Festive season safety: Additional deployments to Table Mountain, CBD, Bo-Kaap and beaches
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Cape Town has significantly bolstered its safety and security presence for the festive season, with more than 200 newly trained cadets deployed to some of the city’s busiest and most high-risk areas. On Thursday, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, joined cadets from the Safety and Security Directorate’s Project 300 learnership programme, who have been deployed to Table Mountain, the Cape Town CBD, Bo-Kaap and key beaches for the peak
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has rejected accusations by the US State Department that South Africa detained, intimidated and “doxed” US officials during a raid on a facility in Johannesburg that processes applications of Afrikaners who want to become “refugees” in the United States. It comes after the United States warned of ‘severe consequences’ over the raid, demanding that South Africa hold its officials to account. In a statement overnight,
A German national has died during a hike on Lion’s Head. SANParks noted that the man, whose identity has not been made known, slipped from one of the trails on Thursday morning. According to SANParks, emergency services were alerted shortly after the fall and a coordinated rescue and recovery operation was immediately launched. The hiker had, however, died on the scene. “Despite the efforts of all involved, the hiker was
US threatens SA with ‘severe consequences’ over Afrikaner “refugee” processing facility raid
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The US Department of State has released a statement condemning in the “strongest terms” the Department of Home Affairs’ recent operation against a facility in Johannesburg, which processes Afrikaners who want to become “refugees” in America. The State Department maintains that US officials were “detained” during the raid, even amid Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber’s denials on the matter. The US State Department also alleges that the South African government publicly released
With the summer holidays in full swing, the City of Cape Town has reported a strong start to its Identikidz child safety beach programme, with nearly 12 000 children registered in just two days. The free programme, which began at participating beaches on Monday, has already helped reunite 11 lost children with their parents or caregivers. The programme, which aims to keep children safe at some of Cape Town’s busiest beaches during
