Innovative Cape teachers honoured

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From TikTok trends to robotics and coding, Cape Town teachers using innovative methods of teaching have been honoured at the provincial teachers awards

‘Nothing underhanded about public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane suspension’ – Ramaphosa

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Cyril Ramaphosa says nothing untoward on his suspension of public protector days after she announces Farmgate probe.

Cape Town rescue workers sent to KZN flood disaster shocked by scale of devastation

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Cape Town citizens called to help flood disaster victims in KZN

GOOD councillor claims George manager threatened his life

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Good Party councillor says he and his wife’s life was threatened

Public Protector finds appointment of two Stellenbosch officials irregular

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Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane released a report following an investigation into the appointment of two senior officials at Stellenbosch municipality

Four W Cape municipalities owe Eskom R134m in arrears

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Western Cape Local Government MEC says non-payment to Eskom is a symptom of a larger underlying problem facing municipalities across the country

Concerns over vaccine mandate rush

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UNVACCINATED employees are in for a tough battle as new regulations and a string of failed court challenges empower employers to enforce mandatory policies. “I quit ...

Some farmworkers at work as calm returns to Robertson

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Talks continue in Robertson as some foreign workers return to work after violent clashes over farm jobs rocked the town last week

Western Cape government spent R160k to probe Albert Fritz sexual misconduct saga

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Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has instituted a review of the province’s 11 year-old sexual harassment policy after more than R160 000 was spent to investigate ...

W Cape agricultural sector threatened by rising costs, supply problems in wake of Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Province imports more than two-thirds of all its fertiliser from Russia

Ire over impact of possible clinic closures in Cape Town

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The Western Cape Department of Health’s plans to take over 10 City-run clinics, which may lead to closures, has been slammed as it will put pressure on the already ...

W Cape DA councillor embroiled in sexual assault

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DA councillor accused of sexual assault and harassment

UCT to decide vaccine mandate

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On Saturday the University of Cape Town’s Council is expected to receive recommendations from the Vaccine Mandate Panel on vaccine policy

Three DA candidates who could replace Fritz

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Albert Fritz’s resignation from both the DA and the Western Cape Legislature has opened the door for fresh contestation a year before the party’s provincial congress. ...

Investigator: Fritz accused of inappropriate touches, kisses and sex

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Investigator cautioned against the release of the full report stating that the rights of not only the complainants, but those of Fritz needed to be respected.

12 sexual misconduct complaints at Social Development during Fritz’s tenure

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Sexual misconduct complaints at Social Development during Albert Fritz’s tenure a concern

ANCYL leader in W Cape steps aside amid party squabbles over handling of GBV charges

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ANCYL leader Masibulele Tolofane, is facing assault charges of assault for allegedly hitting a woman with a bottle during the party’s branch meeting.

Western Cape consumers owe municipalities R12bn

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Western Cape’s municipalities for the second quarter of current financial year records slight decrease in consumer debt

W Cape Health rapped over the knuckles for R9m uncompetitive tender

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Western Cape High Court declared a closed tender to buy a microscope for Tygerberg Hospital from Carl Zeiss, a German-founded manufacturing company, in 2020 as unlawful. ...

Kleinmond fire caused by trespassers’ campfire at government plantation

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Fire investigators reveal that the devastating Kleinmond blaze was caused by a camp fire lit by illegal wood cutters at a government-owned pine plantation

Working on Fire helped put out 48 Western Cape wild fires in January

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Wild fires have destroyed more than 13,000 hectares of vegetation across the Western Cape last month

W Cape ‘culture of patronage’ laid bare

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Four Western Cape municipalities are implicated in an SIU report that flags irregularities in procurement processes amounting to R44million

ANC suspends Kannaland’s newly-elected mayor and his deputy

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The ANC’s Nicolaas Valentyn and Leonie Stuurman will go before a disciplinary committee within two weeks for entering into an unsanctioned coalition

Covid travel restrictions cost CapeNature R12.7 million in tourism revenue

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Despite the majority of clientele coming from locals, the entity still fell short of their targeted income from tourists

Karoo farm in danger as Kammanassie mountain fire spreads

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Firefighters in the Garden Route district have been battling all week to contain the fire that broke out on Sunday