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  Western Cape police have launched a manhunt for suspects who shot and killed a police sergeant in Vrygrond on Friday morning.   The body of the 48-year-old officer was discovered outside his home in Thys Witbooi Street at around 5 AM.   He was in uniform and about to leave for work at the Wynberg station.   Provincial police commissioner Thembisile Patekile has expressed his outrage, saying they will spare no resources to find

  Ongoing technical issues at the Molteno Reservoir Pump Station have left several Cape Town suburbs facing low water pressure or no water at all, with repairs taking longer than expected.   READ: Cape Town urges immediate water use reduction amid pump station failure   According to the City of Cape Town, the pump station—serving areas from University Estate to the City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard—was taken offline on Monday, 26 May, following an unexpected

    Two suspects who were caught after they allegedly tried to smuggle an assortment of narcotics from the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court into Pollsmoor Prison will remain in custody pending their next court appearance.   Earlier this week, police responded to an anonymous tip-off that illicit substances were in the holding cells of the Wynberg court. Upon their arrival, they discovered dagga, mandrax, tik, alcohol, xanax pills and more.     Image by Lizell Persens

    Although her convicted kidnappers and traffickers were handed life sentences this morning, little Joslin Smith remains missing.   Judge Nathan Erasmus handed the little girl’s mother Kelly Smith and her two co-accused Steveno van Rhyn and Jacquen Appollis to life imprisonment at the Western Cape High Court’s circuit court in Saldanha Bay this morning.   READ MORE: Joshlin Smith’s human traffickers sentenced to life imprisonment   Erasmus also ordered that their names be

    Parents and caregivers, who have applied for a spot at a Western Cape school for grades R, 1 or 8, will find out where their child will be attending school on Friday. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has advised that the application outcomes for the 2026 school year will be made available on its official admissions system.   This applies to those who applied during the on-time admission window earlier this year.