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CT Mayor Dan Plato under fire for telling Ocean View resident to 'shut up'
The mayor was caught on camera when being confronted by a resident who questioned him about a housing project.
Safety and Security Mayco member JP Smith said that if residents did not heed the warnings, more restrictions could be imposed.
He briefed the media on Wednesday afternoon along with Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz and Safety and Security Mayco member JP Smith.
Mayco Member JP Smith said that the city's Public Emergency Communication Centre this past week received large volumes of calls from residents complaining about people not complying with the lockdown regulations.
There was a 15% increase in the number of formal and informal residential fires in December compared to the same period the year before.
On Saturday, MMC for Safety and Security JP Smith and staff inspected beaches along the False Bay coast.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Mayco member for safety JP Smith handed the Tourism Law Enforcement Unit electric bicycles on Monday.
This follows a no confidence motion against the party’s deputy caucus leader in council JP Smith.
Two councillors had tabled the motion within the caucus amid claims that Smith was dividing the Democratic Alliance (DA) along factional lines.
The motion was proposed by Courtney Van Wyk last week and seconded by fellow councillor Steven Vuba.
The City of Cape Town is revising its traffic by-laws to include many more reasons to impound your vehicle if you're pulled over.
Roads were barricaded and the City of Cape Town's instituting a civil claim of R1.5m to recover the cost of damage to infrastructure.
Cape Town is set to become the first municipality in the country to use the technology.
Cape Town has officially picked up the baton as the next host city for the Netball World Cup.
Mayco Member JP Smith said on Thursday, it was clear communities are fed-up.
Mayco member for Safety and Security JP Smith said firefighters extinguished the fire, but they soon became targets when the group started hurling stones at their building, causing damage to the bay doors.
The City of Cape Town has expressed concern after a law enforcement officer was attacked in Pelican Park over the weekend.
Traffic officers are providing free roadworthy checks to long-distance bus and minibus taxi operators to ensure vehicle and driver fitness ahead of their journeys.
Safety and security Mayco member JP Smith last week raised concerns about a case involving a repeat offender who was released from police custody earlier this month.