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The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate has advised the public of the temporary lane and full road closures taking place along Racecourse Road in the Lansdowne and Kenwyn area. In a statement, the city said several temporary road closures are scheduled in the coming months to accommodate the ongoing MyCiTi infrastructure developments that […]

The death toll from Saturday’s devastating head-on collision between a sugar truck and a light motor vehicle on the N2 near the Dokodweni Toll Gate has risen to six after the truck driver’s body was recovered from the wreckage. Details of the Crash The collision occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning on the

Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), has condemned the government’s proposed national dialogue, calling it long overdue and insufficient in addressing the economic and social crises stemming from the 2012 Marikana massacre. Mathunjwa spoke at a somber commemoration marking 13 years since police gunned down 34 striking mineworkers at

Correctional Services National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale has announced plans to adopt new electronic monitoring technology to strengthen parole supervision, particularly for offenders convicted of gender-based violence (GBV) crimes. The announcement came during a parole monitoring operation in Kariega, where Thobakgale and his team conducted home visits to assess compliance with parole conditions. While some parolees

The South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that 21 national parks will grant free access to visitors in September for a period of a week. SANParks uses this time to cultivate a sense of pride in South Africa’s natural, cultural and historical heritage, as protected and preserved by the national parks system. Free access

A visibly irritated magistrate at the court in Wynberg has given a police officer accused of assault another chance to get his act together. Constable Jermaine Conradie is one of three police officers accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, during a raid at his workplace, Perfect Touch Boutique and Salon, in Mowbray on 7

President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged South Africans to keep engaging in discussions that lay bare their concerns, hopes for the future, and how they envision a better tomorrow for themselves and the country. “This initiative [the National Convention] is about what all South Africans must do together to make our lives and country better,” President

In early July, the South African Property Owners Association filed its founding papers at the Western Cape High Court, seeking to have three new tariffs in the 2025/26 budget declared unlawful. This came after the budget was revised following thousands of comments against the new fixed tariffs for city-wide cleaning, water, and sanitation. The City

To visit Skierlik informal settlement in Mamelodi one has to negotiate muddy and near-impassable roads with potholes filled with stagnant water. When GroundUp visited in mid-July, the main road was water-logged, even though residents said the last rains fell in April. Piles of uncollected garbage litter the settlement. Resident Avhazwifuni Vhengani said potable water is

Presidential spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says President Cyril Ramaphosa did not sanction Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) General Rudzani Maphwanya’s visit to Iran. At a media briefing on Thursday, Magwenya said the SANDF was enabled by bilateral and multilateral frameworks to forge ties with other military forces around the world. “The exchange