Groups that have been living along train lines in Langa and Philippi have been in negotiations with the City of Cape Town and national government.

Shireen Essop disappeared on 23 May and she was found by members of the Klipfontein neighbourhood watch in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Monday’s mid-year exams were disrupted by workers whom UCT claims are not students or employed at the university.

Police said that the occupants of a white Toyota Corolla opened fire on a group of five people on Sunday night on the corners of Malunga Street and NY8.

The 31-year-old man died after the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack and was set alight in Parkwood last week.

Seventy-nine-year-old Margaretha Willemse's body was found at her home in Kwanonqaba over the weekend.

Petrol went up by between R2.33 and R2.43 at midnight, while diesel increased by between R1.07 and R1.10 a litre.

The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) said that at this time of the year it considered fare hikes that come into effect in June and July.

Pump prices will be adjusted at midnight, further eating into household budgets already accomodating higher food and electricity prices.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency Pinky Kekana said that this was despite ample evidence of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and safety.

Western Cape Mobility MEC Daylin Mitchell shut the route in July last year due to conflict between the Paarl Alliance Taxi Association, affiliated to Codeta, and Cata Boland, who both claim rights to the route.

It includes 2,000 units in central Cape Town and a further 2,500 opportunities along the Voortrekker Road Corridor and near important economic nodes.

She led a webinar on government research into COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy on Thursday.

The NSRI says in recent weeks that shark activity has been noticed from Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay and from Storms River, Tsitsikamma and Jeffreys Bay.

A Kraaifontein child and a Manenberg woman, who went missing on the same day, have not been found.

Deputy chief operations officer captain Vernon Keller adds the oil spillage incident occurred during a bunkering service or ‘ship-to-ship’ oil transfer, at about midday on Monday.

The NSRI'S Craig Lambinon said increased shark activity has been noticed along the Southern Cape coastline from Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay and the Eastern Cape coastline from Storms River to Jeffreys Bay.

Shireen Essop (32) was last seen driving along Weltevreden Road on Monday.