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9 treinwaens verwoes op Kaapstad-stasie tydens brand

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Die brand by die Kaapstad-treinstasie is vroeg Sondagaand geblus.

Jermaine Carelse, woordvoerder van die nooddienste in Kaapstad, sê niemand is beseer in die brand nie.

Hy sê nege treinwaens van twee treine is in die brand verwoes.

Dit is nog onduidelik wat die oorsaak van die brand is.

Swart rookwolke het Sondagmiddag oor die middestad gehang.

News24 berig dat die prototipe van ‘n beplande nuwe vloot treine vir Metrorail nie in die brand beskadig is nie. Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa het onlangs die bekendstelling van dié treine bygewoon.

Hierdie berig weerspieël nie noodwendig die mening van Die Kaap.com nie.

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21 schools across Cape Town shut down and now health services are also being afflicted due to protests

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A total of 21 schools across the Cape have been closed as a result of two separate protests in Lwandle, Somerset West and in Khayelitsha.

A further eight schools are being monitored because of the disruptions, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has confirmed.

The department’s Jessica Shelver says many learners from Lwandle and Khayelitsha, who attend schools in other areas, have also not been able to get to school.

The protests are causing massive disruptions with schooling.

Meanwhile, protesters in Khayelitsha say they won’t back down until the City of Cape Town addresses their grievances, including water issues in the area.

MyCiti buses are not operating in Khayelitsha and other forms of public transport have also been affected, reports EWN’s Kaylynn Palm.

Furthermore, healthcare services at the Khayelitsha District Hospital have been disrupted due to the ongoing protest action.

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Geskorste Kaapse metro-hoë sit tuis met vet salarispakket van R2,8 miljoen per jaar, oftewel R233 000 per maand en sy hoef nie ’n steek werk te doen nie

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Een van die tien hoogs betaalde amptenare van die Kaapstad-metroraad is nou al 15 maande by die huis en hoef nie ’n steek werk te doen vir haar salarispakket van R2,8 miljoen per jaar, oftewel R233 000 per maand, nie.

Melissa Whitehead, geskorste kommissaris van vervoer en stedelike ontwikkeling van die metroraad, se totale salaris word sedert haar skorsing in Januarie verlede jaar aan haar betaal. Sien Whitehead se kommentaar onderaan waarin sy sê sy wou aanhou werk, maar die metroraad het haar voorlopig geskors.

Whitehead is geskors hangende ’n tugverhoor oor beweerde bedrog en onreëlmatighede met tenderprosesse.

In die 2017-’18-boekjaar was daar slegs sewe poste van uitvoerende direkteurs in die Kaapstad-metroraad op dieselfde salariskerf as Whitehead.

Die enigste amptenaar van die metroraad wat meer as Whitehead verdien, is die munisipale bestuurder met ’n totale salarispakket van R3,4 miljoen.

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Peter Marais is advocating for self-determination in the Western Cape ahead of the general elections in May

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Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) premier candidate Peter Marais says he wants the Western Cape to be run independently from the rest of South Africa.

Marais is advocating for self-determination in the Western Cape ahead of the general elections in May.

With less than a month to go, Marais said there were enough resources for the province to stand on its own two feet.

The Western Cape Constitution allows for the premier to call for a referendum, but no premier has ever decided to go that route, but that could change if Marais moves into the official residence.

He said one of his first tasks will be to call a referendum asking residents whether they want an independently run province.

“You will still have the same economic arrangement from the central government, they must just give us our share of the fiscus.”

Marais has, however, admitted that such a decision could lead to residents paying more taxes.

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Ontstoke gemeenskapslede by Sir Lowrypas-nedersetting raak oproerig omdat provinsiale regering ’n nuwe skool wil bou in nedersetting en nie grond beskikbaar wil stel vir huise

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Daar was Dinsdag ’n sterk polisieteenwoordigheid in die Sir Lowryspas-nedersetting naby Somerset-Wes in die Wes-Kaap nadat betogers Maandag die N2-snelweg en ander toegangsroetes na die nedersetting versper het.

