The Western Cape Government has affirmed that, from Wednesday, 17 September 2025, several mini-bus taxi routes in the Cape Town metro will be closed for a period of 30 days in response to ongoing violence in the industry. This, despite last-minute calls on the Mobility MEC, Isaac Sileku, to revise his decision. Cosatu in the Western Cape strongly condemned the decision, echoing the view of taxi organisations that it will severely disrupt the
Police have confirmed that a three-year-old girl, Jermica Andrews, who went missing last week with 17-year-old Zoe Joshua from Elsies River, was found safe and unharmed in Kleinvlei on Tuesday morning, 16 September and has since been reunited with her family. However, the search for Zoe continues. According to police, Zoe left home on Thursday, 11 September, taking Jermica with her without informing anyone. It is not known why or how
Tributes are pouring in following the tragic passing of two sisters from Johannesburg, while a third sister was injured, following a serious crash in the Klein Karoo near Britsdown and Victoria West in the Northern Cape on Saturday night. The three Moodley sisters, Storm, Connor and Cassidy, were on their way back home after they attended their cousin’s university graduation in Cape Town, when the accident happened. The 23-year-old Cassidy and 25-year-old
The City of Cape Town, together with the South African Police Service (SAPS), is working to track down suspects linked to an attempted cable theft in Hanover Park on Sunday that left parts of the community without power. According to the City, the incident occurred when suspects allegedly tried to steal electricity infrastructure, sparking an outage in the area. One of the suspects sustained serious burn wounds during the attempt and was
Nyanga police are investigating at least four murders, and one attempted murder, following shooting incidents in the precinct since last Wednesday night, 10 September. At least three of these incidents are related to the ongoing taxi conflict. In the first in the string of shootings, a 61-year-old man, reportedly CATA’s first deputy chairperson Mnikeli Mgope, was shot and fatally wounded at the Nyanga taxi rank at about 20:10 on Wednesday. Police members
