Western Cape province

Old video of police crackdown on taxis in S.Africa linked to fabricated story about pregnant woman
September 5, 2025
As transport-related unrest persists in South Africa’s Western Cape province, social media users are sharing a video claiming it shows police violently arresting minibus-taxi drivers for harassing a pregnant...
Old images from Cape Town falsely linked to fresh taxi violence in Johannesburg
August 25, 2025
After gunmen in South Africa killed a ride-hailing driver in Johannesburg in August 2025, social media users began circulating images claiming to show a teenager whose fleet of inherited...
South Africa building collapse that killed 34 was ‘entirely preventable’, minister says
July 19, 2025
A building collapse that killed 34 construction workers and injured dozens in Western Cape province last year was "entirely preventable", South Africa's government says.A new report into the tragedy...
First fossil pangolin tracks discovered in South Africa
April 28, 2025
A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa’s southern Cape coast have identified the world’s first fossil pangolin trackway, with the help of...