The National Disaster Management Centre has classified the ongoing drought and the possible large-scale interruption of water supply in parts of South Africa as a national disaster. Head of the Centre, Dr Elias Sithole, made the declaration in terms of the Disaster Management Act, citing the serious risk to life and essential services in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape. The classification places responsibility on the National Executive to coordinate
Traffic officers conducting a scholar transport law enforcement operation in Cape Town have discovered 49 children travelling in a single minibus taxi on Wednesday morning. According to City of Cape Town Traffic spokesperson Kevin Jacobs, officers attached to the City’s Transport Enforcement Unit made the discovery outside a primary school in Mitchells Plain. “Officers attached to the City’s Transport Enforcement Unit were stunned when 49 children poured out of a taxi during a
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has not ruled out that he may well decide to contest the DA’s leadership position in April, but he has emphasised that he has yet to make a firm decision on the matter. Hill-Lewis’s name has popped up in numerous reports as the frontrunner to take over from John Steenhuisen, and the Mayor confirmed on X on Thursday morning that he has been approached by many party members
Six of the learners at Milnerton High, facing charges in connection with the alleged assault of a fellow learner, will be expelled from the school. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) confirmed that the decision to expel the learners follows an internal disciplinary process at the school, which was reviewed and supported at a departmental level. “The Head of Department has upheld the recommendation by the school governing body of Milnerton High School to expel 6 learners from the school
South Africa will remain eligible for duty-free access to the United States market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), following the programme’s reauthorisation until 31 December 2026. US President Donald Trump signed legislation extending AGOA on Tuesday, 3 February, with the renewal applied retroactively from 30 September 2025, when the previous arrangement lapsed. AGOA allows qualifying sub-Saharan African countries to export more than 1 800 products to the US without paying
