By Vusuthando Percyvil Dube South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced the 19th annual SA National Parks Week, which will run from 9th – 13th September, with certain national parks extending it until September 15th. During this week, most of the 19 national parks managed by SANParks will offer free entrance. The week will kick off with a celebratory event at Marakele National Park on September 8th. However, citizens seeking […]
LOCAL The City of Cape Town is expected to provide an overview of its safety plan for the festive season on Saturday. Several departments, including emergency response services, execute annual operations to ensure the safety of residents and vistors. Specific areas of focus include road safety, increased patrols around popular destinations like malls, beaches and other public amenities, as well as water and fire safety. While year-end festivities are anticipated […]
The South African National Parks (SANParks) is urging its visitors to be extra vigilant when hiking along the scenic trails in and around Cape Town, following a spate of criminal activity within recent weeks. This includes hikers going missing, being robbed or attacked, as well as visitors committing environmental offences such as littering and sound pollution. Following the discovery of the body of the missing 69-year-old man, SANParks Acting Head […]
The bust of Cecil John Rhodes at Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town was cleaned on Thursday after the head of the bust was chopped off by unknown people earlier this week. The controversial statue made news again this week after SANParks confirmed that the head on the stone sculpture had been cut off sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning. On Thursday, officials could be seen cleaning the area, while […]
The bodies of two abseilers was retrieved from Table Mountain on Tuesday morning. The pair had been climbing "Arrow Final" along with a female companion when they are believed to have fallen from the side of the mountain. South African National Parks [SANParks] Regional Communications Manager, Merle Collins, says that at approximately 17h00 on Monday officials were alerted to an incident on Table Mountain where three people were dangling from […]
Authorities in the Western Cape on Monday expressed their frustration with children entertaining themselves by starting fires during the holiday season. "We sit with the problem of unsupervised and bored children... especially this time of year. They want to see a little bit of excitement, they want to see a helicopter, they want to see firefighting crews. So what do they do – they start fires," Philip Prins from the […]
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.
