After calling the emergency centre for an ambulance, she was informed that there were no available ambulances at the hospital.
The chaos and mayhem that accompanied the minibus taxi driver strike on Thursday has been roundly condemned for severely inconveniencing commuters and other road users.
The ongoing killings and robberies in Khayelitsha have been labelled a pandemic, during a special safety and security stakeholders meeting at the Khayelitsha Training Centre.
E-hailing drivers affiliated with global app giants are calling on the government to help curb alleged exploitation by their app partners.
Transport and Public Works MEC Daylin Mitchell has threatened to close certain ranks and routes after a violent taxi protest erupted in Nyanga on Friday.
Attempts by police to get a handle on crime in Khayelitsha suffered another setback after yet another mass killing in the area. The latest killings come three days after Police Minister Bheki Cele visited the area in response to the murder of five people last week.
Parents and activists are fuming after the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture’s (DSAC) 11th hour cancellation of the National SA School Sport Championship, scheduled for this weekend.
Residents of Khayelitsha and Manenberg have complained to Police Minister Bheki Cele about the lack of policing in their communities, saying that seeing dead bodies was becoming a norm in their areas.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has revealed in its report that the Western Cape has the highest number of active cases in the country.
Premier Alan Winde has been accused of excluding Elsies River, Samora Machel, Manenberg and Philippi East from being part of the Area Based Teams (ABTs) and thus preventing the troubled areas from benefiting from interventions outlined in the Western Cape Safety Plan.
Parents from disadvantaged communities and those technologically challenged have complained about the accessibility of the Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) online admissions process.
Despite appeals from Premier Alan Winde, businesses, activists and politicians calling for an end to the national state of disaster and lockdown, the government has extended it for another month.
An increase in gang activity has baffled community activists, politicians and crime experts after yet another mass murder.
Such has been the sheer destruction at some railway stations it left a group of parliamentarians, tasked with the oversight of public accounts, in a state of shock.
The police have initiated a 72-hour activation plan after five people were killed in an informal settlement in Khayelitsha on Monday morning.
The Hawks in the Western Cape are investigating an alleged fraudulent and corrupt land transaction by the Swartland Municipality.
Widows from Cape taxi associations marched to Premier Alan Winde's office over grievances which included alleged unfair treatment by the City's traffic services.
Agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer has outlined steps to improve productivity and efficiency at the Port of Cape Town after concerns were raised about food security and agricultural trade in the Western Cape with the Ukraine/Russia war dragging on.
The ANC in the Western Cape has been accused of attacking Premier Alan Winde and the provincial government for unequivocally condemning the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
Stellenbosch University (SU) has come under fire and labelled a racist institution after its Twitter page had a picture featuring mostly white women in celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday.
Business, pummelled by the pandemic and increasing fuel prices were dealt another blow by Stage 4 load shedding.
A Community Education and Training (CET) summit to assess progress, prioritise actions and activities that would strengthen and stabilise the college system got under way at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Tuesday.
The expansion and increase of informal settlements in the Western Cape has been listed as an example of why there has been an increase in damage and vandalism at schools.
Epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist Professor Salim Abdool Karim said the country could do away with public health measures such as sanitising and outdoor mask wearing.
Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane and her deputy, advocate Kholeka Gcaleka, visited Langa and Khayelitsha townships on Monday to conduct inspections at service delivery problem areas.
