Residents, businesses, and stakeholders have until Sunday to provide input on Cape Town’s proposed Mobility and Access Plan for the Central Business District (CBD). The draft plan seeks to create a more efficient, safe, and inclusive transport network in the city centre. The plan proposes a multi-modal approach, combining different forms of transport to improve the CBD’s functionality and support economic growth. Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, says
The man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering eight-year-old Tazné van Wyk in 2020, Moyhdian Pangkaeker, has reportedly died in his cell at the Brandvlei Maximum Centre. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) confirmed that Pangkaeker was discovered by officials on Tuesday. Pangkaeker was serving a life sentence for a number of offences, including seven counts of rape, five counts of assault, five counts of common assault, one count of corpse violation,
Law enforcement employee “voluntarily presented himself to SAPS”, after crash claims toddler’s life
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The City of Cape Town says a man has surrendered to police as authorities investigate the death of three-year-old Khy’ree Jordaan, who was struck by a vehicle in Elsies River. A culpable homicide case was opened on 9 November after the child was hit on Alard Road in Clarke Estate and later died in hospital. It is alleged that the driver, said to be a law enforcement employee, may have been intoxicated at the
The Western Cape has more than 650 GBV ambassadors. As the narrative against GBV becomes a hot topic in the run-up to the start of the 16 Days of Activism campaign, more Western Cape residents have stepped up to make their voices heard. The latest areas to see GBV Ambassador programmes launched in the Province are the Matzikama and Cederberg municipal areas. MEC Jaco Londt says, “We are doing more
In a move to protect consumers from increasingly sophisticated phone-based scams, the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) has launched a new awareness initiative titled the ‘Just Say Goodbye’ campaign. The campaign aims to educate South Africans on how to recognise and respond to such scams. SAFPS spokesperson Andrew Simpson says these scams, known as vishing, involve fraudsters calling victims while pretending to be representatives from banks, financial institutions, cellular companies, insurers,
