The Head of Disaster Management in the Western Cape, Colin Deiner, has confirmed that the severe weather experienced over large parts of the province and the country since 4 May has been classified as a National Disaster. Deiner says they received the classification from the National Disaster Risk Management Centre late yesterday, 9 May. Heavy rainfall, flooding, thunderstorms, damaging winds and snowfall have caused widespread destruction, loss of life, damage to infrastructure
By Christina Pitt for Spotlight The Western Cape health department is ramping up its workforce with 800 new frontline posts. After years of austerity and with long lists of vacancies, questions now turn to how soon the new posts will translate into staff on the ground. The Western Cape health department is adding more than 800 staff to frontline and support services in a bid to strengthen a health system in which
Controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and four co-accused are scheduled to stand trial in the Johannesburg High Court from 20 July, facing a range of serious charges linked to alleged organised violent incidents spanning several years. The group faces 25 charges in total, including multiple counts of attempted murder. The charges relate to a series of alleged shooting incidents that reportedly took place between 2022 and 2024. According to the National Prosecuting
The Western Cape Department of Social Development has handed over four specially adapted vehicles to non-profit organisations that support children with disabilities, including Sombambisana Community Development Programme, Agape Family Ministries, De Heide Special Day Care Centre, and the Drakenstein Association for Persons with Disabilities. This comes as thousands of children with disabilities face severe challenges in getting to a care centre without safe and accessible transport, which at times leaves them isolated at
Traders are smiling in Masiphumelele. This follows the opening of a major new informal trading hub in the area. The Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, recently cut the ribbon on the major new informal trading infrastructure at the City’s Masiphumelele Gateway Market. The Mayor says the new informal trading hub connects and serves the communities of Masiphumelele, Kommetjie, Ocean View and surrounds. Traders are smiling in Masiphumelele Also at the
