The Western Cape Mobility Department has recorded a 14% drop in road traffic deaths over the Easter period this year. Mobility MEC Isaac Silkeu says this is thanks to increased visible traffic policing and stricter enforcement. Traffic officers had a busy week, stopping and checking 44,555 vehicles and making 149 arrests, including 108 for driving under the influence. Sadly, 19 people lost their lives on the province’s roads, compared to 22 during the same
For many residents of Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay, access to safe and reliable sanitation has long been a daily struggle. But that reality is beginning to change, as a R1.8 million investment brings not just infrastructure but also renewed dignity and hope to the community. The City of Cape Town has recently handed over 110 new full-flush toilets and 34 taps, transforming access to basic services for hundreds of households. For residents
Dagga with an estimated street value of over R1 million was seized in the Northern Cape over the weekend. In a determined effort to keep drugs off South African streets, police in Colesberg have made a significant breakthrough. Their relentless vigilance paid off early on Sunday morning, when a routine tip-off led to a major drug bust. The South African Police Service (SAPS) says members received information from a bus company in
Gun violence continues to escalate on the Cape Flats, despite the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). Local authorities had their hands full this long weekend, as several gun-related incidents were reported across the Cape Flats. An unknown man was gunned down in Eastridge, Mitchells Plain, last night. In an unrelated incident, the body of an unidentified man was found in the Town Centre earlier this morning. The circumstances
er Disclaimer: Due to descriptions of cruelty The Cape of Good Hope SPCA seeks witnesses after a deliberate, sustained act of cruelty leaves a mother dog dead in a Brown’s Farm canal. A female dog recovered barely alive from a canal in Brown’s Farm, Philippi, died because someone made a series of deliberate choices: to twist a length of wire around her neck in two places, to carry her to a litter-strewn, filthy
