Cape Town residents have until 8 June 2026 to comment on the City’s draft Road Safety Strategy, as officials seek public input on plans to make the city’s roads safer. The City’s Urban Mobility Directorate said this is part of an updated strategy intended to reduce accidents and loss of life, with a greater focus on pedestrians, cyclists, public transport users and schoolchildren. The draft strategy replaces the City’s previous Road Safety Strategy, which covered the period up to
The Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) says the recent weather conditions have placed severe pressure on the service, as it was unable to collect the required number of blood units due to disruptions caused by severe weather, which led to the cancellation or reduction of several donation sessions. “The Level 8 weather warning has added additional pressure to an already vulnerable blood supply. Several blood donation clinics were cancelled or temporarily closed on
Donation drop-off points are now open in Cape Town. The City of Cape Town has made some of its fire stations available for this. At the same time, there have also been other humanitarian organisations, who are also calling on people willing to assist, to contact them. “If every man helps his neighbour, then who will need help?” – Mustadafin Foundation Donation drop-off points are now open The spokesperson for the
This morning we got talking about social media and the questionable videos that sometimes pop up on our feeds. While it’s true that you are partially responsible for the type of content you see, one does wonder if there’s more to it. We caught up with tech expert and speaker Brendon Petersen from Reframed to find out a bit more about social media algorithms.
Commuters travelling on the MyCiTi D01 route between Khayelitsha and the Civic Centre station can expect to see some temporary changes as the City of Cape Town begins refurbishing the fleet operating on the busy N2 Express service. The City has leased 14 buses to ensure services continue uninterrupted while the refurbishment programme takes place over the next three months. The temporary buses officially entered service on Monday, 11 May 2026. According
