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  Strand police are searching for three suspects involved in an armed robbery at a fast food chain restaurant on Gordons Bay Road, Strand, over the weekend. According to reports, an unknown male held a McDonald’s worker at gunpoint while two others demanded the cash registers to be opened.   According to police captain FC Van Wyk, the complainant was reportedly busy helping the fast food deliverers at about 18:45 when she saw one of

    More South Africans than ever are relying on personal and short-term loans to cope with rising living costs, despite an uptick in consumer confidence and some financial relief from the newly introduced two-pot retirement system.   According to DebtBusters’ Q1 2025 Debt Index, a staggering 91% of consumers who applied for debt counselling during the first quarter had a personal loan—an all-time high. In addition, 37% reported taking out one-month or payday loans

    The country’s unemployment rate has increased by 1.0% in the Q1 of 2025. This is an uptick from 31.9% to 32.9%.   Statistics South Africa released the latest figures this morning.   To put this into context, nearly a quarter million South Africans lost their jobs between January and March this year (237 000). This brings the current number of unemployed citizens to 8.228 million.   Following the release of the statistics, the

  Eskom has announced it will implement Stage 2 loadshedding during evening peak periods from today, 13 May at 16:00 until 22:00 on Thursday, 15 May to ensure supply during working days.   The power utility says this decision follows the delayed return of generation units amounting to 3 120MW, as well as an additional loss of 1 385MW in the past 24 hours due to unplanned breakdowns.   The primary reason for this setback

    Cape Town motorists are being offered another opportunity to address their traffic-related affairs, as the City’s Traffic Fine Roadshow returns. Following the success of the previous event in March, the upcoming roadshow takes place in Mitchells Plain this time round. It will be running for six days.   “We continue to be blown away by the level of interest these roadshows generate, and I invite everyone with outstanding fines or warrants to make