Good rains triggered an earlier-than-usual flowering season in Namaqualand. The breathtaking beauty of Namaqua National Park is beginning to stir once more, as the first flowers of the 2025 bloom season make their colourful debut. Thanks to consistent rainfall since March, paired with chilly weather and bursts of sunshine, conditions have been near-perfect for early germination, especially among daisy species. Good rains triggered an earlier-than-usual flowering season Recent warm periods during late autumn
Team WC brings home gold – again! The Western Cape has once again proven its sporting excellence by being crowned overall champions at the 2025 Winter National School Sport Championships. The competition wrapped up yesterday in Durban. MEC Ricardo Mackenzie said, “Every participant made the choice to show up, commit and give their best – and it paid off!” Team WC brings home gold – again! Team Western Cape delivered a powerhouse
The Springbok match against Italy over the weekend has got tongues wagging after the Bokke deployed several innovations, which have divided rugby commentators yet again. Among the innovations was a kickoff that was deliberately kicked short to lead to a scrum. The Boks also twice deployed a move to create a maul in open play from lifting a player, lineout style, which Erasmus admitted had been copied from a Paul Roos “B”
Police officers attached to the Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit have been praised after the swift arrest of two men, who are believed to be behind a brazen mass murder in Bishop Lavis at the weekend. On Friday, 11 July 2025, at approximately 19:15, gunmen entered a residence in Reenberg Street and opened fire on the victims in a bedroom. The suspects shot and killed two women and two men aged between 27 and
There was a brutal assault on Table Mountain recently and the woman targeted has lost 50% of the vision in one of her eyes. The attack took place two Sundays ago. There was a brutal assault on Table Mountain recently Cape Town Police officers are still looking for the suspect who recently brutally assaulted a mountain hiker on Table Mountain. The woman, who was hiking alone on the Jeep Track on 6
