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Late singer Brenda Fassie’s Langa home gutted by fire
The Cape Town family home of the late music icon star Brenda Fassie was damaged in fire consuming some of…
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City of Cape Town urges public to work with law enforcement to fight Cape Flats gang violence
The City of Cape Town is urging the public to work with law enforcement to fight the scourge of gang…
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Gun Free SA calls on SAPS and communities to rid streets of nearly 500 000 unlicensed firearms
Firearms advocacy group Gun Free South Africa is calling for joint effort by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and…
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CT Mayor Hill-Lewis calls for communities to educate themselves about issues affecting queer people
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis called for communities to educate themselves about issues affecting the LGBTQI+ community. The mayor was…
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Update: 4 fires in Cape Town, two dead
It is a bleak Easter for hundreds of families across Cape Town as four fires ravaged through informal settlements. The…
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PRASA says work to recover Cape Town’s central line gaining momentum
The Passenger Rail Service of South Africa (PRASA) says the work to recover the central line between Langa and Khayelitsha…
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Prasa hopes to get Cape Town Central Line operational by February
The City of Cape Town said it is doing the best it can to provide water to households that have…
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One person killed, another wounded in Langa shooting
Police responded to a crime scene in Langa where two people have been shot in an apparent robbery. An eyewitness…
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3 killed in latest fire at Langa informal settlement
Three people, including a 12-year-old girl, have died following a shack blaze at the Joe Slovo Park in Langa at…
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Truck set on fire in Langa
A truck has been set alight in Langa, Cape Town as the taxi strike continues. According to the City of…
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Langa woman accused of scalding 5-year-old boy now faces attempted murder charge
The state has changed the charge laid against a 22-year-old woman from Langa, who is accused of throwing hot water…
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Western Cape EFF angry over arrest delay of woman accused of scalding child with hot water
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Western Cape said it’s outraged that it took two weeks for police to…
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Police yet to make arrests in Langa taxi rank double murder probe
Police are yet to make a breakthrough in their investigations into a double murder at a taxi rank in Langa,…
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Western Cape officers allegedly charging for police escorts
Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC Reagan Allen says no resident of the province should ever have to…
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Ronnie Kasrils: Teaching children about ubuntu vital to building a better SA
With South Africa on Tuesday marking Human Rights Day – in remembrance of the Sharpeville and Langa massacres decades ago…
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N1 accident leaves 1 dead and several injured
A man has died, and several others have been left injured in an early morning accident on the N1 highway.…
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Resumption of Cape Town central line service delayed by power cuts & vandalism, says Prasa
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is again making promises about the resumption of services at its Cape…
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5 men linked to nine murders in Eastern Cape arrested
Five men have been arrested in connection with the killing of nine people in three separate shooting incidents that occurred…
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Cape Town central rail squatters unhappy about plans of move to Philippi wedge
There’s growing unhappiness with plans to move railway line squatters to an area near Mitchells Plain. The informal settlers along…
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People living on Cape Town’s central train line hope government keeps promise of relocation
People living on Cape Town’s central train line could soon be relocated to more suitable land. Groups that have been…
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Cape Town officials assess damage caused by heavy rains
The City of Cape Town officials assessed the damage caused by this week’s floods on Wednesday. City and provincial government…
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All emergency teams deployed in areas affected by heavy rain, says City of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town on Tuesday said that all its emergency teams had been deployed to assist residents affected…
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Heavy rain leaves numerous Cape Town roads flooded
Cape Town traffic officials are on Tuesday morning attending to reports of localised flooding where suburban roads and routes have…
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100s of homes flooded in parts of Western Cape as heavy rains continue
Torrential rains are wreaking havoc in parts of the Western Cape on Monday, leaving hundreds of homes flooded in areas…
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Prasa working to revive Gauteng & Western Cape operations
Prasa on Tuesday said that it was working on plans to revive its operations in Gauteng and the Western Cape.…
