New Table Mountain safety initiative announced to keep hikers safe

Madelyn Winchester|Published

The National Department of Tourism and SANParks announced this week their new plans for ramping up safety measures in Table Mountain National Park.

Missing wreck an important part in learning how settlers landed in the Cape

Madelyn Winchester|Published

The Haarlem was a Dutch ship that ran aground in Table Bay in March 1647, and 62 of the crew members stayed in the area to try to save the cargo from the ship.

Human Rights Watch calls on SA government to decriminalise sex work

Madelyn Winchester|Published

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday released a report calling on the government to decriminalise sex work in South Africa.

Illegal guns leading to rise in murders in the Western Cape

Madelyn Winchester|Published

Data from the ISS shows the three main avenues for guns entering the illegal market are fraud and corruption, smuggling, and loss and theft.

Justice system’s loopholes 'work in favour' of repeat offenders

Madelyn Winchester|Published

Hout Bay Community Crime Prevention's JJ de Villiers said they worry that bail, in some circumstances, granted too easily to repeat offenders.

SA population outpacing the country's economy by a wide margin

Madelyn Winchester|Published

The country is heading for a crisis based on mid-year population estimates as the growth in population is outpacing economic growth by a wide margin.

Suspect remanded over murder of Ukrainian hiker

Madelyn Winchester|Published

Sinaye Mposelwa, 25, appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate?s Court on Monday for the robbery and murder of Ivan Ivanov, a Ukrainian tourist who hiked Chapman?s Peak ...

Son of Ukrainian hiker murdered on Chapman’s Peak 'will never visit SA'

Madelyn Winchester|Published

The son of Ukrainian tourist, Ivan Ivanov, 43, who was stabbed to death on Saturday on the Chapman?s Peak hiking trail said he will never visit SA.

Stellenbosch University graduate building device to protect rhinos

Madelyn Winchester|Published

A recent doctoral graduate from Stellenbosch University is building a device that uses technology to help conservationists monitor and protect rhinos.

Steady growth for SA tourism industry with over 15m foreigners visiting in 2018

Madelyn Winchester|Published

Table Mountain, the Kruger National Park and the Robben Island Museum attract millions of foreign tourists every year.

Helpful or harmful? Facebook page keeps users abreast of info on lethal street drugs

Madelyn Winchester|Published

A Facebook page is attempting to keep drug users and party-goers abreast of new drugs on the streets of Cape Town.

Maties students, UCT scientists to do crucial research in Antarctica's sea ice

Madelyn Winchester|Published

Eighteen postgraduate students from Stellenbosch University and 25 scientists from UCT are boarding the research vessel Agulhas II today.