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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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