Cape Town Etc News Updates

A R280 million upgrade at the Wildevoëlvlei Wastewater Treatment Works in Kommetjie has reached 70% completion, with the project expected to improve wastewater treatment and operational reliability while creating opportunities to reuse treated effluent. The City of Cape Town began the upgrade in May 2025 to strengthen the facility’s treatment… Read more »

South Africa is investigating a possible new levy on vehicle licence renewals to help fund the financially distressed Road Accident Fund (RAF), as the government explores alternatives to its reliance on petrol and diesel taxes. According to BusinessTech, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has reiterated that her department is researching ways… Read more »

The spirit of Nelson Mandela is set to inspire runners on an international scale, as the Nelson Mandela Marathon officially kicks off its Global Running Series, Cape {town} Etc reports. Launched on Saturday, 17 October, at Cape Town City Hall, this innovative series aims to connect cities, runners, and communities… Read more »

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has offered to provide free high-speed internet to more than 5,000 rural schools in South Africa, potentially benefiting 2.4 million learners annually, but the proposed R500 million investment remains tied to a regulatory dispute over telecommunications ownership requirements. US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell III… Read more »

A Cape Town woman has been fined R250 000 after being convicted of illegally acquiring and keeping 145 reptiles, including snakes, geckos and lizards, in a case that highlights the risks of unlawful wildlife trade in the Western Cape, Cape {town} Etc reports. Jacqueline Hewett, from Woodstock, was sentenced by… Read more »

Things are about to get a little spooky – with a sprinkle of un poco loco and a dazzle of vampiric charm on the side – at The Galileo Open Air Cinema, as Halloween takes over this week’s line-up in suitably wicked fashion. Expect vampires, fashionably devillish antics, animated afterlife adventures and… Read more »

For Lorraine Mentoor, a breast cancer diagnosis once carried one overwhelming fear: death. More than 20 years later, the 75-year-old Cravenby resident is cancer free and helping other women navigate the uncertainty she knows all too well, Cape {town} Etc reports. Her journey began in 2005, when she discovered a lump… Read more »

Three people have been arrested in separate police operations in Atlantis, Strand and Lavender Hill, with officers seizing a firearm and ammunition, crystal meth and Mandrax tablets, Cape {town}Etc reports. The arrests took place during a search in Robinvale, a stop-and-search operation in Strand and crime prevention patrols in Lavender… Read more »

Cameras in the toad tunnels under Peninsula Road, which bisects the False Bay Nature Reserve, took 1 176 380 pictures this season. Fewer than one in a thousand show an endangered Western Leopard Toad (Sclerophrys pantherina). Reading that many pictures by eye is not realistic, so an AI model does… Read more »

Summer is when Cape Town dogs live their best lives – on the sand, up the mountain, off the lead. It is also when vets see some of the worst emergencies. Two TikTok videos flag what owners need to watch for, Cape {town} Etc reports. The salt water trap Fetch… Read more »