Ke Dezemba is here — and this weekend, Smile FM is turning up the summer feeling. Whether you’re hitting the open road, chasing sunshine, or meeting up with your favourite people, we’ve put together the perfect playlist for the start of Cape Town’s happiest season. From road-trip anthems to big-smile summer hits, it’s two days of music designed to make every moment feel like the holiday has officially begun. It’s A
We know it’s stressful in the mornings. The school run is hectic and all you want is to catch your breath before work. Coupled with that, the end of the year is creeping up and you’re trying to get your plans in order. So Ryan has decided to introduce a weekly meditation to take the edge off.
Yet another illegal alcohol manufacturing plant has been uncovered in Cape Town, this time in Khayelitsha. On Wednesday, officers attached to the Lingelethu West SAPS were conducting Safer Festive Season operations on Spine Road in Khayelitsha, when a vehicle was stopped and searched during a roadblock. Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said they found boxes of alcohol. “They stopped a silver Hyundai I20 and searched the vehicle. The members found
The City of Cape Town is urging caution and renewed water-saving efforts as local dam levels are about 15% lower than at the same time last year. The main dams supplying water to Cape Town are currently about 79% full, compared to around 96% last summer. Although some parts of the metro experienced good rainfall this year, 2025 has been a below-average rainfall year in our major supply catchments like Wemmershoek. The
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its first-ever guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines to treat obesity, a condition affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide. Obesity contributed to 3.7 million deaths globally in 2024, and the WHO warns the number of people living with the disease could double by 2030 without urgent action. The new guideline marks a significant shift in global health policy. It outlines how GLP-1 therapies,
