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ICYMI: All the road closures for the Cape Town Cycle Tour

Posted by Smile Staff Reporter on  6 March 2026
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Category: Lifestyle, News
  With 30,000 cyclists descending on the Mother City this coming Sunday, 8 March, for the Cape Town Cycle Tour, residents are reminded of widespread road closures that will be in place on several routes in the lead-up to the race and on the day.   While minor road closures are in effect from today, Friday 6 March, hard closures will be in place on Saturday, 7 March and Sunday, 8 March 2026, particularly in

A special birthday celebration for Ryan & Success on Ryan’s School Run at Bloubergridge Primary

Posted by Phil de Lange on  6 March 2026
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Category: Breakfast
Ryan’s School Run went to Bloubergridge Primary this morning!     1 of 3 Birthday wishes on a school run Not only did we celebrate Ryan’s School Run with Bloubergridge Primary School, but we also wish Ryan and Success a happy birthday. Ryan celebrates 50 not out and Success had her 37th birthday today! But we couldn’t forget Ricky because he’s always on holiday when his birthday comes around in January. 1 of 4
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Major pet food recall amid salmonella contamination fears

Posted by Liesl Smit on  6 March 2026
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Category: News
  RCL Foods has issued a nationwide recall of certain dry pet food product lines that may be contaminated with Salmonella.   In a statement issued on Thursday, 5 March, the company said the potential contamination occurred in one of its facilities.   RCL Foods explained that following the recent theft of condemned dry pet food that had been sent to a waste management facility in eastern Gauteng for destruction, they instituted further checks on
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Minister Aucamp upholds appeals to support small-scale fishers

Posted by Liesl Smit on  6 March 2026
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Category: News
  The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Willie Aucamp has upheld appeals from small-scale fishing cooperatives in the Traditional Linefish and West Coast Rock Lobster sectors for the 2026/2027 fishing season.   The decision, announced during a media briefing on Thursday, restores 297 standard vessels to the small-scale Traditional Linefish sector after they were previously excluded from the latest Total Allowable Effort (TAE) allocations.   The restoration protects the livelihoods of approximately 10
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Four dead after Delft South gym fire

Posted by Caitlin Maledo on  6 March 2026
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    Four men have died in a makeshift gym that caught fire in Delft South in the early hours of Friday.   The City’s Fire and Rescue Services said they were called to the scene of a fire on Main and Sandelhout Roads just after 03:00, where three structures were alight.   This included a fruit and vegetable stand, the gym and a gas cylinder outlet.   “Crews from Belhar, Landsdowne, Bellville and Mitchell’s Plain were on scene,