# The City of Tshwane’s Forensic Services Division, and Tshwane Metro Police has discovered and exposed an individual posing as a legitimate employee at the city’s Rietvlei Water Treatment Plant. This followed a request from the Office of the Chief Operations Officer to investigate suspicions of identity fraud involving a staff member, under the name Prince. […]
# The City of Cape Town says over the past 12 months, there was a reduction in the number of residential fires and related fatalities. Residential fire statistics for the 2024/2025 financial year, recorded three-thousand-773 informal residential fires and formal residential fires and 166 fatalities across Cape Town. Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says the overall […]
# The Western Cape Education Department says parents of learners who wish to apply for a school transfer for the 2026 school year have until midnight today to apply. Spokesperson Bronagh Hammond says this applies to learners already attending school in Grades 2 to 7, and Grades 9 to 12. She says transfer applications can also be […]
# The University of the Western Cape says doctor Chontrelle Willemse is involved in additional research to outwit cancer. Her latest research involves developing a 3D lab-grown model of the blood-brain barrier. Willemse says they tested how well certain drugs can get through to the brain, and how signals released by spreading cancer cells might weaken or […]
# The Department of Social Development and the Human Sciences Research Council research highlighted compelling evidence that early child support grant access can transform the lives of South Africa’s most vulnerable groups and also children of adolescent mothers. The department’s spokesperson, Bathembu Futshane says the research identified a range of structural and social barriers to timely grant access, […]
# The National Sea Rescue Institute says there are no new developments in the ongoing search along Durban’s North Coast for missing South African Airways and aerobatic pilot Andrew Blackwood-Murray, age 61, from Johannesburg. The institute’s spokesperson, Craig Lambinon says the search and recovery operation, led by Police divers, is ongoing. He says advanced technology and […]
# BOSA is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to declare 16 August Marikana Memorial Day to be commemorated each year in honour of the miners who were killed 13 years ago. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says the president is empowered, through proclamation, to declare any day to be observed and commemorated. He says the 34 […]
# The GOOD Party says lawyers representing opposition parties in the City of Cape Town have written to the Speaker of council, Felicity Purchase. The party says this to demand that the Council meeting scheduled for this coming Thursday, be held in-person in the council chambers, and not online, as was the case with previous […]
# The DA says the South Africa’s healthcare facilities must never be used as political pawns or platforms for undermining the rule of law. The party responded to the ongoing xenophobic campaign led by Operation Dudula and other groups denying migrants access to healthcare. The DA’s Imran Keeka says healthcare is a right for all […]
