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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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Accidents
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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