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    Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, has called on community safety structures to support the City’s draft budget for the 2025/26 financial year. With a strong focus on getting more boots on the ground, the draft budget proposes investments for safety, security and to improve the City’s response to crime and emergencies.   Metro police for every ward   For the first time, Smith has suggested that every

  The budget process in South Africa is a critical function of Parliament, ensuring that government spending aligns with national priorities while maintaining accountability and transparency.   Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana may have tabled the budget, but there is still a way to go before it is approved, due to parties in the Government of National Unity disagreeing over its contents.   ALSO READ: Budget 2025: VAT increases proposed as the DA says it will

  It’s that time of the year again when City Libraries grant clemency to book borrowers who have overdue items at home.   The City’s Library and Information Service has invited all residents to celebrate South African Library Week 2025 from 17 to 23 March, featuring a golden opportunity to return overdue items during Fine Free Week, no penalties and no questions asked.   The City says there are over 40,000 missing items it wants

  Bail Fund will address the “injustice of being detained simply because of poverty”   By Liezl Human   About 2,600 people have been granted bail but cannot afford it. A fund to help those who cannot afford bail will be trialled in a pilot project led by the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services and the Bertha Centre. Research by Advocates for Human Rights at Harvard Law School points to international examples of projects that

  Macassar Police has opened a case docket under the Animal Cruelty Act after a 4-year-old child was attacked by a pit bull in the area last week.   According to police reports, the boy was visiting at the residence of a guardian near Chris Hani Park with his grandmother on Wednesday, when the dog attacked and seriously injured him at about 16:00.   It is alleged that community members heard the commotion in the