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Cape Town police investigating case of attempted murder after minibus taxi shooting
Police are investigating three cases of attempted murder, following a shooting in Somerset West. The gun attack happened on the…
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Somerset West driving licence facility temporarily closed due to weather damage
The City of Cape Town is urging motorists in Somerset West looking to use its driving licence testing facility to…
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Senior correctional services official arrested for stealing condoms
Top Western Cape correctional services official Robin Maripan is set to appear in the Somerset West magistrates’ court on Monday,…
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Police believe missing Cape Town toddler could be in KZN
Police in Cape Town are seeking the assistance of the public in tracing a missing toddler who has been missing…
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City of Cape Town spending R1.2 billion to maintain Steenbras pump station
While the city forges ahead with its plans to add more megawatts to Cape Town’s electricity grid, it is also…
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Trio linked to Denecke Persence’s murder released
Three persons of interest who’ve allegedly been linked to the killing of a 10-year-old Macassar girl have been released. The…
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Western Cape police appeal for assistance in finding kidnapped baby Ivakele Yeko
Almost three months have passed and police in Western Cape are again, appealing to the public to assist in the…
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Blackouts affecting Cape Town water supply, residents urged to use water sparingly
Capetonians are being urged to use water sparingly as rolling power cuts impact the water supply. Speaking to CapeTalk, acting…
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Cop found shot and stabbed in Lwandle on Christmas morning
Cape Town police are mourning the loss of one of their own on Christmas Day. The body of an officer…
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No injuries or damage after Somerset Mall fire
No injuries or major damage was reported following a fire outside a shopping complex in Somerset West, the City of…
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Search for abducted Cape baby continues
The search for a missing six-month-old baby boy from Strand reached its fifth day on Saturday. Ivakele Yeko was kidnapped…
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Strand couple pleads for safe return of their 6-month-old baby boy
A Strand couple is pleading for the safe return of their six-month-old baby boy. The child is believed to have…
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Cape Town police call on public for help in finding kidnapped baby
Police are working around the clock to trace a six-month-old baby boy believed to have been taken by an unknown…
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Bheki Cele: Police working to bring Magistrate Romay van Rooyen’s killers to book
Police Minister Bheki Cele has vowed that detectives were hard at work to bring the killers of a Cape Town…
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Police on high alert due to gang shootings in Bonteheuwel
Law enforcement officials have been deployed to patrol the Bonteheuwel community – following a gang shooting in the area. A…
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Invasive plant species a major concern after Lourensford and Somerset West fires
The devastating fires in Table View, Somerset West, Stellenbosch and Helderberg over the past week raised numerous concerns about the…
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Cape firefighters manage to bring Table View fire under control
The Cape’s firefighters on Friday said they’ve just brought two separate fires in the metro under control. A veld fire…
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Firefighters scaling down operations at Lourensford fire
Cape Town firefighters say they’re now scaling down their efforts to battle the blaze on the mountain slopes above Somerset…
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Cape Town firefighters battle through the night to bring Table View fire under control
A raging veld fire around the Table View area is now under control. Cape Town firefighters have confirmed to the…
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Pupil dies in stabbing incident in Somerset West
A Cape Town teenager involved in a stabbing incident in Somerset West on Tuesday morning has died. It’s believed that…
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Woman loses control of vehicle, lands in ditch
Woman loses control of vehicle, lands in ditch. Reports indicate that the driver of a light motor vehicle lost control,…
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4 arrested in Gordon’s Bay for house robberies
Four alleged house robbers have been arrested in Gordon’s Bay. Over the weekend, police were alerted by security guards that…
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Cape Town carries out power maintenance
Cape Town is dealing with electricity cuts in some areas. Several suburbs may see some temporary power outages this week…
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City to spend R65 million on new transport facility for Somerset West
The City of Cape Town will spend about R65 million on the construction of a new public transport interchange (PTI)…
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South Africa undertakers record 3-fold increase in cremations – association
The National Funeral Directors’ Association on Monday said undertakers were seeing a three-fold increase in cremations. On Saturday, a truck…
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Western Cape crematoriums not coping, says NFDA after truck stopped with 106 bodies in it
The National Funeral Directors’ Association (NFDA) said that the transportation of over 100 bodies spoke to the extent to which…
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Probe underway after overloaded truck found transporting 106 corpses
Western Cape health authorities on Sunday investigated the discovery of 106 corpses in a truck along the N2 highway near…
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Court rules 84-year-old gogo can stay on farm
After having eviction proceedings hanging over her head for more than a decade, an 84-year-old woman and her disabled son…
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Cape Town co-ordinator appeals for donations to ease humanitarian crisis in KZN
Amid concerns of a looming humanitarian crisis in KwaZulu-Natal, some Capetonians are chipping in to help. A Cape Town donations…
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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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