As the matric class of 2025 gears up for formal matric rage events and “pen-down” parties, Western Cape Education MEC David Maynier is urging learners to celebrate responsibly. “We encourage all matrics attending these events to familiarise themselves with the safety measures at the event itself, and the relevant local emergency phone numbers.” He warned learners not to let the excitement of the moment cloud their judgement, reminding them how easily safety
SA’s world wingsuit champion Jean Jacques Wallis identified as paraglider killed on Lion’s Head
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World-renowned wingsuit pilot and South African world champion paraglider Jean Jacques Wallis has been identified as the flyer who died in a paragliding crash on Lion’s Head on Tuesday. Wallis (35), one of the fastest wingsuit pilots on the international extreme-sports circuit, was fatally injured after crashing into the mountain while test-flying a Flare Moustache parakite, a new, highly responsive hybrid wing designed for strong-wind coastal soaring and high-speed flight. The South
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will continue to participate as a full member of the G20, despite US President Donald Trump announcing overnight that he will not invite Ramaphosa to attend next year’s gathering in Miami, Florida. In a post on Truth Social late yesterday, Trump blasted South Africa for failing to formally hand over the G20 Presidency to the US at the end of the Leaders’ Summit. The handover was only
US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his unfounded views on South Africa, and in an angry note on social media, said that South Africa, a founding member of the G20, will not be invited to the next gathering in Miami, Florida, next year. Trump refused to attend the G20 in Johannesburg, and he also refused to send anyone from his government, although American business did attend the B20. In a
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate has applied for an urgent court interdict against a group accused of attempting to remove a legally appointed security company at the newly built MyCiTi depots along Spine Road between Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain. The City claims the group forcibly removed the official security service from the site on Monday and threatened to disrupt operations or damage property if their demands were not met.
