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Business · Cape TownTransnet has been operating below capacity due to a shortage of locomotives, poor maintenance and vandalism and theft of its infrastructure. A strike would paralyse freight rail services and impact South Africa's ports, also managed by Transnet. Both unions said Transnet's offer of a 1.5 percent pay increase from October 1 fell below their demands.See the Story
South Africa's rail and port workers to strike this week over wages
43% Right coverage: 7 sources
Business · Cape TownRio Tinto-controlled titanium producer Richards Bay Minerals will be supplied with renewable solar power. The power purchase contract was signed after a process launched in 2021. The 20-year contract will supply around 300 gigawatthours of renewable energy every year via a wheeling arrangement to RBM's smelting and processing facilities.See the Story
New solar plant in Limpopo to supply Richards Bay Minerals with power by 2024
100% Center coverage: 2 sources
Africa · Cape TownA chip fryer caught alight at the coffee shop of Cape Town's Panorama Hospital. One staff member sustained minor injuries and two staffers were treated for smoke inhalation. The hospital was evacuated as smoke went through air ducts and filled the corridors. No patients were injured.See the Story
Patients evacuated from Panorama Hospital in Cape Town as chip fryer causes fire
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
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Africa · Cape TownTwo men were shot and killed at Camps Bay beach in Cape Town on Wednesday afternoon. A witness said his murdered friend was a photographer who took pictures of beachgoers and sold the images to them. A police source said that earlier, a taxi driver had made a complaint about an illegal taxi operator. The motive for the attack is unknown.See the Story
WESTERN CAPE CRIME: Two men shot dead on crowded Camps Bay beach in broad daylight
Coverage: 2 sources
Africa · Cape TownThe disease was identified in the African penguin population at Boulders Beach, near Cape Town, in August. The outbreak has already killed more than 20,000 cormorants on the region's coastline in the last year. The cove, which attracts 60,000 visitors a year, remains open to the public for now.See the Story
South Africa: Bird Flu Hits Colony of Endangered Penguins
Coverage: 2 sources
Africa · Cape TownThirteen people were killed in a week of shootings across Cape Town. The shootings stretched from Steenberg to Camps Bay and Vrygrond. At least two of the shootings left taxi drivers dead, with alleged gangsters killed in others. The latest was a shooting in Steenberg, on the road to Muizenberg.See the Story
Trigger warning: 13 people killed as Cape Town reels from bloody week of shootings
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Cape Town · Cape TownMany tourists have recently been spoiled by the beach idyll around Cape Town — by aggressive seals that inflict bite marks on them.See the Story
Aggressive seals attack beachgoers
Africa · Cape TownTwo people were gunned down and four others wounded along Prince George Drive in Steenberg, Cape Town, earlier on Thursday. Police are investigating a double murder and four attempted murder cases following the fatal shooting. The recent shooting came a day after another one in Camps Bay, which claimed two lives.See the Story
Two people fatally shot, four others wounded in Cape Town
Africa · Cape TownZimbabwe's Masters Hockey Team have lost three of their four opening games in the ongoing 2022 World Masters Hockey World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. The tournament is running from 1-10 October and Zimbabwe is in Pool B alongside hosts South Africa, United States of America, France, Malaysia and England.See the Story
Zim find going tough in World Masters Hockey World Cup
Africa · Cape TownNeumann was booted from his position at the Cape Town school last year. He was found guilty of 'disrespect in the form of abusive or insolent behaviour' and for bringing the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) into disrepute. Some Cape Town residents joined other civil organisations and political parties coming out in support of Neumann.See the Story
