Firefighters struggle to douse Cape Winelands veld fires

Cape Town Emergency Services Firefighters in the Cape Winelands District municipality in the Western Cape have requested aerial support as fires which strong winds are fanning intensify on three fronts. The Fire Services spokesperson, Jo-Anne Otto says, “In the Witzenberg Valley and Visgat and the Rocky mountain area the fire continues to burn out of…

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New witness to take stand in Meyiwa trial

FILE | A man holds Senzo Meyiwa’s picture during his memorial at the Moses Mabida Stadium in Durban. A new witness is expected to be called in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. This is after Absolom Zungu the second witness that the defence had called, concluded his…

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Members free to choose between ANC, SACP in LGE: Mantashe

SABC News anchor Ayanda Nyathi interviews ANC Chairperson Gwede Mantashe at the party’s National General Council in Boksburg in the East Rand on December 9, 2025. African National Congress (ANC) Chairperson Gwede Mantashe has made it clear that the party’s members are free to make a choice between the ANC and its ally, the South…

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