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The sweet sounds of the City Hall clock and bell chime are back!

Posted by Merentia Van Der Vent on  1 August 2025
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    The sweet sounds of the City Hall clock and bell chime are back in the Mother City! This follows an absence of 15 years. The famous City Hall clock has now been fully restored.   Mayor Hill-Lewis, says, “A working City Hall clock and chiming bells are a symbol of our pride and heritage as Capetonians.”   The sweet sounds of the City Hall clock and bell chime are back   According to
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Public Prosecutor Gunned Down in Gqeberha

Posted by Smile Staff Reporter on  31 July 2025
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  Eastern Cape police are appealing to the public for information following the fatal shooting of a female public prosecutor in Algoa Park, Gqeberha, on Thursday afternoon.   According to police, the woman had just arrived at her home in Lotton Street, Young Park, at around 15:30 when she was ambushed.   While still seated in her Toyota Etios, a white VW Polo pulled up. Four masked suspects exited the vehicle and opened fire, riddling
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Counterfeit Lego worth R1.5 million seized in Durbanville raid

Posted by Danielle Mentoor on  31 July 2025
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  Counterfeit Lego games valued at R1.5 million were seized during a joint police operation in the Durbanville Industrial area on Wednesday morning.   The operation was led by the Western Cape Provincial Counterfeit and Illicit Goods Policing Team, in collaboration with the Essential Infrastructure Task Team and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), also known as the Hawks.   According to Police Captain Frederick C. van Wyk, a search warrant was executed at
Local Task Team to Combat Human Trafficking Launched

Local Task Team to Combat Human Trafficking Launched

Posted by Merentia Van Der Vent on  31 July 2025
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    A local task team to combat human trafficking has been launched at Cape Town International Airport. This comes as the Western Cape intensified its fight against human trafficking with the official launch of a Local Task Team on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons was also commemorated on 30 July.   This year’s theme: “Human trafficking is organised crime – End the exploitation.”   Local Task Team to
Grammy Award-winning flautist Rakesh Chaurasia heads to Cape Town for the World Premiere Symphony of Bansuri, which will debut at Artscape, blending Indian and Western classical music.

Grammy Award-Winning Flautist Heads to Cape Town

Posted by Merentia Van Der Vent on  31 July 2025
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    Grammy Award-winning flautist Rakesh Chaurasia heads to Cape Town for the World Premiere Symphony of Bansuri, which will debut at Artscape, blending Indian and Western classical music.   “To have an artist of Chaurasia’s calibre performing in Cape Town is a monumental occasion,” says producer Nisaar Pangarker of Inner Circle Entertainment.   Grammy Award-Winning Flautist Rakesh Chaurasia Heads to Cape Town   Cape Town will soon welcome one of the world’s greatest living