Premier Alan Winde has written to the health minister requesting curbs be relaxed as the peak of the second wave of infections has now passed in the region.

That's because the Public Protector has found Anton Bredell guilty of breaching the code of ethics for members of the executive council.

When police confiscate weapons, they're first stored before being shipped to Gauteng to be crushed and melted down.

The Public Protector has found Bredell had indeed breached the Executive Ethics Code when he wrote to the acting mayor of George.

A Bellville South community leader remains concerned about social distancing and the wearing of masks.

Premier Alan Winde and health officials have this week told the provincial legislature that additional vaccines would be procured for the Western Cape.

Olivia Pharo, who herself survived COVID-19 last year, said despite the issues she's witnessing, she would continue serving her community.

Olivia Pharo said before the COVID-19 pandemic, they saw hundreds of people coming for medical care and other treatments.

The metro has seen one of the worst droughts since 2015 and last year the taps were close to running dry.

In September 2020, the municipality reported that it had experienced day zero, when taps were running dry and dam levels dipped below 19%.

Eerste River health worker Nosipho Nkantini had to have an emergency delivery after COVID complications in December.

They’re desperate for the government to lift the ban on the sale of alcohol soon.

Restaurant owners in Cape Town on Tuesday said they didn’t know how much longer they would be able to stay open with shorter trading hours and a ban on alcohol sales.

Naptosa's executive director, Basil Manuel, said that education unions would be meeting with the Basic Education Department this week to track progress ahead of the reopening of schools, slated for 27 January.

In the last year, the department like many others has been forced to adapt to new ways of teaching and learning, thanks to COVID-19.

The provincial Health Cape Department said this has helped them with more beds being available in hospitals.

Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Thursday that the first million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will land in South Africa this month.

There's a race to secure a vaccine for the country as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to climb.