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COCT collects baboon proof bins, tells residents no more baboons in Kommetjie 26 April 2021 10:50 AM baboons Lobby group Baboon Matters shared this jaw-dropping incident on Facebook. Residents in urban edge areas of Cape Town such as Kommetjie, Simons Town, and Murdoch valley have been pleading with the City of Cape Town Solid Waste Department to issue new baboon proof bins. Waste is an enormous food attractant for the baboons who live in these areas and there are no law...

[WATCH] Incredible feat as Staffie saves her little brother from swimming pool 22 April 2021 11:11 AM Share This: The canine rescue went viral, and now the brave pooch has received an award from the Boksburg SPCA. A week ago a video of a staffie rescuing a little dog who had fallen into the family swimming pool began to go viral. It turns out this happened in our very own Boksburg. The family returned home to find their little pooch soaking wet, watched their security camera footage, and disco...

KFC treats help lure pooch Lady Rosemead to safety after a month on streets 17 March 2021 11:59 AM Lady Rosmead Share This: Animal Welfare Society of SA spokesperson Alan Perrins says Rose is doing well, and KFC has now offered to help the cause. On Barbs Wire, Barbara Friedman described to Kieno Kammies a popular story being shared on Facebook by the Animal Welfare Society of SA about a homeless dog who has been named Lady Rosemead - or Rose for short - because she has...

Duchess of Sussex talks to Oprah Winfrey about shocking allegations made by members of the Royal family.

The famous Cape Chacma baboon was sent to the Riverside Wildlife Sanctuary in Limpopo just over 40 days ago.

eNCA reporter under fire for racism 25 February 2021 11:35 AM Share This: #eNCA was trending on Twitter on Thursday, with some accusing the reporter and broadcaster of racism and unconscious bias. An eNCA journalist is under fire for appearing to treat two politicians - one black, one white - differently during a post-budget interview on Wednesday. Political reporter Lindsay Dentlinger was interviewing Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Groenewald who conducted the interview without a mask. As...

[WATCH] Adorable Cape ostriches join beachgoers for a dip in the ocean 22 February 2021 10:27 AM Share This: Social media users are loving TikTok user Kayleigh Tucks video of a couple of local ostriches taking a dip. Social media users are loving TikTok user Kayleigh Tucks video of a couple of local ostriches dipping their toes in the ocean on a Cape beach this summer. We were all locked out of the beaches so when those regs were eased it seems it was not just the humans who made a mush needed ...

[WATCH] King Price takes funny Mzansi-style jab at Covid testing #TheTestTickles 17 February 2021 10:28 AM Share This: Two men await the test and are horrified by what they hear until they finally realise the meaning of the words. The men wait in a corridor outside an office. Others before them are going for a test and can be heard gagging and reacting to what sounds like the swab being stuck very far down. How was it? asks one of the two waiting. Its rough...the testicles, replies a man who ha...

Deputy higher education minister Buti Manamela closed Tuesday's #SonaDebate with a strongly-worded attack on the EFF leader.

If your kids have been using your computer, make sure you turn off the filters before you go into Zoom meeting, suggests judge.