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Globally, most countries are still grappling with food insecurity. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about 690 million people did not have enough to eat in 2019.By December 2020, more than 250 million people in Africa were faced with severe food insecurity.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murders of two Cape Town police officers who were on patrol at the weekend.
The freedom of an armed suspect was short-lived this afternoon after the vigilance of an off-duty member of the Provincial Integrated Team led to his arrest. The detective who was returning from a church service in Wallacedene spotted a suspicious individual with a firearm and called for backup from his colleagues attached to the Kraaifontein […]
An ex-Springbok rugby player. The notorious 27s gang. The assassination of an international steroid dealer. The three may seem totally unrelated, but court cases taking shape and set to play out in Cape Town are exposing suspected links between them and just how far the reach of organised crime — as the State alleges — stretches. In the latest developing case, Jerome “Donkie” Booysen was arrested on Thursday, 18 February, along with five other men. One of the five is Clinton Langeveldt, a former City of Cape Town law enforcement officer who reportedly resigned after he was arrested in...
January 19, 2021 The Condra 4-ton, 14,7-metre span double-girder electric overhead travelling crane already installed at Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works. BB Cranes, the Cape Town-based lifting equipment manufacturer, is to deliver two 4‑ton, 5‑metre‑span underslung cranes to Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works. To be installed in new upper and lower screw-pump stations that will form part of the plant’s expansion, both machines have been ergonomically designed to facilitate manual control of the long-travel, cross-travel and lift. They follow earlier delivery of a 4-ton, 14,7-me...