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Lilitha’s last ride: Club calls for justice, road safety after teen death
Khaltsha Cycles mourns 16-year-old Lilitha Lombo, killed in a Somerset West, and calls for a thorough investigation and road safety reform.
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Family pleads to help them ‘bring Slade van der Walt home’
A family’s desperate appeal for help has unified communities across the Western Cape as an emergency crowdfunding campaign was launched to expand search and rescue efforts for 22-year-old Slade van…
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Training session turns tragic: Cyclist (16 killed in Somerset West
A teenage cyclist was killed in a hit-and-run in Somerset West, just two days after two cyclists died on the R102 in Strand.
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Woman charged after baby found in toilet bin in the docks
A woman charged with concealment of birth after a newborn was found alive in a Somerset West shopping centre toilet bin returns to court.
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Rival parties eye Helderberg shift as local government elections approach
Spanning coastal resort towns, bustling suburban commercial centres, historic rural hamlets and rapidly expanding high-density informal settlements, Subcouncil 8 represents a microcosm of South Africa’s socio-economic and political diversity.
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Lwandle mass shooting: community prays for victims
A grieving Lwandle community gathered to mourn 10 people killed and 11 injured in a mass shooting at KwaNdelu Shisa Nyama on Sunday morning.
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Banding together: Lwandle holds emergency meetings after massacre
Community leaders and Dr Mmusi Maimane attend emergency meetings in Lwandle to seek answers and address police under-resourcing after 10 killed.
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Two Macassar men arrested in early-morning Strand abalone bust
Two men were arrested in Strand early Tuesday morning (24 September) after Law Enforcement had intercepted a vehicle carrying 856 units of illegally harvested abalone hidden in the boot.
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Mpox cases rise to 22 as health authorities confirm new infections
The Department of Health has confirmed four additional mpox cases, raising the national total from 18 to 22 as of 22 September 2026.
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Quarterly crime statistics paint a bleak picture in the Helderberg
Helderberg police stations rank in provincial and national top 30s for drug crime, commercial crime and violent offences, stats show.
