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City inviting public comment for Mitchells Plain land sale to expand Christel House school

Posted by Liesl Smit on  18 August 2026
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  The City of Cape Town is inviting public comment on a proposal to sell 5,6 hectares of City-owned land in Mitchells Plain to Christel House South Africa, for the expansion of its zero-fees private school.   The piece of land is located at 80 Seafarer Drive, Strandfontein.   The City says the proposal represents an opportunity to put a significant municipal asset to productive use while supporting greater access to quality education for children

March & March set new deportation deadline as Ramaphosa expresses shame

Posted by Liesl Smit on  18 August 2026
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  The anti-illegal immigration group March and March have set a new deadline of 30 September, demanding the deportation of all undocumented foreign nationals by that date.   A small group of protestors, led by its leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, gathered outside the Durban ICC on Monday, 17 August, where the 46th SADC summit is taking place.   Addressing the crowd, Ngobese-Zuma slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement during a public lecture on Friday, in which he
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Gunman killed in volatile confrontation with police in Robertson

Posted by Caitlin Maledo on  18 August 2026
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    A 40-year-old man, allegedly wielding various firearms, has been killed after a day-long standoff with police in Robertson.    According to the Western Cape SAPS, officers were called out to a farm in De Hoop on Sunday evening after a gunman shot at a neighbour’s vehicle.     Officers then came under fire when they arrived on the scene, with the police’s Tactical Response Team (TRT) called in to defuse the situation.      Police spokesperson Brigadier

UPDATE: Relative arrested for stabbing death of five-year-old girl

Posted by Caitlin Maledo on  17 August 2026
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  Provincial Serious Violent Crime Detectives have made a breakthrough in the murder case of a five-year-old who was murdered on Sunday, 16 August, in Sweet Home, Samora Machel. Police announced on Monday evening that a man and a woman, one of whom is a relative of the girl, have been arrested for the murder.   Police say officers were called to Duinefontein Road on Sunday morning at around 08:20, following the discovery of the
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Sardine die off has no connection to Milnerton Lagoon pollution

Posted by Danielle Mentoor on  17 August 2026
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  The City of Cape Town’s Spatial Planning and Environment Directorate has confirmed that the recent sardine die-off reported along the Western Cape coastline is not connected to the Milnerton Lagoon pollution.   Dead and dying sardines have reportedly been washing ashore at various locations across the province over the past few weeks, stretching from Saldanha Bay on the West Coast to Cape Agulhas on the Cape south coast.   In a statement, the Directorate