Die betogers is ongelukkig omdat die provinsiale regering ’n nuwe skool op ’n stuk grond in die nedersetting wil bou. Hulle wil hê die grond moet eerder vir behuising gebruik word.

Malusi Booi, burgemeesterskomiteelid vir menslike nedersettings in Kaapstad, sê hy is nie bewus van enige betogings wat Dinsdag plaasgevind het nie.

Die N2-snelweg was ook nie Dinsdag gesluit nie. “Ons het ’n sterk polisieteenwoordigheid sodat die N2 oop bly vir verkeer,” sê Booi.

Hy het Maandag en Dinsdag met die ontstoke gemeenskapslede vergader. “Ons het vir die gemeenskap vertel ons het ander lappies grond vir behuising geoormerk wat ontwikkel kan word. Ons het dit duidelik gemaak dat geen onwettige optrede tydens die betogings gedu
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Kaapse metro kan oor ses jaar weens verstedeliking byna 500 000 nuwe inwoners bykry – Nuwe trend kan verdere armoede, werkloosheid, oorbevolking en spanning veroorsaak

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Kaapstad kan oor ses jaar weens verstedeliking byna 500 000 nuwe inwoners bykry – Met migrasie-tendense wat wys dat mense wat stad toe trek nie noodwendig oor die toepaslike vaardighede beskik om werk te kry nie, kan dit verdere armoede, werkloosheid, oorbevolking en spanning veroorsaak.

Dít is van die werklikhede wat die Kaapstadse metroraad met veranderings aan sy nuwe geïntegreerde ontwikkelingsplan vir die metropoolgebied in ag neem.

Dié plan is Maandagoggend op ’n spesiale vergadering van die burgemeesterskomitee ingedien en moet Donderdag op die raadsvergadering bespreek en oorweeg word.

Volgens dié plan word verwag dat die aantal inwoners in Kaapstad van 2016 tot 2021 met 485 000 sal styg.

Die stede in Suid-Afrika wat die meeste deur verstedeliking geraak word, is Johannesburg en Kaapstad, lui ’n verslag wat deel van die ontwikkelingsplan is.

Met die vierde industriële revolusie wat die struktuur van die ekono
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Sovereign State of Good Hope – Self-proclaimed Khoisan King wants to stop may elections and has applied for an urgent cease and desist order against Ramaphosa and the government

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A self-proclaimed king of the Khoisan People wants to stop the May elections from taking place in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape.

Calvin Cornelius has applied for an urgent cease and desist order against President Cyril Ramaphosa and the government.

But the so-called Khoisan king’s legitimacy is being questioned by another Khoisan grouping.

Cornelius said he and his followers believe that the three provinces belong to the Khoisan people.

They have renamed the three provinces the Sovereign State of Good Hope and want land returned to them before any elections are held.

But the chief of the First Indigenous Nation of South Africa Gregg Fick said Cornelius is not recognised.

“We do not recognise him as a king. We do not recognise him his leadership in the Khoi-Khoi and San movement and we also do not recognise the Sovereign State of Good Hope.”

The matter is yet to be heard in court.

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Another feud erupts over Afrikaans – Xhosa learners at a Western Cape high school protest against teachers using Afrikaans as educational language

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Pupils at a Western Cape high school protested on Wednesday about teachers who allegedly conduct classes in Afrikaans instead of English.

Western Cape education department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said about 300 pupils protested outside Diazville High in Saldanha Bay, north of Cape Town, before handing over a letter listing their grievances.

“The learners then returned to class. Teaching and learning time was not disrupted as a result of the protest,” said Hammond.

The pupils complained that some teachers insisted on teaching in Afrikaans. “The learners’ home language is Xhosa and their language of teaching and learning is English,” she said.

“There were also several accusations against certain educators at the school and their behaviour and treatment towards learners.”

