A young boy from Gordon’s Bay is warming hearts across the Mother City with his selflessness.

9 year old Joshua Roos, who lives with his grandmother Manda Roos, recently started a soup kitchen and it has since gone from strength to strength.

Manda Roos says one day Joshua came running into her room and told her about his idea.

Roos said she decided to post about the idea on Facebook to try to get donations, as her disability grant would not sustain the idea.

Last year, on Youth Day Joshua said he wanted to have a celebration, and they ended up feeding more than 100 kids.

He is also involved in helping the local old-age home, and last week he made burgers for firefighters.

Listen to this adorable voice note of Joshua that he sent to Smile 90.4 FM:

With his family fully behind him, we wish Joshua all the best, and hope that he can reach his goal of feeding as many people as possible. Thank you Joshua for making us all feel warm inside!

The Two Oceans Aquarium assembled a team over the weekend to rescue a large ocean sunfish trapped in the Robinson Dry Dock in the V&A Waterfront.

For a sunfish this large the team knew that there would be no way to rescue it without the use of a large crane.

Fortunately, the dry dock team were able to organise a crane operator for the rescue, and we were able to lift the sunfish out of the dry dock and into the harbour basin in the V&A Waterfront.

The full amazing story of the rescue can be found below:

WATCH: Vince Calder and Claire Taylor or the Two Oceans Aquarium guide a trapped sunfish to safety in the #CapeTown harbour. 🌊

Full story here: https://t.co/PtYR7u3RZW #sunfish @VandAWaterfront pic.twitter.com/QT46sntQx8

— Two Oceans Aquarium (@2OceansAquarium) March 4, 2019

The team from the Aquarium will continue monitoring the area to ensure that the sunfish does not become trapped elsewhere in the harbour.

Members of the public are encouraged to contact the Aquarium on +27 (0)21 418 3823 or on any of our social media channels to report sightings of distressed animals in the V&A Waterfront area – or just to ask for more information.

The Department of Transport and Public Works has launched a new project, which encourages road users to#BeTheChange that they want to see on Western Cape roads.

This means all road users must take personal responsibility for their behaviour on the roads so that our roads are safer for everyone.

The Acting Director of Traffic Law Enforcement Vigie Chetty says road users shoild be responsible for their own safety and the safety of every other road user.

 “They can do this by not drinking and driving, by buckling up in the front and back at all times, by not using a cell phone while driving, by driving and walking carefully and considerately, and by always remaining within the speed limit.” 

The good news is that we can all set an example of safe pedestrian, passenger and driver behaviour. Many road users, especially children, learn from the examples they see. If you practice unsafe pedestrian behaviour like jaywalking or walking on freeways, people will see you and may follow your example.

Keep yourself safe. Model good road safety behaviour. This could encourage others to learn good road safety habits. Encourage the people you know to also be responsible road users.

For more information see safelyhome.westerncape.gov.za and or on Facebook and Twitter @WCGovSafelyHome.

https://www.facebook.com/WCGovSafelyHome/posts/775915379455257

South African motorists will be paying 74 cents more per litre of petrol and between 91 and 93 cents more per litre of diesel from Wednesday.

The fuel price announcement for March was made by Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, on Monday morning.

He said the price hikes were mainly due to an increase in international crude oil prices.

The current inland price for a litre of 95 octane unleaded petrol is R14.08. From Wednesday, this will rise to R14.82 per litre.

The increases announced by Radebe include: 

• Petrol (93 Octane, ULP and LRP): 74.00 c/l increase;

• Petrol (95 Octane, ULP and LRP): 74.00 c/l increase;
• Diesel (0.05% sulphur): 91.00 c/l increase;

• Diesel (0.005% sulphur): 93.00 c/l increase;
• Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale): 76.00 c/l increase; and
• Maximum LPGas Retail Price: 101.00 c/kg increase