Western Cape Minister of Mobility, Isaac Sileku, has unveiled new pedestrian safety signage at the League of Friends of the Blind (LOFOB) in Grassy Park this week. According to the department, this initiative, launched on Tuesday, is aimed at improving accessibility and safety for visually impaired pedestrians in the community. The Western Cape Mobility Department’s initiative was done in partnership with the South African Police Service (SAPS), City of Cape Town Traffic
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has lauded the efforts of local Good Samaritans who helped save the life of a 10-year-old child in Sea Point on Thursday afternoon. The NSRI and City of Cape Town Rescue Services responded to the scene at Rocklands Beach shortly before 5 PM, as bystanders were already busy with resuscitation efforts of the boy. The child was conscious and breathing spontaneously but with difficulty. The child
The urgent court application brought by the taxi association, CODETA, to interdict taxi route closures in parts of Cape Town has been dismissed. This means the existing taxi route closures, implemented last month, will remain in place. CODETA challenged the route closures of some routes and ranks between Khayelitsha, Mfuleni and Somerset West, claiming that they were suffering losses as a result. ALSO READ: CODETA goes to court over taxi route closure
The family of 4-year-old Qadir Boer and the community of Hanover Park are in deep mourning after his senseless killing near his home on Wednesday. The little boy, who was playing outside in Moray Court, was hit by stray bullets and died in the hospital early on Thursday morning. Two 17-year-old suspects were arrested shortly after the shooting and are facing charges of murder. The boy’s uncle, Abduragmaan Boer, told the
Emma Shortis, RMIT University […]we took the freedom of speech away. We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military[…] They’re poisoning the blood of our country. Stand back and stand by. The president has been saying it out loud all along. During his first administration, in 2019, US President Donald Trump said the Constitution gave him “the right to do whatever I want”. Five years later,
