Protea Heights News Today

With a population growth of 7,9% Cape Town is the fastest growing City in South Africa, a factor that largely affects suburban planning, says Johan van Baalen, expert in accountability and local governance.

A mother and son from Brackenfell were killed and several others injured in a head-on collision involving a minibus-taxi and light motor vehicle in Kraaifontein yesterday.

Disaster management teams across the Overberg remain on high alert even though no further storms bringing heavy rain and gale-force winds have been predicted for the remainder of the week.

We always ask the question, what is out there? Well, this astronaut from Nasa could explain precisely that.

Over the past two weeks more than 10 known nightly break-ins occurred in Protea Heights and surrounds where groups of burglars gained entry by removing the front-facing small front windows below the burglar bars.

The Voice singer shared a candid post on Instagram on Sunday about his mental health challenges.

In two recent robberies in Brackenfell last week, one house robbery and one business robbery, robbers curiously got away with nothing.

'City teams will do their best to find the cause and restore power as soon as possible,' said the City of Cape Town.

Domestic violence accounted for 31% of all common assaults reported in crime sector 2 of Brackenfell between October and March.

The family of singer Craig Lucas is preparing to give a final farewell to his brother and sister-in-law, who were killed in their home in Protea Heights, Cape Town, more than a week ago.