The Western Cape has recorded 146 additional deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the province to 7-thousand 336. Currently the Western Cape has 41-thousand 538 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 218-thousand 836 confirmed Covid-19 cases. Meanwhile 79 new healthcare workers started work in various facilities across the metro today.

Eskom says illegal electricity connections, theft and vandalism are slowing efforts to restore power to customers across parts of the Cape Metropole, particularly in...

Children Among 12 Killed in Bus Crash

Smile Staff Reporter - 31 July 2026

Authorities have launched an investigation after a bus travelling from Cape Town to Johannesburg overturned near Trompsburg in the Free State, killing 12 people,...

Members of the National Council on Gender Based Violence and Femicide appointed

Smile Staff Reporter - 31 July 2026

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed members of the National Council on Gender Based Violence and Femicide for a period of three years. This is...

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