The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Portfolio Committee (PC) has endorsed a motion for the devolution of policing powers to the municipality. Policing is central to this motion. At the latest PC meeting on Wednesday, councillors resolved to table the resolution at the next full sitting of Council. The resolution will call on the national government to: Devolve investigative powers to the City for crime categories such as gang-related
Rassie Erasmus has named an exciting Springbok squad. Erasmus named the same 54 players – 9 of whom are uncapped – that attended the second national alignment camp in Cape Town last month in a large training squad for the opening stages of the international season, which kicks off on 28 June against the Barbarians, followed by the Castle Lager Incoming Series. “We were very pleased with the two Springbok alignment camps we hosted, and we are
A learner has been stabbed at a school in Cape Town. The Western Cape Education Department’s Bronagh Hammond says a Grade 8 learner had allegedly stabbed a Grade 10 learner on Tuesday at the Cravenby Combined School. He then reportedly fled the scene. A learner has been stabbed at a school Hammond says the school arranged for immediate medical assistance, and the victim was transported to a hospital. She says the WCED
The City of Cape Town says the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) has not been implemented countrywide or in Cape Town yet, contrary to several reports. Some news outlets reported that the system went fully live today on 5 June. The Road Traffic Infringement Agency has also stated that this is indeed fake news. 
Attention!Fake news alert! It’s important to always verify information before sharing it. Let us please
Attention!Fake news alert! It’s important to always verify information before sharing it. Let us please 
The human remains found about a month ago in Rust De Winter, bordering Limpopo and Gauteng, have been positively linked to those of missing journalist, Aserie Ndlovu and his partner. This follows a search for Ndlovu and Zodwa Mdhluli, after they went missing in February. “The human remains were analysed and matched with the reference sample of the biological relatives of the deceased. A positive DNA match thus confirms that the
