The temperatures may be dropping, but your weekend soundtrack is heating up! This weekend we’re serving up the warmest, feel-good tunes with Beanies & Scarves Weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, from 9 AM, we’re celebrating winter comforts, paired with a playlist guaranteed to warm you inside and out. Expect songs that feel like sunshine on your skin – even if you’re sipping hot chocolate in your PJs and slippers – we’ve got
Metrorail Western Cape are investigating an incident that occurred at the level crossing at Philippi Train Station on the Central line on Wednesday morning. Reports from the crew are that the train driver saw a car near the level crossing as the train was approaching, and he sounded a warning horn. But despite the warning horn, the driver of the car proceeded onto the level crossing, resulting in the train hitting the
Caryn Dolley is an award-winning journalist and author based in Cape Town. For close to two decades she has extensively covered organised crime in the country. Through her work, she’s exposed how South Africa fits into global criminal networks, how gangsters appear to have infiltrated aspects of private security, and how politics, rogue intelligence, and state corruption seem to intertwine. Caryn’s latest work on The Daily Maverick covers what late cop André Lincoln’s funeral may
The fatal shooting of three people in Lentegeur, including an e-hailing driver, has sparked outrage among community leaders, who are demanding swift justice and decisive action against gang violence on the Cape Flats. The victims were gunned down at approximately 11:10 on Tuesday at the intersection of Merrydale Avenue and Highlands Drive. READ MORE: Gang shooting in Lentegeur claims three lives Michael Jacobs, chairperson of the Lentegeur Community Police Forum
Disaster Management officials are on standby. This is as several days of cold and wet weather are predicted for the remainder of this week and next week. Local Government, Environmental Affairs, and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell has urged residents to be safe during the winter season. MEC Bredell, “We appeal to the public not to litter or dump in stormwater drains, as this will stop the water from draining away
