Philippi East police have registered a culpable homicide case for investigation following a fatal crash between a Golden Arrow bus and a minibus taxi on Monday morning. According to Golden Arrow Bus Services spokesperson Bronwen Dyke-Beyer, it is believed that the driver of the taxi jumped a red traffic light on Sheffield Road, Philippi East, causing the taxi to collide with the bus. The crash led to the death of the taxi
There’s been another mass murder in Cape Town. Police have confirmed that four men have been killed in Muizenberg, early this morning. Colonel Andrè Traut says the murders occurred in Overcome Heights. He says that detectives attached to the Anti-Gang Unit are working around-the-clock, to determine the events that led to the incident. There’s been another mass murder in Cape Town Colonel Traut added that at approximately 05:30, the bodies of
The Athlone Police have registered a case of public violence for investigation following protest action at the College of Cape Town in Crawford on Tuesday morning. According to police reports, approximately 150 disgruntled learners staged a protest in Kromboom Road in front of an institute of learning. The learners allegedly used different objects to block the roads and started a fire to prevent community members from using the entrance to the institute.
The City has announced that it has Gazetted the revised Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL), which is set to make it easier to build and develop affordable housing in the City. The new land-use right will enable micro-developers to fast-track the building of affordable rental units in identified neighbourhoods with the highest demand. This will be effective as of 1 September 2025. The City says this will mean more people can move out
This past weekend ended on a high note for the Metro Police when officers seized more than four kilograms of dagga in Fisantekraal on Saturday, 9 August. Officers received information about drugs being kept at a house. On arrival, the owner of the house permitted officers to search the premises. They found a black bag filled with dagga weighing 3,39 kilograms, a 221 gram parcel of dagga, 92 bankies and 93 dagga
