Premier Alan Winde and the Provincial MEC of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, launched the Western Cape’s largest inner-city housing development in Cape Town on Friday, 25 July. Dubbed Founders Garden, the R2 billion development will consist of approximately 1476 social housing residential units and approximately 1162 open market units, bringing the total to over 2630 units. The site is situated right next to the iconic Artscape Theatre Centre. The high-rise development is
Another South African woman has been attacked on a cruise ship in the Bahamas. The Royal Bahamas Police Force reported on Friday that a 35-year-old South African crew member onboard ‘The Icon of The Seas’ jumped overboard on Thursday, 24 July, in the waters off San Salvador, after allegedly stabbing his 28-year-old female coworker, who is also South African. The woman sustained multiple stab wounds, but was treated by onboard medical staff
The Office of the Provincial Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile announced on Saturday morning that yet-to-be-tested information has led police officers back to Saldanha as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Joshlin Smith. Patekile had made it clear during the conviction and sentencing of Joshlin’s three traffickers in May that the search for the little girl remained a priority for the SAPS. Joshlin disappeared without a trace in February 2024.
Police have launched a manhunt following a deadly shooting in the early hours of Saturday morning in Lower Crossroads, Philippi East, that left three people dead and one injured. According to Western Cape police, detectives from the Serious and Violent Crime Unit are investigating three counts of murder and one of attempted murder after two suspects allegedly posed as police officers before opening fire inside a home in Hankomo Street at around 2
A Khayelitsha couple, accused of the murder of 7-year-old Lolitha Kowa from Kuyasa, has made their first court appearance. It emerged in court that Lolitha may have been raped. The little girl was reported missing by her mother on Tuesday night after she didn’t return from playing at a friend’s house. Her body was found the next morning in Nambuzane Street, not far from her home. One of the accused
