Local Stories
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Court backs baboon-management plan despite animal-rights opposition
Court dismisses challenge to Cape Peninsula baboon plan, allowing controversial sanctuary involving confinement and sterilisation to proceed.
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Education lobby group criticizes WCED’s handling of Neumann case
Education group SAC-E accuses WCED of attacking Wesley Neumann’s character and spreading misinformation in ongoing legal battle.
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Activists move to halt auction of 50 City of Cape Town properties
Land activists and political party representatives, gathered outside the Good Hope Centre this morning to protest.
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Maintenance on three major Ottery thoroughfares
City begins major road maintenance in Ottery covering three thoroughfares, with completion scheduled for April and traffic disruptions expected.
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Crime stats show murder rate down while SANDF deployed gains support
Cachalia said murder began declining in the first quarter of 2023/24 after more than a decade of increases, with Quarter 3 showing an 8.7% drop.
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ARO Head of Fundraising Launches Birthday Sterilisation Drive for Spay Day
ARO celebrates 40 years with birthday fundraiser aiming to raise R21,450 for 39 animal sterilisations on Spay Day February 24.
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Muizenberg beach hut workers face retrenchment amid renovation plans
Beach Hut Trust retrenches three staff as Muizenberg refurbishment begins. Workers say they weren’t properly informed about job losses.
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Engineers probe partial collapse at Sea Point apartment development
Engineers are probing the cause of a structural collapse at The Magnolia development, a 10-storey luxury apartment building project, in Sea Point.
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District Six families fight eviction as history of forced removals repeats
Six families from Searle Street Cottages need to find alternative accommodation by 6 March after a Cape Town magistrate ruled their eviction lawful.
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Gang-related shooting claims life of man in his 30s in Kensington
Kensington police are searching for two suspects after a man believed to be in his late 30s was shot and killed outside a tuck shop.
