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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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