The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service has raised alarms after recording a rise in emergency incidents over the Easter weekend, warning that the figures highlight the growing risks as winter approaches. According to the City, firefighters responded to 298 incidents over the long weekend, slightly up from 277 incidents recorded during the same period last year. While most categories showed a decline, trauma and medical responses increased sharply, rising
NASA has released the first images from its Artemis II mission, showing never-before-seen views of the Moon during a recent crewed flyby. The photos were taken on April 6 as astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen passed over the lunar far side during a seven-hour journey. Among the highlights are detailed images of craters, ancient lava flows and fractures on the Moon’s surface, as well as a rare
Festivities related to the Two Oceans Marathon kick off this week, ahead of the annual running event over the weekend. But first things first: several temporary road closures have been put in place from today (Wednesday) and will be in place until Sunday. Road closures are implemented across Green Point, Sea Point, the Southern Suburbs, Deep South, Chapman’s Peak Drive and False Bay coastal routes. Road closures are not only in place
There’s been public outrage after a video doing the rounds on social media shows private security officers allegedly assaulting a man in the Plattekloof/Panorama region, with police now having launched an investigation into the incident. In the video, which surfaced on Monday, a group of security officers is seen apprehending a man on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Plattekloof Road, with some of them kicking, stomping and hitting him. The video was captured from a restaurant overlooking the road. The
US President Donald Trump has backed down from his threat to eliminate “a whole civilisation” after announcing overnight that there will be an immediate ceasefire in Iran, brokered by Pakistan. Trump says this is on the condition that Iran agrees to allow traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has agreed to the ceasefire, but listed several conditions, including the continuation of Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has
