Die goeie reën van die afgelope maande het die Wes-Kaap uit die wurggreep van ’n erge droogte gekry wat landbouers, toerisme en eiendom agentskappe weer op dreef laat kom. Die droogte wat die ergste is in die afgelope 100 jaar, is in die grootste deel van die provinsie gebreek en opgaardamme se watervlakke is die..
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Wes-Kaap herstel na erge droogte – damme se gemiddelde inhoud behaal 82%
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Residents from 13 communities on the Cape Flats, plan to shut down the entrances and exits of their communities to highlight the shortage of affordable housing opportunities in Cape Town
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The Parkwood area was prominent in the news in May when a number of protests were staged over the lack of housing, a year after backyard dwellers had taken over vacant bits of land off Prince George Drive – ‘We want the land on the other side of the railway line, we want to go..
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Politieke toestand van SA noop eienaars om ontslae te raak van eiendomme in ryk woonbuurte van Kaapstad – pryse daal nou tot 50%
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Eiendomspryse in die ryk woonbuurte van Kaapstad het gedaal met tot 50% van die aanvanklike verkoopsprys. Verkopers in woonbuurte soos Constantia en die by die Atlantiese oseaan het hul pryse tussen 20% en 50% laat daal in ʼn poging om ontslae te raak van die eiendom. Eiendoms makelaars meld dat die effens opwaartse flikkering na..
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Another body discovered this weekend on Table Mountain
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Police in the Western Cape have opened an inquest docket following the discovery of a woman’s body on Table Mountain, spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed on Saturday. The discovery was made on Friday afternoon. The unidentified woman, according to Rwexana, was in her mid-30s. “A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death,”..
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UK Foreign Office issued a warning to visitors of Table Mountain after Ukranian businessman was killed during a hike at tourist hot-spot
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A prominent safety group who monitor crime in the Table Mountain National Park have released a fiery statement on their social media pages, slamming the government and local authorities for failing to protect visitors. Visit Table Mountain at your own risk.” The embittered post was shared on Sunday afternoon, just a day after a Ukranian..
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Western-Cape: 21 shootings; 20 stabbings; and 5 murders occurred this weekend – SANDF presence not making any impact in, Murders increase by 46%
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After two weeks since the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was deployed into the Western Cape to combat rampant crime, it appears that the men in camo have been losing the battle so far. How many murders were recorded in Cape Town this weekend? The province’s Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, revealed that..
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Latest study finds over 6,000 people living on the streets of Cape Town
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According to a study concluded in November 2018, there were 6,175 people living in shelters and on the streets of the City of Cape Town. Most were males between the ages of 26 and 45. The majority lived in central Cape Town, Mitchells Plain and Bellville. Addressing an audience, most of whom were homeless, together..
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Army deployment to the Western Cape to help the police quell gang violence will cost R23.4m
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed the National Assembly that he has employed 1,320 members of the SA National Defence Force for service in cooperation with the police for the prevention and combating of crime and to maintain and preserve law and order in the Western Cape. In the letter, dated July 17, and addressed to..
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Uber bestuurder kop in een mus met misdadigers? – Bolandse gesin word gekaap en besteel In Stellenbosch
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Wat ’n heerlike aand vol pret en plesier moes wees vir ’n ouerpaar en hul twee kinders, ontaard in‘n nagmerrie rit na kapers toeslaan op Uber-taxi in Bolandse dorp Stellenbosch. Die gesin, wat anoniem wil bly uit vrees vir hul lewens, het Vrydagaand ’n geselligheid naby die stadsaal, in Stellenbosch bygewoon. Die pa het omstreeks..
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43 killed in another bloody weekend in Cape Town – 25 were shot and 12 stabbed
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Another bloody weekend in Cape Town saw 43 people being murdered, Premier Alan Winde confirmed on Monday. Provincial forensics services recorded these numbers between Friday night and Monday morning. “[The] SAPS started running a national joint operational and intelligence structure operation on Thursday night in the areas of Philippi, Steenberg and Delft,” Winde said in..
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