3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (720+ words) The 22-year-old died in April 2021 after falling from the Cape Town hotel where she had been staying with her fiancé, rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes. The formal inquest into her death, which began this week in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1063+ words) South Africa is having fewer children than it did almost two decades ago, and the change is prompting a bigger conversation about what family life looks like in 2026. According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), the country’s total fertility rate…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (150+ words) The new rates apply to residential customers on Domestic, Home User and Lifeline tariffs. The City says the combined changes amount to an overall average electricity tariff increase of 6.67%. ‘Combined, these factors result in an overall average Electricity tariff increase…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (114+ words) According to CPUT’s official newsflash, Council also welcomed further investigations by reputable independent bodies into reported matters and asked Senate to consider changes to the 2026 academic calendar to help recover lost academic time. The latest decisions follow weeks of student…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (452+ words) The revised commercial filming tariffs come into effect on 1 October 2026 and introduce a new pricing category for productions with more than 100 people. The changes reflect the growing demands that large-scale shoots can place on protected areas, including staff time, site…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (702+ words) Cape Town has recorded its biggest-ever annual capital spend on urban mobility, with more than R4 billion channelled into roads, public transport infrastructure and projects aimed at improving movement across the city. The spending includes R2,54 billion in capital expenditure by the…...

2+ week, 58+ min ago   (111+ words) The incident was captured on camera during the operation, with the video now circulating on social media and other platforms. According to reports, the woman had allegedly interfered with the operation before a confrontation developed between her and the soldier....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (524+ words) Cape Town’s property market continues to attract substantial interest from international buyers, with new data indicating that foreign nationals are particularly prominent at the upper end of the market. As highlighted by BusinessTech, Lightstone Property data suggests that about 6% of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (561+ words) National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams is facing further questioning at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, where his evidence has come under scrutiny over claims that police corruption dockets were intercepted. Adams is being questioned about his decision to involve…...