Knysna
Plettenberg Bay teen in court after her baby found abandoned in bushes
George police arrested the 17-year-old girl this week after her one-week-old baby was found abandoned in bushes in Knysna.
This after inspectors closed several businesses in the southern Cape town of Knysna this past week.
A number of non-compliant businesses in Knysna have been served with prohibition notices after Department of Labour inspectors found them in contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The police said the body was in the advanced stages of decomposition and could not be identified.
Oyisa Mgqwanci was last seen when she went to a shop near her home in the Jood-se-kamp community two Saturdays ago.
Six hundred and forty-nine motorists were tested for alcohol of which 39 were arrested.
The report says more fire risk assessments must be done in communities that border wildlife and it has also found that more should be done to control fire-prone alien vegetation around communities.
Mark Willemse survived a motion of no confidence earlier this week brought by seven out of the nine DA councillors in the council.
Knysna’s Mayor Mark Willemse said surviving a motion of no confidence vote brought by his own party was a 'hollow victory'.
This motion will be considered in council on Thursday afternoon.
Victor Molosi was gunned down outside his home in July 2018.
The park said on Tuesday that closing the trails was a precautionary measure to protect hikers in the Diepwalle and Harkerville forests.
The residents were handcuffed in the Knysna CBD last week after staging a violent protest at the start of the trial of those accused of killing ANC councillor Victor Molosi.
Forty-two people were arrested for public violence in Knysna CBD after residents took to the streets as the trial of those accused of killing ANC councillor Victor Molosi started.
SANParks said it's not safe to enter the water next to Cathy Park, Loerie Park and towards Costa Sarda.
According to police, the 15-year-old and 18-year-old were walking from a shop when men approached them, forced them into bushes and raped them.
The protesters barricade N2 with burning tyres and block all roads from Plettenberg Bay and George near Nekkies.
The committee members had accused councillor Peter Myers of abusing his position in appointing of members of the municipal planning tribunal.
DA provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela says the results from the by-election in Ward 4 show promising growth.