Greenmarket Square will pulse with music, culture, and community spirit on 16 December 2025. This is as Unity On The Square (UOTS) marks its fifth anniversary with a special tribute to one of the Mother City’s most cherished artists, Loukmaan Adams. Loukmaan celebrated his 50th birthday earlier this year. “As I celebrate 50 years of life and over four decades in the arts, it’s incredible to see young talent, women, and communities come alive on
A murder investigation is underway after a 22-year-old woman was found dead in her Fish Hoek home on Echo Road last Friday. Friends reportedly alerted police to her absence. Officers found her body inside the residence that morning. Authorities say the scene is “consistent with a house robbery”, though the investigation is ongoing. Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg confirmed the case, stating simply that a murder docket was
Construction is officially underway on The Granger, a R2-billion mixed-use development set to become Cape Town’s next iconic landmark. Located next to the DHL Stadium in Green Point, the project occupies one of the last major undeveloped sites between the central business district and the Atlantic Seaboard. A sod-turning ceremony on Thursday, 6 November, marked the start of construction, attended by Alderman James Vos, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee
The implementation of a demerit system aimed at quelling bad motorist behaviour has been postponed. The National Transport Department said it’s because some municipalities are not prepared for the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences, otherwise known as AARTO. AARTO aims to change the way road traffic violations are managed, such as with the introduction of a demerit system, which could lead to the suspension of drivers’ licences,
The City of Cape Town has confirmed that only one out of the three suspects that were arrested over the weekend in connection with the death of Metro Police Constable Tyler Lamb will face murder charges. The 30-year-old officer who was part of the newly deployed Neighbourhood Safety Officers (NSOs) died tragically on Friday in Kensington after chasing a suspect in a shooting incident across a roof. READ: City mourning the loss
