West Cape News

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:20:22 +0000

10 May 2012 Following the stabbing of a 12-year-old boy this past weekend, it has emerged that teenage township gangs in Khayelitsha contain junior, pre-teen members as young as nine. The main rival Vura and Vato gangs from Harare and Siyahlala predominantly comprised of school-going teenagers, have junior members aged between 9 and 13 years old called [...]

Telkom cuts off provincial ANC offices due to non-payment

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:52:11 +0000

10 May 2012 The land lines to ANC offices in five of the nine provinces have been disconnected by Telkom due to non-payment of bills. Calls to the Telkom landline contact numbers for provincial offices displayed on the ANC website revealed that offices in the Western Cape, the Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Free State have been disconnected. [...]

Over a billion owed to National Health Laboratory Services by provinces

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:53:29 +0000

10 May 2012 The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) yesterday complained in Parliament that the KwaZulu-Natal provincial health department is failing to pay R1,2 billion owed for laboratory tests. Last November the NHLS pleaded for help from MPs saying that non-payment for laboratory tests ordered by various provinces was bringing the organisation to the verge of [...]

Cape restaurants brace for winter

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:48:27 +0000

09 May 2012 Restaurants around Cape Town are bracing themselves for a tough winter as business is expected to take a seasonal nosedive. The Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa (Fedhasa) warns that traditional low levels of business over winter, combined with increases in food and fuel prices, meant a number of restaurants would fail to pay [...]

Township painter beat the odds and hosts solo exhibition

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:33:46 +0000

09 May 2012 A township-based artist has beaten the odds stacked against him to exhibit at a mainstream gallery in Cape Town. Growing up in an impoverished family in Nyanga, 29-year-old Khaya Sineyile always had a love of drawing and painting but hardly dared believe the sophisticated art world would be interested in his work. [...]

Residents and businesses give Cape Town the thumbs up

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:07:13 +0000

08 My 2012 A new ‘scientific’ survey on municipal services says the majority of Capetonians and businesses are satisfied with the municipal services provided by the Democratic Alliance (DA) governed city. Commissioned by the City, the ‘independent scientific survey’ released yesterday was conducted by TNS — a company which provides market research services. The survey [...]

Provincial ANC investigates ‘ghost’ beneficiaries

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:38:53 +0000

08 May 2012 The ANC in the Western Cape is investigating alleged housing fraud in Khayelitsha relating to deceased beneficiaries receiving houses in the government subsidised housing project. It is alleged that 32 houses in the Nonkqubela Phase 1 housing project in K-Section, Khayelitsha were given to ‘ghost beneficiaries’ and the people now living in [...]

Taxi service on the end of ANC Youth League line

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:03:03 +0000

08 May 2012 A Sea Point taxi business is getting increasingly frustrated that many of their callers are trying to get hold of the Western Cape ANC Youth League. People trying to get hold of the ANC YL in the province are calling the taxi operators as the telephone number listed on the ANC YL [...]

Centre for abuse women faces closure.

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:46:18 +0000

08 May 2012 Women and children’s rights lobby group, the Saartjie Baartman Centre is facing closure by the end of this month because of lack of funding, the organisation has announced. After 13 years of service to thousands of abused women and children, the Centre’s May birthday celebrations, which are expected at the end of [...]

Shack fire fatalities spark protest

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:31:31 +0000

08 May 2012 The death of two people in a shack fire in Khayelitsha TR informal settlement on Sunday morning sparked a protest over the lack of housing delivery in the area. It is believed a paraffin heater caused the fire. Yamkela Mkiva, 15, died in the blaze, while her step father Andile Mnyamana and [...]