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Cele calls for intervention from WC SAPS management over Langa complaints During a community safety imbizo this past weekend, aggrieved community members alleged that some police officers turned away victims of gender-based violence. FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN CAPE TOWN – Police Minister Bheki Cele has called for immediate intervention from Western […]

Since the Western Cape’s busiest line was shut in October last year, the rail system has been exposed to vandalism and cable theft and during the COVID-19 lockdown period, people invaded the railway lines. The informal settlement of Lockdown has sprung up on and around the Metrorail’s central line in Philippi, Cape Town. Picture: Kaylynn […]

Pieter Hills was shot dead at his Swartpan farm just outside Hennenman in the Free State early on Friday. Pieter Hills (L) and his son Eddie. Picture: Virtual memorials – South Africa Attacks and Their Stories/Facebook JOHANNESBURG – Three suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Free State farmer Pieter Hills are expected to […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa is urging the country to be extremely vigilant to ensure that coronavirus infections did not spike once again, as seen during the winter period. President Cyril Ramaphosa during his address on COVID-19 measures on 16 September 2020. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – With the festive season fast approaching, President Cyril Ramaphosa has cautioned […]

The cumulative number of cases is now at over 737,000, as experts notice a rise in the numbers in the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape and Gauteng. FILE: A Dis-Chem Pharmacy health professional collects a nasal swab for a COVID-19 coronavirus test at a drive-through testing site at a mall in Centurion on 9 April […]

Roofs were blown off and trees were uprooted in some parts. FILE: A tree uprooted after a storm. Picture: Supplied JOHANNESBURG – Tshwane Emergency Services said that their disaster management team had been activated to help residents in Soshanguve who were affected by Sunday night’s storm. Roofs were blown off and trees were uprooted in […]

Lawyer and animal rights activist Ryno Engelbrecht, along with others, has succeeded in ensuring the safe relocation of Cape Town’s well-loved baboon, Kataza. Kataza the baboon sits on the wall of a Tokai home. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN CAPE TOWN – It’s being argued that baboon protocols in the Western Cape need to change to accommodate […]