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Western Cape prepares for fire season
The Western Cape has kicked off its winter fire season campaigns. An extra 12,000 smoke alarms are being installed in…
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Langa residents pick up pieces after fire but some left with nothing to rebuild
Not all Langa residents are able to rebuild their homes following a devastating fire in the Joe Slovo informal settlement.…
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Registration of Langa residents affected by fire wraps up
The registration of fire victims in Langa’s Joe Slovo informal settlement wrapped up. The city said 260 homes were destroyed…
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Update on Langa fire: Initial assessment reports over 1 200 people affected
The City of Cape Town has numerous departments on the ground to assist those affected by a fire that ravaged…
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Fire destroys 300 shacks in Langa, Cape Town
Residents of Joe Slovo Informal Settlement in Langa, Cape Town are trying to pick up the pieces after a devastating…
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Firefighters’ hoses slashed in Langa
Cape Town Emergency services officials were attacked while trying to contain a massive fire in Langa on Saturday night. Firefighters…
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Metrorail working to remove informal settlers from Central Line
Metrorail on Friday said negotiations with informal settlers occupying a section of the train line between Philippi and Langa are…
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Cape Town railway work delayed, Prasa granted extension to relocate residents
Work on the Central Line in Cape Town looks set to be delayed even further as Prasa (Passenger Rail Agency…
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Cape Town rocked by murders
Cape Town has been gripped by deadly shootings over the weekend. A couple was murdered at their rented home in…
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WC hands out R95 000 in fines for flouting liquor regulations
Members of the Western Cape Liquor Authority continues to clamp down on those flouting liquor regulations following the handing out…
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Prasa meets City of CT and Western Cape government over rail encroachment
The Passenger Rail Authority of SA (Prasa) board is expected to meet the City of Cape Town and the Western…
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Residents who erected shacks on Langa train tracks to be moved
Residents of Siyahlala informal settlement who erected shacks on railway tracks in Langa are willing to be relocated. They built…
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Families living along Prasa railway in Cape Town to be evicted by November
Families living on the Prasa railway line in Langa are to be evicted to two pieces of land in Eerste…
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Langa community in shock after discovery of 2 bodies
Langa residents have been left in shock after the bodies of two men were discovered on Monday and yesterday. The…
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Some Eskom services suspended due to Cape Town taxi violence
Eskom has suspended some major services in parts of Cape Town affected by ongoing taxi violence. In a statement on…
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Cape Town taxi violence continues unabated despite attempts to curb it
Despite ongoing talks including government, taxi violence in Cape Town seems to be continuing unabated. A bus driver was shot…
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Two arrested for allegedly firing on Golden Arrow bus in Langa
A Golden Arrow bus has come under attack at the Langa taxi rank. The City of Cape Town’s JP Smith…
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Police investigate circumstances around death of 1-year-old Langa toddler
Police are investigating how a one-year-old Langa baby died. Little Ivakele Xolose was reported missing on Monday afternoon. He’d been…
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Dad finds body of missing 1-year-old son in Langa water canal
Ivakele Xolose, who was reported missing on Monday, was found dead by his father this morning in a water canal…
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Brenda Fassie’s sister has died – Cause of death revealed
Lindiwe Fassie, the older sister to the late songstress Brenda, has passed away. According to her brother Themba Fassie (65),…
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Langa GBV shelter opens up to assist women
The fight against gender-based violence (GBV) in townships has received a boost with the reopening of the Ilitha Labantu’s Dorothy…
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Cape Town central line to be fully operational by end of year, says Prasa’s Ramatlakane
The chairperson of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa)’s board said that the central line would be fully…
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Ex-Cape Town police reservist loses bid to erase conviction
A former police reservist, Xolile Magwaca, has lost his Western Cape High Court bid to set aside his 2013 conviction…
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Illegal settlers on Cape Town’s central rail line waiting on Prasa for alternative land
Residents from the Lockdown informal settlement who have occupied parts of the central railway line said that they had still…
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Man killed in shooting at popular Langa restaurant
Police are investigating the circumstances leading the death of a 43-year-old man in a shooting at popular Langa restaurant Jordan…
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