The Western Cape High Court has ordered the City of Cape Town to halt its planned cuts to the Dial-a-Ride service, a vital transport lifeline for people with severe mobility impairments. The court further instructed the City to immediately restore the service to pre-announcement levels, pending a full legal review of the City’s decision. The order follows an urgent application by the Western Cape Network on Disability and other civil society groups.
Producer Phil is back from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in this exclusive podcast you’ll get to hear about how a radio show is planned and executed. This week Phil tells you about why he’s not feeling as missed as he thought he would be, how he gets to channel his sassiness through callers, and we also cover some of the exciting projects we’re working on right now.
A former police officer, accused of using a fake firearm license to buy a firearm, has been rearrested. Fifty-year-old Busie Linda Dyani, the former media liaison officer for the Mfuleni SAPS, was arrested on Wednesday, for failing to appear in court. A former police officer taken into custody again The original incident she’s accused of took place in 2019. She had allegedly visited a registered arms dealer in Stellenbosch to
Pressure is mounting on the new Western Cape Children’s Commissioner to address child safety, amid ongoing violence affecting the youth. This follows statistics revealed in the Western Cape Parliament earlier this week that 63 children were murdered between April and August this year. Pressure is mounting on the new Western Cape Children’s Commissioner Sarah Helena Roberts was recently appointed as the Western Cape’s new Commissioner for Children. She’s an advocate and
You may remember when we got a visit from grade 6 learner Sancia Paul. She decided to help collect 15000 packs of sanitary pads for underprivileged girls. She reached out to us and Ryan immediately started making some calls. Today he had an update for her. And it was BIG.
