# The City of Cape Town has raised concerns about pedestrian safety after 40 pedestrian accidents were recorded over the past weekend. The city’s emergency centre received more than three-thousand-100 calls, including 107 motor vehicle accidents and 178 assault-related incidents. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says traffic officers also arrested 65 […]
# The DA says crime is becoming a growing threat to rural and farming communities in the Western Cape. This follows two incidents in the Cape Winelands over the weekend, including an attack on two residents at a farm along Bottelary Road. The DA’s Benedicta van Minnen says 133 attacks on farmers have been recorded […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says poor infrastructure at Rooigrond Correctional Centre near Mahikeng in North West is putting prison security at risk following the escape of an inmate. The union says the facility has long faced problems including overcrowding, water shortages and damaged infrastructure. Popcru provincial secretary Johannes Dire calls for […]
# The South African National Defence Union is calling for an immediate inquiry into reports involving South African National Defence Force members in Cuba. They were allegedly asked to make voluntary payments of up to 15-thousand-rand from their allowances to help needy Cuban citizens. SANDU’s Pikkie Greeff wants an investigation into who authorised the payments, […]
# The City of Cape Town says Atlantis commuters will benefit from ongoing MyCiTi bus refurbishments and infrastructure upgrades. The project includes refurbishing buses and upgrading 45 temporary stops along the Atlantis, Pella and Mamre routes to permanent stops with modern shelters and improved pedestrian facilities. Mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, has […]
# AfriForum plans to oppose Eskom’s proposed average electricity tariff increase of about 8.8-percent for 2027/2028. The organisation will submit formal objections to the energy regulator, Nersa, arguing that consumers should not have to pay for unnecessary or inefficient costs. AfriForum’s Morné Mostert says consumers are already struggling with rising living costs and high electricity […]
# Cricket: Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has joined the country’s white-ball squad as a specialist mentor while it prepares for next year’s one-day World Cup in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Forty-six-year-old Pieterson, who was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, will be part of coach Brendon McCullum’s coaching group from this month’s T20 and ODI […]
# Krieket: Die snelbouler Gerald Coetzee kry vir die eerste keer in drie jaar die kans om Suid-Afrika te verteenwoordig in die drie eendagwedstryde teen Australië. Hy is ingesluit in die groep van 16 spelers vir die reeks, wat op die 24ste in Durban begin. Die tweede wedstryd word drie dae later op die Wanderers […]
# Krieket: Die voormalige Engelse kaptein Kevin Pietersen het by die land se witbalspan aangesluit as ‘n spesialismentor terwyl die span voorberei vir volgende jaar se eendag-Wêreldbekertoernooi in Suid-Afrika, Namibië en Zimbabwe. Die 46-jarige Pietersen, wat in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, gebore is, sal deel wees van Brendon McCullum se afrigtingspan vir hierdie maand se T20- en […]
