Deep South Local News & Events

01/07/2022

30/06/2022

The Lighthouse Keeper's Trail at Cape Point has featured as one of the 10 most scenic running trails around the world.

There are few better ways to get to know a new place while traveling than to go for a run.

30/06/2022

According to SAMSA, the process of towing the capsized Restless Wave to Cape Town was formalized Wednesday during a meeting between salvors and port officials. As soon as the vessel is attached and out of the way, another boat is ready to retrieve the fishing equipment.

A salvage operation is under way to remove a large capsized fishing vessel with an undisclosed amount of fuel aboard from the sea close to Cape Point National Park,the SA Maritime Safety Authority confirmed on Tuesday.

29/06/2022

Spotlight on the Berg ahead of this weekend's Duct Tape Invitational and Surf Festival.

With the upcoming Vans Duct Tape Invitational about to kick off, we tapped local resident Mikey February for a closer look.

29/06/2022

With more than 90% of South African schools without a sports curriculum, former cricket legend Vince van Der Bijl believes it's critical to reintroduce sports to classrooms.

A variety of sports and life skills programs have been developed in Masiphumelele by van der Bijl, who is also the founder of Masi Sports.

With more than 90% of schools in South Africa without a sports programme, retired cricket legend Vince van Der Bijl believes it’s vital to bring sports back into schools.

29/06/2022

After a 24-meter fishing boat capsized 8 nautical miles south of Cape Point on Sunday, twelve crew members were rescued by three other fishing vessels.

National Sea Rescue Institute EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) was alerted by Telkom Maritime Radio Services and by Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of the fishing vessel and that there were casualties in the water 8 nautical miles south of Cape Point

28/06/2022

Douglas Mubaiwa has pleaded with the public for assistance in raising money to hire a private investigator to look for Kimberley Mubaiwa, 21, and Vanessa Mubaiwa, 18, who are both missing since May 27.

Contact Captain Steven Lewis at Muizenberg Detective Branch at 082 469 2694 if you have any information about the sisters' whereabouts or if you can offer any other support for the investigation. You can also call Crime Stop at 08600 10111.

They were on their way to the library and have not been seen since.

28/06/2022

The Duct Tape Invitational and Surf Festival is returning to Cape Town this year thanks to Vans Surf.

Taking place at Surfer's Corner, Muizenberg from July 1 to 3, the festival aims to showcase the longboard community's creativity and talent.

The Vans Duct Tape event series, which is celebrating its tenth year, brings together a global community of surfers, artists, and shapers. It highlights gifted longboarders worldwide with a focus on style and originality and sheds light on radical experimentation through distinctive surfboard shapers and their craft.

Vans Surf is bringing back the Duct Tape Invitational and Surf Festival in Cape Town this year...

28/06/2022

The Deep South's Olympia Cafe & Deli in Kalk Bay is one of seven delicious brunch spots around Cape Town to check out this week according to Cape Town Etc.

If you're on the lookout for delicious brunch spots, then we have you covered. Here are a few amazing brunch spots in Cape Town.

27/06/2022

According to The Cape of Good Hope SPCA, there has been a rise in illegal snaring that is endangering animal life in the Southern Peninsula's metropolitan areas.

The group claims that its wildlife department answers to at least two calls each month to free animals trapped in snares that are still in operation and may be found throughout the Constantia Valley, Fish Hoek, and even inside the Cape Point Nature Reserve.

A poacher would typically set many snares in an area and often won’t recall all the trap sites, resulting in the discovery of severely decomposed animals.

27/06/2022

Masiphumelele residents are worried for their children's safety after a manhole in Lekkerwater Road was left exposed for three weeks.

Damaged storm-water drains and missing manhole covers have become a regular occurrence, pose a safety risk to residents and pedestrians.

23/06/2022

Bridget the notorious truck-eating bridge in Muizenberg is getting featured this Sunday on CarteBlanche!

Muizenberg in the Western Cape is a truly colourful village and it’s home to one notorious little bridge – the real talk of the town. Famous for her big appetite, Biddy the Bridge has been feasting on trucks since the invention of cars!

22/06/2022

The City has placed wildlife warning signs alongside five roads in the South in an effort to protect both inhabitants and wildlife, including baboons, porcupines, tortoises, caracals, Western Leopard Toads.

In efforts to keep residents and the wildlife safe, the City has installed wildlife warning signs along five roads in the South.

22/06/2022

Netflix 'Penguin Town' based in Simon's Town has won three Daytime Emmy Awards!

Netflix's 'Penguin Town' has gone from Emmy nominated to Emmy Award-winning, after the series took home three statues, including “Outstanding Cinematography” and “Outstanding Travel, Adventure and Nature Series.”

22/06/2022

A mom in Redhill put out a plea for a wheelchair for her daughter and as a result of the kindness of a number of local people, including Zone Radio's Jacques de Klerk, Kobus Luyt and Alderman Felicity Purchase, together with a generous donation from the Taiwanese government, a solution was found!

A desperate Capetonian mother sent out a message for help. Her daughter needed a wheelchair and she couldn’t afford it. Luckily her message was heard, and thanks to the kindness of a stranger, a radio presenter, a councillor and the Fish Hoek community… her daughter now has her own much-needed w...

21/06/2022

On Thursday, June 16, around 600 youngsters gathered in Vrygrond to witness and participate in Where Rainbows Meet Training and Development Foundation's Youth Day activities.

Kyle Cupido of Where Rainbows Meet Training and Development Foundation, the event's organizer, said the event was a huge success, especially after a two-year break due to Covid-19.

More than 600 youth gathered in Vrygrond Avenue to watch and participate in Youth Day activities hosted by the Where Rainbows Meet Training and Development Foundation on Thursday 16 June.

17/06/2022

The South African Navy performed a commissioning ceremony for its first locally manufactured ship since 1986 this week, making history.

The 62-meter-long warship was delivered to the South African Navy in Simon's Town on May 18 as one of three MMIPVs. On Wednesday, the multi-mission inshore patrol vessel (MMIPV) was christened and commissioned at Salisbury Island in Durban Harbour.

The SAS King Sekhukhune I (P 1571) was named after the paramount chief of the Pedi kingdom in the North-Eastern Transvaal.

16/06/2022

The commemoration of Youth Day marks the anniversary of the 16 June Soweto uprising in 1976.

Protests began in opposition to the Bantu education system, which included separate schools and colleges, insufficient infrastructure, overcrowded classrooms, the introduction of Afrikaans as a teaching medium, and teachers who were not sufficiently trained.

On 16 June 1976, about 20,000 Soweto students began a protest march. Approximately 700 people, many of them youngsters, were killed as a result of conflicts with the police and the violence that followed over the next few weeks.