PRASA Western Cape says it will deploy additional train services across the Cape Town rail network this weekend to support the thousands of runners, spectators, and commuters attending the Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday, 11 April and Sunday, 12 April 2026. More than 30,000 athletes are expected to descend on the Mother City this weekend. Additional trains – Saturday 11 April Additional trains will operate across all lines during the morning
Another murder has taken place in Delft within 24 hours. A 58-year-old woman was shot and killed in a home on Silversands Road in Leiden on Thursday night, at around 20:30. “Police members attended to the crime scene where they found the victim in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to her head,” read the police statement on the incident, noting that she was declared deceased on the scene. Witnesses tell police
The Cape Town Central police registered a culpable homicide case for investigation following an accident in District Six on Tuesday, involving a Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) student. According to Police Sergeant Wesley Twigg, the accident, which occurred on the corner of Tennant and Hanover Streets, claimed the life of the 19-year-old female. Spokesperson for the university, Lauren Kansley, confirmed that the teenager was a registered first-year student at the District
Police in Gqeberha are searching for a suspect who managed to escape arrest after a large quantity of drugs was discovered during an operation in Cotswold. Members of the Mount Road South African Police Service (SAPS) were conducting routine patrols in Woodpecker Street yesterday when they were flagged down by a private security company. Police spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana says the suspect, a foreign national, was previously searched by the security officers after
ActionSA MP Dereleen James has been criticised for broadcasting an alleged drug den raid in Lentegeur to Facebook last night, during which young children were identified, with an official SAPS investigation launched. The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) prohibits the publication of any children’s images without the consent of a parent or legal guardian. This is further supported by the Children’s Act. In a strongly worded statement, Bonteheuwel Ward councillor Angus
