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.
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.