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More than 3,300 calls for help over the long weekend in Cape Town

Posted by Caitlin Maledo on  12 August 2026
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    The City of Cape Town’s Public Emergency Communication Centre (PECC) logged more than 3,380 calls for assistance over the long weekend.     PECC recorded calls for assistance for 93 cases of domestic violence, 174 cases of physical assault, and 148 cases of road accidents – in which pedestrians were involved in 33 of those incidents.     In the week before the long weekend, the number of physical assault cases recorded was the same, while domestic

Future 50: Vula Medical

Posted by Mileanne Kabwe on  12 August 2026
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  On Future 50, we profile Vula Medical.   Awarded App of the Year and the award for Best Health Solution at the 2025 FNB App of the Year Awards, Vula Medical harnesses innovation and technology to strengthen healthcare, making it easier for professionals to connect, refer, and deliver better patient care.     1 of 5       Listen to their inspiring story here.   Content hosted by iono.fm   Powered by FNB
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Next areas for electricity meter replacement programme

Posted by Liesl Smit on  12 August 2026
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  The City’s compulsory electricity meter replacement programme has moved on to the Southern Suburbs for residential customers. It will be active in areas such as Claremont, Kenilworth, Wynberg, Bishops Court, Constantia, Plumstead, Southfield and Diep River over the next few months until December.   City teams are also deployed across the city to assist commercial customers. This initiative replaces old credit meters with prepaid meters and some old prepaid meters with new smart prepaid

Foreign nationals still attempting to enter SA illegally

Posted by Caitlin Maledo on  12 August 2026
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    Despite mass deportations and repatriations of foreign nationals in South Africa between April and July, thousands still tried to enter the country illegally.   The Border Management Authority’s Dr Michael Masiapato said teams managed to intercept more than 4,229 individuals trying to enter the country illegally.   He told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on Tuesday that the majority of individuals came from Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Mozambique.   “As we have been
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City gets final interdict against MyCiTi Phase 2A extortionists

Posted by Liesl Smit on  11 August 2026
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  The Western Cape High Court has granted a final interdict in the City of Cape Town’s favour to protect the MyCiTi Cape Flats route expansion project from extortion.   The final interdict was granted last week, and it applies to individuals and business groupings (Don Sikhundla, Senzo Ntlaka, the Philippi Business Forum, and the Crossroads Business Forum) accused of unlawfully interfering with the project along Govan Mbeki Road in Philippi and elsewhere along the