The South African National Parks (SANParks) has increased visibility in the Deer Park area of Table Mountain National Park following two separate incidents reported within the past week. According to SANParks, the decision follows incidents on 8 July and 13 July 2026, with the organisation working alongside the South African Police Service (SAPS) as investigations continue. In the first incident, SANParks said a preliminary investigation, together with information obtained from SAPS, found
New data released by the Western Cape Government has revealed that only 17% of applicants passed their learner’s licence test under the province’s new Computerised Learner Licence Testing (CLLT) system during the 2025/26 financial year. The figures show a sharp contrast to the overall provincial learner’s licence pass rate of 63%, which includes tests completed under the previous manual system while the computerised platform was being rolled out. Introduced in May 2025,
Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) has confirmed the suspension of one of its bus drivers following a fatal accident at the corner of Plein and Strand Streets in Cape Town’s CBD earlier this morning. GABS spokesperson Bronwen Dyke-Beyer says the suspension is in line with company policy. “We can confirm the tragic incident this morning in which a female pedestrian was declared deceased on the scene. The exact circumstances are now under
The Steenberg Community Policing Forum (CPF) is appealing to the public to come forward with any information that could assist the South African Police Service (SAPS) as it investigates a shooting incident that left one person dead and three others, including a three-year-old child, wounded on Wednesday. Steenberg police are investigating a murder and three attempted murder cases following an alleged targeted attack on people attending a memorial service in Beethoven Street, Cafda,
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has let it slip that the controversial sale of the Good Hope Centre is no longer set to go to a Nigerian church. Speaking in an interview with community talk station Radio 786, he revealed that the City is now considering the second-highest bidder, a Muslim institution, to acquire the property. Before that revelation, when he was asked whether the City would be reviewing the sale, Hill-Lewis explained
