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Over 200 social housing opportunities expected in CPT soon

Good news! Construction at the Maitland Mews Social Housing project will be completed at the end of March this year. The first group of tenants are expected to take occupancy in the first quarter of the 2023/24 financial year. According to Provincial Infrastructure Minister Tertuis Simmers, this development will deliver 204 social housing opportunities. However, it is earmarked to benefit those with a household income of between R1 850 – […]

11 February 2023

Local

CPT emergency center reports increase in trauma, assault cases

LOCAL The City of Cape Town’s Emergency Centre says there has been a notable increase in trauma and assault cases over the past few weeks. Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says the overall spiked from just over 1700 to 1900. Smith says there have also been increases in the number of domestic violence calls. “We tend to see an increase in these categories as we near […]

27 September 2022

Local

CPT communities demand the removal of Steenberg police station management

LOCAL Several Cape Town communities are demanding the removal of the Steenberg police station’s management team, alleging that they are doing nothing to stop violence including the murder of family members in the area. A group of residents from the neighbourhoods of Lavender Hill, Hillview, Cafda, Retreat, Seawinds and Steenberg marched to the local police station on Thursday to demand the replacement of station management by next week Monday. Lucinda Evans, […]

8 July 2022

Local

CPT police investigate triple murder in Delft

LOCAL Three people have been shot and killed in Delft on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Andre Traut, says the bodies of two men and a woman were discovered in a shack in an informal settlement in the area. Traut says the motive for the murders are unclear at this stage. No arrests have been made. Police have asked members of the public to come forward with information to assist […]

24 June 2022

Local

WC suspects arrested for drug possession, inclu over R2m worth destined for CPT

A 53-year-old suspect caught with over R2 million worth of drugs is expected in a Laingsburg court today. According to police, officers searched a suspicious truck travelling towards Cape Town around 11pm last night. Over 60 kgs of dagga and 39 000 mandrax tablets wrapped in plastic bags were uncovered and the driver subsequently arrested. "The vigilant traffic officials were strategically deployed near Laingsburg on the N1 when they stopped […]

3 November 2021

News

Mom who abducted three children to CPT in SA told to have them back in Thailand by August 20

COMMUNITY A mother who abducted her three children from Thailand has until August 20 to send them back after the Supreme Court of Appeal rejected her last-ditch bid to keep them in Cape Town. The SA woman has spent two years trying to keep her 12-year-old daughter and 8-year-old twins — a boy and a girl — away from their British father, who lives in Thailand. In July 2019, a […]

7 August 2021

News

Dept’s working to assist CT residents affected by WC storm

Various departments are, on Wednesday, working to assist residents of Cape Town affected by the cold fronts hitting the Western Cape. A storm made landfall on Sunday evening, prompting weather warnings of heavy downpours and wind gusts of up to 140 km/h. The strong winds have damaged properties in numerous areas, while roads and homes have been flooded across the City. The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management says […]

1 July 2021

Local

CPT, Pretoria to access full train services in November

Train commuters in Pretoria and Cape Town should be able to access full train services again in November. That is if the Passenger Rail Agency (PRASA) meets its deadline to restore services. The Mabopane-Pretoria corridor is currently running on limited services due to cable theft during the hard lockdown. Part of Cape Town’s central line has been suspended since 2019, and an informal settlement has mushroomed on the tracks. Cable […]

10 June 2021

Local

NPO aims to supply medical grade PPEs for non-hospital based healthcare workers

A Cape Town-based non-profit initiative hopes to get more medical grade Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to non-hospital based healthcare workers as coronavirus infections rise and a third wave of the pandemic looms. A group of family doctors started Masks for Medics and have to date raised funds to supply masks, gowns, gloves and sanitisers to over 300 institutions. Masks for Medics are now aiming to include more frontline workers at […]

2 June 2021

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