Find and keep some sustainable financial habits to help you achieve your financial goals in 2025. This is some of the advice given to many at the start of the year. According to the Product Head at FNB Integrated Advice, Ester Ochse, as we enter the new year, many South Africans reflect on their financial resolutions and set new goals. Find and keep some sustainable financial habits to help you achieve your
Cape Town has claimed the top spot on Time Out’s annual list of the Best Cities in the World, announced on January 15, 2025. This is the latest in a string of accolades for the Mother City, which triumphed with high scores for its natural beauty, vibrant culture, and thriving food scene, moving up from its second-place ranking last year. ALSO READ: Africa’s Best Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant is in Cape Town
What a way to start the year! Someone has gone into the middle of January with an extra R50 000. Nikolai Schwartzkopff from Table View correctly identified Ryan’s R50 000 Noise as a VHS tape being inserted into a VCR. If you’re not convinced here is a video of Ryan recording the noise. https://smilefm.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Ryans-R50K-Noise-7-2024-REVEAL.mp4
Celebrations erupted at the Joe Slovo Secondary School in Khayelitsha yesterday, as it was announced that the school achieved a 99,3% Matric pass rate for 2024, after obtaining a 37% pass rate in 2021. Dubbed Cape Town’s most improved school, Joe Slovo’s Principal, teachers, the Class of 2024 and the new Grade 12 cohort for 2025, gathered at the school premises, where joyful scenes erupted as the school’s amazing turn-around became clear.
The Nyanga Community Policing Forum has reacted with shock and outrage following a shooting at the area’s public transport interchange. The shootout claimed the life of one security guard and left seven others wounded. The incident – which is reportedly linked to a brewing taxi war – happened on Tuesday morning. 19 Security guards have since been taken in for questioning, with no arrests at this stage. Western Cape Police Detectives combed
