Police with smoke grenades trying to intimidate protesters and gang groups are doing nothing and just angering protesters, says a resident of the Bishop Lavis area in the Western Cape. Then rubber bullets were used, and the gangs laughed at the police and fired back with live ammunition. Then the army soldiers and the hope..
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SANDF Deployment does not stop gang violence in Western Cape – ANC regime does not have ability to take control over crime
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Human trafficking a fast-growing industry – Horrors of human trafficking hit CPUT as students are warned to stay alert
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Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students are warned to stay vigilant, as possible sex traffickers allegedly tried to strike at its District Six campus. According to the Weekend Argus, CPUT experienced an attempted abduction of a student, at its District Six Campus. It is reported that the student was walking out of the campus..
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Verenigde Vryheidsalliansie vra dat Wes-Kaap nie meer deel moet wees van SA
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AS DIE Verenigde Vryheidsalliansie (VVA) sy sin kry, is die Wes-Kaap een van die dae nie meer deel van Suid-Afrika nie. Nee, die VVA is nie ’n modern times vlieënde piering nie. Hy is ’n organisasie wat hom al die afgelope ag jaar daarvoor beywer om die Wes-Kaap en ander dele van die land af..
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Wes-Kaap herstel na erge droogte – damme se gemiddelde inhoud behaal 82%
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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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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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Damvlakke in Wes-Kaap bereik rekord hoogte na vier jaar se droogte
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Die hoofopgaardamme vir die Kaapstadse metropool is gemiddeld naby aan 80% vol. Die gemiddelde vlakke van die Wes-Kaap se damme is die hoogste wat dit in vier jaar was – en nóg reën is op pad. Een van die damme wat die beste gestyg het, is die Theewaterskloofdam wat presies twee jaar gelede slegs 22%..
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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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