With the winter months drawing closer, the City’s Safety and Security Directorate says its Public Emergency Communication Centre (PECC) is bracing for a stream of emergency calls. Over the past three winter periods, the centre has reportedly fielded nearly 240,000 emergency calls. While most of the calls recorded during this time are for medical assistance, the City says there are seasonal changes, too. During the winter months, emergency calls about weather-related impacts,
It’s official! The Lion King has been announced as the movie with the greatest soundtrack of all time. That’s according to Dolby Laboratories who commissioned the research to highlight the vital role music plays in the enjoyment of a film. Music and movies go together like Han Solo & Chewbacca; Betty Rizzo & Danny Zuko; Vetkoek & Paleis…you get the idea. According to the research conducted by Dolby, here are the top movie soundtracks: The
The South African National Parks agency (SANParks) is once again calling on hikers in Cape Town to observe safety guidelines, following two incidents over the weekend where young women were found stranded after dark. SANParks said the first incident occurred on Friday evening, when a group of seven women in their late teens and early twenties were found walking in the dark between Signal Hill and Lion’s Head. SANParks spokesperson, JP Louw,
Two of South Africa’s most vocal opposition parties, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, have launched scathing attacks on the government’s newly gazetted draft regulations that would seemingly enable foreign tech giant Starlink to enter South Africa’s communications sector. Both parties argue the move threatens national security, undermines Black economic empowerment, and represents a broader trend of handing South Africa’s digital future to unaccountable global capital.
Akani Simbine has forgotten how to lose! He clocked 9.95 in a stacked 100m field in Rabat on Sunday night, making it 5 wins from 5 this year! ALSO READ: Simbine continues 100m hot streak with sensational sub-10 win in Atlanta It is also his third Diamond League victory of the season. Simbine finished ahead of Ferdinand Omanyala and Fred Kerley, while Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo finished last.
