Police have shut down yet another illicit liquor manufacturing facility in Cape Town. According to police spokesperson Thembakazi Mpendukana, five people were arrested in the operation on Wednesday, 01 July 2026. Police have shut down yet another illicit liquor manufacturing facility in Cape Town She says members of the Gugulethu Crime Prevention Unit were involved in an intelligence-driven operation when they found the illegal alcohol. Mpendukana says officers had received information about
Preliminary information on the fatal bus crash on the N1 near Touws River suggests that the bus driver tried to avoid colliding with another vehicle. This is according to Simon Zwane, of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), following the accident in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to the Western Cape SAPS, the bus was en route to the Eastern Cape from Cape Town, carrying more than 70 passengers. The incident occurred at around 00:40. SAPS spokesperson Colonel
Premier Alan Winde and Western Cape MEC of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Anroux Marais, have welcomed the appointment of Major General Luyanda Damoyi as the acting Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner. Winde says Damoyi brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge, having served as the Deputy Provincial Commissioner under his predecessor, Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile. Patekile has officially retired from active service, after serving in the SAPS for nearly
Tensions flared in Villiersdorp on Wednesday after a crowd of more than 150 people demanding the removal of foreign nationals turned on businesses, looting at least 18 foreign-owned spaza shops. Western Cape police spokesperson, Captain FC van Wyk, said the gathering began at the Goniwe Park taxi rank, where demonstrators called on police to assist in evicting foreign nationals from the area. ” It was not long after that when the crowd
Cape Town’s dam levels are on average 75% full, with three of the six dams supplying the Mother City with drinking water having breached the 80% mark. Wemmershoek is sitting at 100%. The favourable-looking dam levels follow good early winter rain, but the City has reminded residents that they should continue saving water. Cape Town remains a water-scarce region, and rainfall patterns are unpredictable because of climate change. The City
