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Stolen WC NSRI rescue craft destroyed

The SA Police Service, assisted by City of Cape Town Law Enforcement and CoCT Metro Police, are investigating a case of stolen and damaged property at NSRI Strandfontein. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said on Sunday morning May 28…

A Toyota SUV is lifted out of a hole in a section of collapsed street in George after a main water pipe burst on Saturday.Image: Yusuf Abramjee/Twitter

SUV ‘swallowed by road’ after driving into water-filled hole

A motorist found himself in deep water after being “swallowed” by a huge hole in the road caused by a burst underground pipe in George. George municipality said the unlucky driver was involved in “a traffic incident” on Saturday when he…

Red lines have been painted as a warning to motorists to refrain from stopping while passing through the Hex River Valley. Warning signs have also been placed along the road.Image: Hex Valley Tourism

Robbers disguised as grape vendors target motorists in De Doorns

Police this week warned motorists to refrain from stopping on the N1 in De Doorns to buy grapes from criminals pretending to be vendors. Western Cape police spokesperson Sgt Noloyiso Rwexana said motorists stopping next to the road near…

Western Cape premier Alan Winde wants lockdown regulations amended to allow the sale of wine at wine farms at weekends. File photo.Image: Zack Daniel

Open the beaches and let the wine flow, Winde pleads with Ramaphosa

Thousands of jobs and billions of rand are haemorrhaging from the Western Cape’s economy, premier Alan Winde said on Tuesday as he called for a special president’s co-ordinating council (PCC) meeting on lockdown regulations. Among Winde’s…

The aftermath of an accident on January 27 in which a truck carrying farmworkers overturned in the Western Cape.Image: Twitter/Bosbeer.com

70 farmworkers injured as truck overturns in Western Cape

At least 70 people were injured on Wednesday when a truck overturned near Klapmuts in the Western Cape. Paramedics from ER24 and metro services found the truck on the side of the R44 at 7.20am, said ER24 communications officer Russel…

Police said the man stole the 29-ton Scania truck in front of a bank in Porterville.Image: Screengrab of video

WATCH | Cops chase down truck hijacker in dramatic pursuit

A dramatic Fast & Furious-type scene unfolded in the town of Porterville, in the Western Cape, at the weekend after a man stole a truck and sped through the streets. Several videos of the high-speed chase showed the runaway truck bursting…

The scene at Voëlklip road in Herolds Bay on Thursday as rescuers search for a two-year-old girl who is missing after the vehicle her mother had been driving plunged down the steep cliff.Image: ER24

Search continues for missing child in Voëlklip cliff tragedy

The search for a missing two-year-old girl resumed on Friday after the vehicle her mother was driving plunged down the notorious Voëlklip cliff near Herold’s Bay in the Western Cape on Thursday. But by Friday afternoon the child had not…

The scene at Voëlklip road in Herolds Bay on Thursday as rescuers search for a two-year-old girl who is missing after the vehicle her mother had been driving plunged down the steep cliff.Image: ER24

Mother killed, daughter missing after car plunges down notorious Voëlklip cliff

The search for a two-year-old girl is under way after the vehicle she had been in plunged down the notorious Voëlklip cliff in Herolds Bay, near George in the Western Cape, on Thursday. The girl’s 34-year-old mother is believed to have…

Hundreds of people queueing outside the SASSA offices in Bellville were doused with water by police after they were told to observe social distance on Friday. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Premier Winde calls on President Ramaphosa to intervene in SASSA crisis

This comes after police opened a water cannon on people queueing for grants in Bellville The Western Cape Premier and the MEC for Social Development have called on the President to intervene in the crisis at SASSA involving lapsed…

Western Cape health facilities are under pressure as more Covid-19 patients require hospitalisation. File photo.Image: Aron Hyman

Covid-19 surge and trauma patients put Western Cape hospitals under ‘severe strain’

Hospitals across the Western Cape were under “severe pressure” on Sunday due to a sharp increase in patients with severe Covid-19. The provincial health department said in a statement that a steep increase in non Covid-19 trauma cases was…

President Cyril Ramaphosa is to address the nation on Monday night. File photo.Image: Jairus Mmutle/GCIS

Two new hotspots announced as Ramaphosa reads the Covid riot act

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday that two other municipalities have been identified as hotspots and will face stricter restrictions. Ramaphosa announced that the Garden Route district in the Western Cape and the Sarah…

TAKE CARE: Health minister Zweli Mkhize says SA has entered a second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Covid-19 second wave: 5 things you need to know from Zweli Mkhize’s update on the pandemic

TimesLIVE Cebelihle Bhengu Health minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Wednesday that SA has entered a second wave of Covid-19 infections. He was giving an update on the state of Covid-19 in SA, as infections continue to climb. SA has…

National Sea Rescue Institute crews were among the searchers who found the body of fisherman Donovan Williams.Image: Flickr/NSRI

Fisherman dies after boat capsizes off Rooi Els in False Bay

A fisherman has died and another is missing after their vessel capsized off Rooi Els in the Western Cape. The department of environment, forestry and fisheries sent its condolences to the family of Donovan Williams on Wednesday. It said…

Jackson Mthembu says police will work around the clock to track down the Gugulethu killers.Image: Freddy Mavunda/Business Day

Jackson Mthembu promises justice for Gugulethu murder victims – ‘those arrested will be brought to book’

The minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu has assured South Africans that law enforcement will work around the clock to ensure the arrests of criminals responsible for the killings of at least seven people in a shooting in Gugulethu,…

Paramedics and police in Cape Town responded to a head-on collision near Melkbosstrand. Eight people were killed in the accident.Image: Red Line Response

8 killed in Western Cape taxi crash

Eight people have been killed and 13 rushed to hospital following a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and another vehicle between Melkbosstrand and Philadelphia, in the Western Cape, on Monday. Police spokesperson Capt FC van Wyk…