL The City of Cape Town is working to initiate a reward system for residents and businesses who voluntarily have their power turned off, to conserve electricity. It comes as Eskom plunged South Africans back into Stage 4 loadshedding on Tuesday evening, citing the tripping of a generation unit each at Kendal power station in Mpumalanga and Lethabo power station in the Free State. Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan appointed […]

5 October 2022

News

Requests made for Transport minister to appoint working committee on the devolution of urban rail functions

LOCAL Cape Town mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has formally invited minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, to assemble a working committee on the devolution of urban rail functions. This follows Mbalula's remarks that the City of Cape Town is ‘leading the way’ in the devolution of passenger rail in South Africa. Mbalula had responded to a question by DA Shadow Minister of Transport, Chris Hunsinger, wherein he agreed that the devolution of […]

5 October 2022

News

Education Minister says new curriculum to be fully implemented by 2025

LOCAL Minister Angie Motshekga confirmed on Tuesday that the Department of Basic Education has finalised curriculum changes as part of efforts to prepare pupils to meaningfully participate in the economy. She was speaking at the South African Democratic Teachers Union’s national general council meeting in Kempton Park, Gauteng. According to Motshekga, this includes the introduction of robotics and coding in public schools. As many as 38 new subjects are due […]

5 October 2022

Local

Court fines CPT man who used animals to beg at traffic lights

LOCAL The Cape Town Magistrate’s Court has fined the man who has been attempting to trade well-kept puppies at local traffic lights. The SPCA earlier called on the public to help locate Selwyn Taylor, who has since been found guilty of animal cruelty, obstruction, assault and using animals to beg for money. He was handed a R1000 fine or 30-days imprisonment, with a further three-year suspended sentence. The SPCA is […]

3 October 2022

Tauhierah Salie

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