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Franse toeris beroof, aangerand in historiese Bo-Kaap

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‘n Vroulike Franse toeris is in die historiese Bo-Kaap van haar besittings beroof en in die nek gesteek met ‘n skerp voorwerp.

Toeriste is klaarblyklik maklike teikens in die gebied en is ook nie bewus van die gevare in die area nie. Toeriste word al hoe meer gewaarsku om Suid Afrika te vermy weens die groot voorkoms van geweld.

Inkomste uit toeriste beloop jaarliks miljoene rand, maar die kraantjie is reeds half toegedraai en kan toegedra word as iets daadwerkliks aan die veiligheids situasie gedoen word nie.

Kenners wys egter daarop dat buitelandse besoekers toenemend wegskram van toere na Suid-Afrika waar 50 moorde en meer as 100 verkragtings daagliks gepleeg word.

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R33 miljoen se skade in brand by treinstasie – 12 treinwaens en 300 m se kabels is verwoes na brandstigting

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Die skade van die brand Sondag by die Kaapstad-treinstasie waarin twee treine verwoes is, beloop minstens R33 miljoen.

Metrorail in die Wes-Kaap het die verwoesting van die treine as ʼn “reuse-terugslag” bestempel. Maroela Media het vroeër berig die brand het Sondag omstreeks 15:40 plaasgevind en twee treine op platforms 13 en 14 is verwoes toe sterk winde die vlamme van een trein na die ander gewaai het.

Brandbestryders was teen 16:15 op die toneel en die brand was net ná 19:00 geblus. Volgens Metrorail is alle treinbedrywighede by die stasie as voorsorgmaatreël gestaak.

Altesaam 12 treinwaens en 300 m se kabels is verwoes. Geen personeel of pendelaars is egter beseer nie.

Metrorail sê in die verklaring die polisie is besig om kringtelevisiebeeldmateriaal na te gaan as deel van die ondersoek na die voorval, maar voorlopige aanduidings dui daarop dat brandstigting die oorsaak van die brand was.

Intussen sê Blade Nzimande,
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Great news for Cape Town’s theme park ride lovers as Canal Walk announces the Ratanga Family Entertainment Centre

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Fans of Cape Town’s now defunct theme park Ratanga Junction have received some good news in the form of an announcement by Canal Walk Shopping centre.

The shopping centre have announced a multi-million Rand project to revamp their current food court and outside areas and to build the new Ratanga Family Entertainment Centre.

Gavin Wood, CEO at Canal Walk, said: “Being very much family oriented, Canal Walk Shopping Centre saw the long-term value in investing in this development with Ratanga World Ltd, as this will enhance the overall shopping experience, and speaks to shopping centres in South Africa remaining key destinations for retail and family entertainment activities.

“We will see a number of the amusement exhibits find a new home with us, while at the same time, our food court will undergo a significant upgrade to provide a world-class food experience for all palates. Combined, we hope to be entertaining children of all ages (mums, da
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CapeXit – Free the Cape! – citizens concerned about rampant crime,horrific violence in SA since 1994

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Concerns: It is clear that most citizens are deeply concerned about the rampant crime and horrific violence which has escalated throughout the country. Over half a million South Africans have been murdered since 1994. South Africa suffers from the highest rape rate in the world. Almost everybody is deeply concerned about the safety of their family and particularly their children.

Indoctrination is Replacing Education

The deteriorating quality of education, which in many cases seems indistinguishable from political indoctrination, has led to a major growth industry of thousands of independent schools and homeschooling. All of this is a massive vote of no confidence in the ministry of education.

Taxation, Corruption, and Inflation

Of course, most people are deeply concerned for the economy, the lack of jobs, unemployment, inflation and the deteriorating buying power of the Rand. Economist Steven Goodson, who was once a Director of the South
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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.

The staff
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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.

Hoewel die ander hoë a
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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.

“We might ask
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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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