2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (303+ words) During the 2024/25 financial year, City clinics conducted 683 638 blood pressure screenings, while 4 486 residents were newly diagnosed with hypertension. While observing'World Hypertension Day on May 17, the City said hypertension, or high blood pressure, does not necessarily present with symptoms, which is why…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago  (406+ words) City of Cape Town signage stating that dogs are not allowed to be off the leash at Hout Bay Beach. Residents in Hout Bay are raising concerns over dogs being allowed to run freely on local beaches, despite regulations prohibiting…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago  (315+ words) Debris remains on the roadway as specialist rope access teams prepare to stabilise the mountainside. Western Cape MEC for Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers has announced that significant progress is being made in the cleanup of debris from a major rockfall on…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago  (527+ words) Alarming shortages of rape kits at police stations in the Western Cape hinder survivors' ability to provide crucial evidence, despite SAPS's denial of the claims. In a shocking revelation during a parliamentary session, police disclosed that 837 rape cases were closed…...

19+ hour, 3+ min ago  (466+ words) Nineteen-year-old Creashy Maart faces terminal cancer diagnosis as South Africans unite to support her medical need. There is no DNA, just RSA and South Africans, and more particularly Capetonians, have proven this saying to be true at the weekend, standing…...

10+ hour, 3+ min ago  (503+ words) The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, taking place on May 24, is one step closer to joining the prestigious Abbott World Marathon Majors Several roads will be closed and restrictions implemented along the Cape Town'Marathon route on May 24. The route links Green…...

17+ hour, 3+ min ago  (390+ words) Relief may soon be within reach for many South African households as the government prepares to tackle the escalating electricity costs that have burdened families for years. Earlier this week, Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa admitted that electricity…...

16+ hour, 33+ min ago  (357+ words) New traffic by-law amendments in Cape Town aim to enhance road safety by allowing the impounding of vehicles involved in street racing, reckless driving, and other violations. Motorists caught street racing, driving under the influence or using false number plates…...

18+ hour, 3+ min ago  (482+ words) Poovin Nairainsamy's Scania R580 truck discovered wrecked near the R46 outside Wolseley. Despite social media claims that a Phoenix truck driver who went missing after his vehicle was swept away by floods in Wolseley, Western Cape, authorities and family members are still…...

21+ hour, 3+ min ago  (400+ words) Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the hijacking of two women and the murder of one of them in Atlantis last week." According to reports, the two women from Kleinvlei in Eerste River were hijacked in Kraaifontein and…...