# Government has condemned the killing of a Western Cape Tactical Response Team officer, Zamani Mzayiya, who was deployed in Knysna to investigate recent murders, including that of former mayor Aubrey Tsengwa. It has vowed that those responsible will be brought to justice. Government deputy spokesperson William Baloyi urged the public to report criminal activity […]
# The Western Cape Mobility Department says it’s taking action to stop violence on the Khayelitsha-Somerset West public transport route. The department, the City of Cape Town and the taxi industry have agreed to mediation starting on Monday to resolve the conflict. More traffic officers will also patrol the affected areas, while vehicles breaking operating […]
# The Santa Shoebox Project calls on businesses, schools, book clubs and community groups to pledge 20 or more gift boxes for children in need. Celebrating its 20th year, the project aims to deliver 85-thousand boxes this year, with each box containing clothes, toiletries, school supplies, a toy and sweets. The project’s CEO, Deb Zelezniak, […]
# South Africa welcomed nearly one-million international tourists last month, with over 991-thousand visitors recorded. This is a 12.5-percent increase compared to July last year. From January to July, more than 6.5-million international tourists visited the country, up 12.4-percent from the same period last year. Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says the growth is coming […]
# Roadrunning: The marathon world record holder, Sabastian Sawe, has withdrawn from next month’s Berlin Marathon in the German capital. The 31-year-old Kenyan shattered the two-hour barrier when he won the London Marathon in April in one-hour-59-minutes-30 seconds. Berlin would have been his first competition since then, and he was looking forward to the very […]
# The City of Johannesburg has completed a 334-million-rand climate resilience project aimed at reducing flooding and environmental damage. The programme for nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa created one-thousand-500 jobs, restored 489 hectares of land, planted more than 47-thousand trees and removed 664 tonnes of waste from the Jukskei River. The project […]
# Freedom Front Plus says Tshwane mayoral candidate Willie Spies has been sworn in as a councillor on the city’s council. He fills the seat left vacant by Grandi Theunissen, who recently joined the DA. The FF Plus’s Jaco Mulder says the party fully supports Spies in his new role as he prepares to contest […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has criticised the City of Tshwane for paying ten-thousand-rand to value a property in Clubview, in Pretoria, worth five-thousand-600-rand. The FF Plus’s Peter Meijer says the valuation cost almost twice the value of the land and was unnecessary because two municipal departments had already valued the property. Meijer added that […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Mobiliteit sê hy sal stappe doen om geweld op die Khayelitsha-Somerset-Wes openbare taxiroete te beëindig. Die departement, die Stad Kaapstad en die taxibedryf begin Maandag met bemiddeling om die konflik op te los. Meer verkeersbeamptes sal ook die betrokke gebiede patrolleer, terwyl voertuie wat bedryfsreëls oortree, geskut sal word. Muneera […]
