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Firefighters still battling to contain Garden Route fire
A wildfire in the Garden Route has not yet been completely contained. Crews working overnight have successfully managed to secure…
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Western Cape emergency teams brace for another cold front
Emergency response teams are bracing for another cold front that is expected to hit the Western Cape on Tuesday. This…
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Demolition crews at George building collapse aiming to complete work by Friday
Demolition crews at the collapsed building in George are aiming to complete their work by Friday. The partially completed 42-unit…
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Rescue team turn focus to first floor of toppled George building
Disaster management officers in George have turned their attention to the first floor of the toppled apartment block. According to…
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Disaster management in George building collapse issues appeal for more safety equipment
Disaster management in the Garden Route has issued an appeal for more safety equipment. Hundreds of rescuers on the site…
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George building collapse: Death toll hits 17 with another body recovered
Disaster management in the Garden Route has issued an appeal for more safety equipment. Hundreds of rescuers on the site…
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Praise for sniffer dogs playing crucial role in George building collapse tragedy
Hours after a building under construction collapsed in George on Monday, emergency rescue operations went into action. Eighty-one people were…
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Cape Town man drowns on Good Friday in Mossel Bay
A Cape Town man on holiday along the Garden Route drowned on Good Friday while fishing. The 32-year-old man from…
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Container with alleged dangerous chemicals found, public warned about possible containers adrift
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has urged members of the public along the Garden Route and South Cape coastline…
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76 people died on Western Cape roads since December 1
An update on the mid-festive season road safety has been released by the Western Cape MEC of Mobility, Ricardo Mackenzie…
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Gogo dies, one in hospital & businesses destroyed in Gordon’s Bay spring-tide havoc
A woman was killed and a man was rushed to hospital after a storm surge hit the False Bay coastline,…
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Manhunt launched to track down 2 escapees from George Correctional Centre
The Garden Route police management has assembled a team to track down the two inmates who escaped from the George…
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Heavy rain and hail to hit parts of Western Cape
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued an orange level 6 warning for severe thunderstorms in the Overberg and…
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10-year-old boy drowns at farm dam
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has confirmed the drowning of a 10-year-old boy in the Wilderness. Wilderness is in…
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SAWS issues level 2 warning for disruptive rain in Western Cape
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rain over Langeberg and Garden…
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Concern as census count increases but remains too low in WC
The Western Cape could suffer the loss of R9.7billion, or more than 16% of the provincial equitable share of the…
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SANParks aims to alleviate poverty in Western Cape with community social legacy programme
SANParks has gifted a group of pensioners from Wilderness Heights on the Garden Route with food gardening tools and the…
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Western Cape seeks to have locust problem declared a national disaster
Parts of the Western Cape are being swarmed by locusts. The province’s Agriculture Department has been given R5 million to…
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Concern over number of underage children increasingly perpetrating GBV
The Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) on the Garden Route said it was alarmed at the…
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Rescue teams ask public for help after flooding in the Garden Route
Businesses and members of the public are being called upon to support flood victims in the Garden Route. Teams from…
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Aid arrives for flooded Garden Route
Aid from Gift of the Givers has arrived in the Southern Cape. Many areas have been affected by flash floods.…
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Knysna officials say they have nothing to hide after PP report
Municipal officials in Knysna say they have nothing to hide and are willing to cooperate with any investigations into alleged…
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Man arrested collecting box of drugs from courier firm in Western Cape
An alleged drug dealer’s bold pick up of a consignment of dagga worth nearly R200 000 from a courier company’s…
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COVID-19: Garden Route health authorities worried as cases rise by 95% in last week
The Garden Route district in the Western Cape has seen a 95% increase in COVID-19 cases in the last week.…
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Western Cape sees concerning continued uptick in COVID-19 cases – officials
The Western Cape continues to see a sharp increase in the number of new daily infections and hospitalizations largely driven…
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WC could soon be under siege from Delta variant
The coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in the Cape Town Metro, Garden Route, and Overberg District. Provincial health officials…
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Soldiers deployed to Garden Route beaches to enforce lockdown rules
Police Minister Bheki Cele said soldiers would be deployed to the Garden Route on Wednesday afternoon to help the police…
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Bheki Cele: European beachgoers undermining state’s authority
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the foreign nationals from Europe who were arrested for being in contravention of level 3…
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Beaches still lure many visitors in the Garden Route
Authorities are relying on the cooler weather this morning to dampen people’s urge to visit the beach as part of…
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Soldiers to assist in Garden Route Covid-19 hotspot
Forty soldiers – two groups of 20 each – will arrive in the Garden Route on Tuesday 5 January and…
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WC Premier Winde warns worst of COVID-19 second wave yet to come
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde is warning that the worst of the second wave is yet to come. Provincial infection…
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AfriForum loses court bid to reopen beaches
The North Gauteng High Court has dismissed AfriForum’s application to have the closure of beaches overturned. This after President Cyril…
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DA disappointed by ruling upholding Garden Route beach closures
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said it was disappointed by a ruling upholding beach closures along the Garden Route, but it…
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Dlamini-Zuma: Decision to close beaches doesn’t impact on freedom to trade
Government has maintained that its decision to close certain beaches in hotspot areas as a second wave of Covid-19 infections…
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DA hopes for positive outcome in beach ban case
The Democratic Alliance (DA) remains hopeful that judgement on a challenge to the beach ban will be handed down in…
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South Africans find other ways to cool down after Ramaphosa closes the beaches – Photos
Despite the beaches being closed in the Eastern Cape, Garden Route, and in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africans have found their own…
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Ramaphosa shouldn’t worry about us – Drama as more South Africans occupy rivers and dams for parties
“Police should stay away from rivers and dams as Ramaphosa said nothing about those,” said one citizen. It seems rivers…
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DA and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to square off in court over Cape beach closures
The DA and the national government are set to battle it out in court over the latest Covid-19 regulations which…
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DA wants reasons for beach closures
The DA has extended its deadline for the government to give reasons for closing Eastern Cape and Garden Route beaches.…
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Garden Route disaster management calls on SANDF to help with COVID-19 compliance
The COVID-19 pandemic is cutting a swathe through Garden Route law enforcement, prompting the region’s Disaster Management Centre to plead…
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Life will be normal and the virus will spread, says Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to shut down all beaches in the…
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10% of citizens to accesss COVID-19 vaccine early next year, says Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa said 10% of South Africa’s population would have access to a COVID-19 vaccine early next year. In…
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Health Dept: Western Cape sees a 42% weekly increase of new COVID-19 cases
The Western Cape Health Department on Thursday said there’s been a 42% weekly increase in new COVID-19 infections. This was…
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Premier Winde & WC Cabinet discuss potential district lockdown amid COVID resurgence
Premier Alan Winde and his Cabinet are on Friday discussing potential district lockdowns amid a resurgence of COVID-19. In the…
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Pictures – Strong gale force winds cause damage in Western Cape
The powerful gale-force winds were causing severe damage across the Garden Route in the Western Cape. The South African Weather…
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Hiker stuck on cliff rescued by helicopter
A group of hikers got themselves into trouble when one of them got stuck on a cliff in Herolds Bay…
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Watch – Leopards spotted on Garden Route property
People are likely only taking notice of this particular incident because they find themselves in lockdown. A leopard and her…
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Prophet Bushiri’s church set on fire after his Pastor rapes congregant in church next to pulpit
The 33-year-old man maintains that the incident was consensual. The Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church building in the Garden Route…
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Six firefighters battling Garden Route wildfire treated for smoke inhalation
Six Hessequa municipality firefighters battling a wildfire in the Garden Route were treated for smoke inhalation at a provincial hospital…
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Cops shutdown shop selling dagga wedding cakes
A shop in Sedgefield that marketed itself as a nursery, health and coffee shop had barely opened its doors for…
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