The City of Cape Town's budget for the 2018/2019 financial year was tabled today. The overall budget is 47-point 7 billion rand, much of which will be ploughed in to upgrading informal settlements, improving basic services and fine-tuning the city's plans to address the drought.

Political and law-enforcement leaders have condemned the assassination of Marius van der Merwe, a key witness before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality,...

WHO issues first global guideline on GLP-1 obesity treatments

Smile Staff Reporter - 4 December 2025

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its first-ever guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines to treat obesity, a condition affecting more than...

Scammers target Capetonians’ water accounts

Smile Staff Reporter - 3 December 2025

Cape Town residents are being threatened with water restrictions and or disconnections, in the latest scheme of scammers posing as City officials. The City advised that it was recently alerted to...

The City of Cape Town's budget for the 2018/2019 financial year was tabled today. The overall budget is 47-point 7 billion rand, much of which will be ploughed in to upgrading informal settlements, improving basic services and fine-tuning the city's plans to address the drought.

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