Nomalanga Tshuma

Multimedia Journalist, Cape Argus

Kirstenbosch Gardens reopens gates but fire danger persists

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SANParks currently has 40 firefighters from the NCC Environmental Services and Working on Fire actively engaged in various areas along the fire line, but the fire's ...

City libraries to kick-off Library Week with a march

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The City of Cape Town’s Directorate for Community Services and Health is gearing up to host South African Library Week (SALW).

City and the Castle of Goodhope to launch Kuier@TheCastle market

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The City of Cape Town in partnership with Castle of Good Hope is gearing up to launch a monthly market called Kuier@TheCastle this coming weekend.

Camps Bay residents nervous and anxious to walk about as street kids attack

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The Camps Bay Community Policing Forum (CPF) has called an urgent meeting with residents and safety role-players for this week after a woman was stabbed, allegedly ...

City of Cape Town calls on residents to get on trend with composting

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The City of Cape Town’s Directorate for Urban Waste Management is calling on households in the metro to explore composting and food gardening in 2024 to help divert ...

Fourteen bust by the Rural Safety Unit for various crimes

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The provincial Community Safety and Police Oversight department said it is maintaining its efforts in cleaning up the Overstrand and Swartland areas.

Kanonberg Estate and Oude Westhof residents evacuated as Tygerberg Hills fire continues

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By 3pm this afternoon of January 25 it was revealed that while the blaze was not yet contained, more resources had been dispatched to the hillside to put out the ...

Western Cape notes record-breaking tourism season with over 400 000 visitors to top attractions

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Western Cape Department of Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC Mireille Wenger has lauded the performance of the province’s tourism industry over the December ...

Miss SA 2023 launches scholarship scheme

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Miss South Africa 2023 Natasha Joubert has announced the launch of her advocacy campaign, which will financially uplift more than 20 students.

R1. 2m upgrades announced for Newlands Reservoir’s chlorination plants

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The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has announced a R2. 1 million investment towards fixing and upgrading three chlorination plants at the Newlands Reservoir. ...

Cape Town International Airport’s two-way passengers surpass 2 million between Jan and Oct

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Western Cape Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC Mireille Wenger has applauded the increasing numbers of two-way passengers coming through Cape Town International ...

City knocks off Tourism Department’s doors concerning deployment of season’s safety monitors

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The City of Cape Town’s Directorate for Economic Growth has initiated discussions with the Department of Tourism following its announcement that it will be delaying ...

Cape Town awarded A-List rating for climate action and transparency

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Cape Town has claimed yet another accolade, this time for its efforts and contributions towards climate change.

Google Maps and Waze to stop suggesting notorious Nyanga, Borcherds Quarry routes to users

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Google’s revelation comes after yet another tourist, Walter Fischel, an American citizen, was shot in the face and robbed in Nyanga while driving from Cape Town ...

Western Cape e-hailing drivers plan three-day strike next week

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The Western Cape E-Hailing Association (WCEA) is planning a three-day stayaway to protest against the alleged mistreatment of its members by major e-hailing platforms ...

Women warned after police bust online romance scammer posing as a pilot

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Police have once again warned women, particularly those who are active on dating websites, to exercise caution after a 49-year-old man was arrested in an elaborate ...

Social enterprise launches pad-manufacturing facility in Gugulethu

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A social enterprise organisation dedicated to tackling period poverty across the country is making inroads in its service delivery quest.

The Mdzananda Animal Clinic calls on public to adopt disabled pets too

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The Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha is calling on animal-loving families and compassionate people to consider adopting or fostering disabled pets or those ...

Milnerton lagoon low water levels a good sign of its restoration

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The receding levels of the Milnerton Lagoon, the subject of an ongoing battle between residents surrounding the lagoon and the City of Cape Town over the sewage ...

Cape Town residents say they are struggling to cope with rising cost of living

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South Africans say they are battling to make ends meet, more so each time prices for essential goods rise.

Calls for hit-and-run driver to give himself up after Saxonsea toddler killed

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The police and the community are urging the driver who knocked down a 5-year-old girl from Saxonsea, Atlantis, to hand himself over after the child later died in ...

Western Cape government preparing to host thousands of tourists this summer

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The Western Cape Government (WCG) is gearing up for a ‘record-breaking’ summer tourism season and expecting more than one million inbound international seats on ...

Eight Cape Town beaches receive Blue Flag accreditation ahead of summer season

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At least eight City beaches, including Clifton 4th beach and Llandudno, will be waving the Blue Flags this summer, an internationally recognised green light for ...

Western Cape scoops up eight awards at World Travel Awards Africa

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Tourism attractions and offerings in the Western Cape have once more gained the praise and recognition of the international travel market.

Western Cape tourism sector continues to thrive, even surpassing pre-Covid numbers

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In its monthly tourism report, the Western Cape government’s trade, investment, and tourism promotion agency (Wesgro) said air traffic in and out of the province ...