Real life news from all over the Western Cape
To Escape Alleged Abduction Attempt CCN News CAPE TOWN:- A 26-year-old primary school teacher from Stellenbosch is recovering from serious injuries, after leaping from a moving Uber vehicle on 28 August 2025. According to her, “in a desperate bid to escape, what i believes was an attempted kidnapping”. Denusha Nicholas, a teacher at Vlottenburg Primary … Read More “Cape Town Teacher Jumps from moving Aber” »
Five Suspects Flee with Cash and Guard’s Firearm CCN News Brackenfell: – Western Cape police are investigating a brazen cash-in-transit heist that took place outside Liquor City on Old Paarl Road shortly before midday on today. At approximately 11:40, five armed robbers ambushed a Fidelity Security cash collection team as guards were servicing the liquor … Read More ” Armed Robbery at Brackenfell Liquor Store” »
Heartbreaking: Hours after Landing for her only Grandchild’s 8th Birthday CCN News Cape Town: – A beloved grandmother from Nelspruit never made it to her granddaughter’s birthday party, after she was brutally murdered in a smash-and-grab attack just minutes after collecting a rental car at Cape Town International Airport on Friday afternoon, 5 December 2025.Karin … Read More “Breaking News – Nelspruit ouma (64) stabbed to death in Cape Town” »
Gemeenskap in Skok Tydens – #16DaysOfActivism Reporter – Felicity Jooste Stellenbosch: – In ‘n hartverskeurende voorval wat die kwesbaarheid van kinders in bendegeweld onderstreep, is ‘n 4-jarige meisie en ‘n 7-jarige seun Sondagavond gewond geskiet tydens ‘n aanval in Cloetesville. Die meisie veg vir haar lewe in ‘n hospital, na ‘n koeël haar in nek … Read More “Twee Kinders Gewond in Verskriklike Bende-skietvoorval in Cloetesville” »
After Puppy-Selling Incident in Green Point CCN NewsEditor – George April CAPE TOWN: – The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has expressed outrage after the escape of Mr Ncubeko Hloni, widely known as the “Dunoon puppy seller,” from police custody on Saturday, 29 November 2025.Hloni had been arrested earlier the same day after attempting to … Read More “Suspect Escapes Police Custody” »
CCN Nuus GANSBAAI:- Die brande wat Maandag in die Gansbaai- en Masakhane-gebied uitgebreek het, woed steeds hewig, met brand- en noodspanne wat op maksimum ontplooiing werk om die vuur onder beheer te kry.Volgens die Overstrand Munisipaliteit word beide direk en indirekte blus tegnieke by die brande toegepas, ondersteun deur helikopters en ’n groot aantal grondspanne. … Read More “Gansbaai & Masakhane vuur situasie bly Kritiek” »
And Leadership Is Failing Us CCN NEWS Cape Town residents deserve honesty, transparency, and leadership that puts public safety first. But the latest traffic report tells a different story, one of rising chaos on our roads and a City administration that refuses to take responsibility. Between July 2024 and June 2025, more than 2.7 million … Read More “Cape Towns Roads Are No Longer Safe” »
As Vanrhynsdorp Station Commander Faces Allegations CCN NEWS VAN RHYNSDORP:- Serious questions are mounting over the failure of police oversight bodies to act, after residents were allegedly assaulted, humiliated, and had their home destroyed during a police-led operation in Van Rhynsdorp. What makes the incident even more disturbing is that the station commander himself was … Read More “Oversight Bodies Silent” »
Louis Lategan faced the Makhanda High Court yesterday, accused of luring young women to his Eastern Cape farm, under false pretences and sexually assaulting them. CCN News Makhanda, Eastern Cape:- Farmer Louis Lategan appeared in the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court yesterday, as prosecutors outlined shocking allegations against him. He is accused … Read More “Farmer Appears in Court Amid Allegations of Drugging and Sexual Assault” »
Two Sides of South Africa’s Ongoing Integrity Debate CCN News Cape Town:- Former Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba is expected to hand himself over to police to face charges related to the Transnet corruption case, a development that marks another chapter in South Africa’s long struggle with accountability in public institutions. The case stems from … Read More “Accountability and Representation” »
