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Adriaan Basson As a precaution, the City of Cape Town had advised residents of the CBD and Atlantic Seaboard not to drink municipal tap water. Mobile standpipes were installed along Beach Road for residents to collect water for domestic consumption, if necessary. The City said an investigation into the quality of the water has shown no health risk. The City of Cape Town announced that the precautionary water advisory, relating to the Atlantic Seaboard, has been lifted. After extensive sampling...

A wildfire broke out early on Sunday morning spread and spread overnight towards the Devils Peak Estate/Vredehoek area of the Cape Town City Bowl. Some areas were evacuated in the early hours of the morning as a precautionary measure. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA) 21 pictures of the havoc and devastation from the Cape Town fire Share Cape Town - Firefighters are hard at work battling the blaze that started in Rhodes Memorial on Sunday and spread to Vredehoek. The wildfire that...

Table View block of flats will devalue neighbouring properties’ By Mthuthuzeli Ntseku Share Cape Town - The Greater Table View Action Forum (GTAF) is fighting yet another development, this time a block of flats on the corner of Grey Avenue and Blaauwberg Road. The forum said the four-storey block of flats had balconies that looked directly into the neighbouring properties. It said the City did not care about the law and the damage being done to the values of neighbouring properties. GTAF p...

How pouring fat and oil down your drain clogs up Cape Town sewers 15 April 2021 7:56 AM Farouk Robertson, communications manager for the City of Cape Towns Water and Sanitation Department explains. A CapeTalk listener contacted the Breakfast Show in desperation after having her Tableview property flooded with sewerage overflow for the twelfth time in two years. She said that she had not had any joy despite bringing it to the attention of her local ward councillor, and appealed for our help in g...

A motorist watched two men travelling with their legs sticking out of the boot and took a video that has been shared on Twitter.

Toxic and radioactive: The damage from mining rare elements Low wages, water shortage and acidified landscapes: Mining critical raw materials endangers human rights and the environment. Yet the industry is expanding. The mining of critical raw materials leaves hostile rubble dumps in its wake. More than every second person in the world now has a cellphone, and manufacturers are rolling out bigger, better, slicker models all the time. Many, however, have a bloody history.  Though made in large ...

How the Community Intervention Centre in Cape Town is helping survivors of gender-based violence 12 April 2021 5:01PM UTC | By: Megan Gieske Join Megan Gieske is a storyteller and photographer based in Cape Town, South Africa. Behind the Table View police station in Milnerton, Cape Town, the Community Intervention Centre, painted a dazzling white, shines as a beacon of hope for women fleeing gender-base...

SA relocation trend | Here's where buyers are investing in new homes: Ex-Gauteng residents and semigrants from other SA provinces are buying more properties in the Western Cape than ever before. Here's whats driving this trend.

The warning system is checked every year and sirens can be heard across surrounding suburbs. The wailing is followed by a message, warning people that it is only a test. "This is only a test. There is no need to take any action. This is only a test. There is no need to take any action," a woman said over the public announcement system. "I repeat. This is only a test. There is no need to take any action. Listen to Good Hope FM or Kfm for further information."  The sirens could be heard in nearb...

Avid Cape Town collector Justuis Pieterse is joining Barbie enthusiasts around SA to celebrate the doll’s 62nd birthday, along with her partner Ken’s milestone 60th this month.