By Christina Pitt for Spotlight The Western Cape health department is ramping up its workforce with 800 new frontline posts. After years of austerity and with long lists of vacancies, questions now turn to how soon the new posts will translate into staff on the ground. The Western Cape health department is adding more than 800 staff to frontline and support services in a bid to strengthen a health system in which
Controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and four co-accused are scheduled to stand trial in the Johannesburg High Court from 20 July, facing a range of serious charges linked to alleged organised violent incidents spanning several years. The group faces 25 charges in total, including multiple counts of attempted murder. The charges relate to a series of alleged shooting incidents that reportedly took place between 2022 and 2024. According to the National Prosecuting
The Western Cape Department of Social Development has handed over four specially adapted vehicles to non-profit organisations that support children with disabilities, including Sombambisana Community Development Programme, Agape Family Ministries, De Heide Special Day Care Centre, and the Drakenstein Association for Persons with Disabilities. This comes as thousands of children with disabilities face severe challenges in getting to a care centre without safe and accessible transport, which at times leaves them isolated at
Traders are smiling in Masiphumelele. This follows the opening of a major new informal trading hub in the area. The Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, recently cut the ribbon on the major new informal trading infrastructure at the City’s Masiphumelele Gateway Market. The Mayor says the new informal trading hub connects and serves the communities of Masiphumelele, Kommetjie, Ocean View and surrounds. Traders are smiling in Masiphumelele Also at the
The Western Cape Police have arrested 34 suspects in Vygieskraal, Athlone, on Thursday, linked to murder cases, illegal immigration, the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and the possession of drugs. According to provincial police management, the arrests were made as a result of a high-density operation in the area as a response to heightened criminal activity. According to police constable Ndake Gwala, during the operation, four suspects linked to a murder that
