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City of CT asks residents to snitch on the homeless
Housing activist organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) has condemned the City of Cape Town for attempting to compile complaints from the…
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University of CT academic programme to resume on Friday in wake of fire
The University of Cape Town (UCT)’s academic programme will now only resume on Monday. Several of the institution’s buildings were…
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Fears of taxi war in CT after murder of CATA president
Police Minister Bheki Cele has called for an urgent intervention to address the ongoing taxi violence in the Western Cape,…
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City of CT enforcement agencies make 298 arrests
The City of Cape Town said that in the past week nearly 300 people were arrested on various charges, such…
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Heavy police presence at Kraaifontein protest, journos targeted with rocks
Protestors in Kraaifontein have pelted rocks at members of the media amid tension in the Bloekombos area. There’s a heavy…
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Cape Town mayor Dan Plato under fire for telling Ocean View resident to shut up
Mayor Dan Plato has come under fire for telling a resident to ‘shut up’ while on a walkabout in Ocean…
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City of CT condemns Khayelitsha community’s attack on law enforcement officers
A Khayelitsha man is expected in court this week for allegedly inciting violence against two metro police officers during a…
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Automobile Association calls for more traffic officers
The AA (Automobile Association) has called for more traffic officers to be deployed and harsher punishments for those who broke…
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City of Cape Town plans to act against Bheki Cele
The City of Cape says it will take legal action against Police Minister Bheki Cele. This, after he shut down…
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119 arrested for various infringements across Cape Town
Enforcement agencies attached to the City of Cape Town have arrested 119 transgressors over the last few days. The arrests…
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City of Cape Town warns of stricter COVID-19 enforcement if citizens don’t follow regulations
The City of Cape Town said that more stringent enforcement measures could be imposed if residents did not adhere to…
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City of Cape Town’s K9s can’t be fooled, criminals warned
With drug dealers becoming increasingly creative in the transport and concealment of their stash, the City of Cape Town Metro…
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3 arrested after being caught stealing cables at Cape Town railway station
Three people have been caught red-handed allegedly stealing cable from Nyanga railway station in Cape Town. Officials found the three…
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Bheki Cele sets up steering committee to deal with protection rackets in Cape Town
Police Minister Bheki Cele has set up a steering committee to deal with protection rackets in Cape Town. He briefed…
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Firefighters petrol-bombed and stoned while responding to emergencies
Firefighters were petrol bombed and their vehicles stoned three times in two days while responding to emergencies in neighbourhoods gripped…
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Cele and JP Smith’s war of words over Cape Town man’s eviction
Axolile Notywala, a leader of the Khayelitsha Community Action Network and the Social Justice Coalition, has called for those who…
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Hundreds of refugees finally evicted from CT church
Dozens of policemen broke down the wooden church doors with a hammer and stormed the building. Hundreds of foreign asylum…
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City of Cape Town wants lockdown rules amended to restrict shopping hours
The City of Cape Town wants the national government to amend lockdown regulations to limit the hours of shopping to…
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Five held in Langa over 60 boxes of booze transported on bakkie
At a time when national lockdown regulations prohibit the sale and possession of alcohol outside private homes, five people have…
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Cape Town refugees instructed to vacate sidewalks & locals told to stay home
The group of refugees has been living outside the local police station after they were removed from the Central Methodist…
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