Hammond said the education department would investigate the pupils’ grievances and “take appropriate actio
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Eerbare polisie ontbreek oral in SA – Speurhoof van Wes-Kaap word ondersoek vir sy betrokkenheid by misdaad van kapings en marteling

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Die Wes-Kaap se speurhoof, majoor Gen Jeremy Vearey, word ondersoek nadat klagtes van kaping en marteling ontvang is

Hy word nou ook vervolg weens beweerde dwarsboming van die gereg.

Die stasiebevelvoerder van Mitchells Plein, brigadier Cass Goolam, word klaarblyklik ook ondersoek deur intelligensie personeel .

Die twee senior polisiebeamptes het glo gepoog om ‘n persoon te impliseer in die dood van Mervin Jacobs in 2009.

Die vermoede bestaan dat die twee nie die enigste beamptes is wat hulle aan sulke misdrywe skuldig maak in die provinsie nie.

Foto – majoor Gen Jeremy Vearey
Deur: Die Vryburger
Hierdie berig weerspieël nie noodwendig die mening van SAUK-nuus nie.

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Schools in Western Cape turning into drug holes and war zones – School Education system in SA is no longer safe – items including knives, screwdrivers, dagga and cigarettes found on learners in secondary school

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The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) have confiscated a box of contraband and weapons from learners at a Mitchells Plain school.

Members of the police conducted a search and seizure operation at Woodlands Secondary School on Thursday morning.

The WCED says the operation was conducted after reports of an increase in drugs and weapons in the school.

Learners of Woodlands Secondary School had their hands on their desks and school bags open while officers searched through their belongings.

Police found items including knives, screwdrivers, dagga and cigarettes on learners in various grades at the school.

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer says she is concerned about learners entering the school premises with weapons.

She says they chose to do the random search at the school because there are frequent instances of violence and drug abuse.

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Bo-Kaap residents hit out at developer over ‘underhanded tactics’ that are being used to traumatise the working-class people

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Bo-Kaap residents have accused property developer Blok Urban Living of underhanded tactics after the developer’s Western Cape High Court application to interdict residents from interrupting construction at its Lion Street site.

The application, before Judge Patrick Gamble, was for the interdict to be made permanent.

However, Judge Gamble found that the application had what seemed outstanding procedural issues which needed to be addressed, the absence of which could impede his ability to give a fair judgment on the matter.

In November, irate residents picketed against the development and against the delivery of a crane.

After heated arguments with police, the residents were met with force, including stun grenades and rubber bullets.

The developer’s lawyer had identified respondents in the second interdict application, which included nine protesters (five arrested), the Bo-Kaap Neighbourhood Watch and its chairperson.

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Gunsteling voetslaanpad word nou gevaarlik – Twee stappers is op ’n wandelroete by Simonstad geroof, met vuurwapen aangehou en een stapper in been geskiet

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‘n Man (64) is Maandagmiddag in die been geskiet in ’n aanval by die Kleinplaasdam bokant Simonstad, Kaapstad, terwyl hy en ’n vrou (51) gestap het.

Kapt. FC van Wyk, polisiewoordvoerder, sê die twee stappers is deur twee onbekende jong mans genader en met ’n vuurwapen aangehou. Hulle is van hul selfone, geld en rugsakke beroof.

Die twee stappers het omgedraai en begin wegstap nadat hulle beroof is, waarna een van die jong mans sonder enige waarskuwing ’n skoot afgevuur het. Die beroofde man is in die linkerbeen gewond.

Van Wyk sê die rowers het hierna weggehardloop.

Die polisie ondersoek klagte van poging tot moord en gewapende roof.

Mense met inligting word gevra om die polisie by 08600 10111 of die polisiekantoor in Simonstad by 021 786 8649 te skakel.

Inligting oor die aanval is op die Facebook-blad van Simonstad Safety & Security Watch gedeel en mense is gewaarsku om versigtig te wees. Van die mense
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