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Provincial news: Cape Town’s solar surge: R2.6 billion investment powers 150,000 homes
City news: Experts warn as the Cape Flats becomes a dumping ground for mutilated bodies.
Crime report: Crime drops across South Africa, but Cape Town remains one of the deadliest cities.
Community news: A new low-fee school at Conradie Park brings quality learning closer to home.
WP sports: Stormers prepare for Munster with a powerful bench and a debut for Dylan Maart.
Local events: Cape Town gets ready for the Festive Lights Switch-On this Sunday.
Weather: Clear skies and warm temperatures expected tomorrow across the province.
Today’s CTNews bulletin brings you the latest verified updates from across the Western Cape. In this edition we cover Cape Town’s solar surge: R2.6 billion investment powers 150,000 homes, Experts warn as the Cape Flats becomes a dumping ground for mutilated bodies, Crime drops across South Africa, but Cape Town remains one of the deadliest cities, A new low-fee school at Conradie Park brings quality learning closer to home, Stormers prepare for Munster with a powerful bench and a debut for Dylan Maart, Stormers prepare for Munster with a powerful bench and a debut for Dylan Maart and the latest weather for Cape Town and surrounding areas.
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Provincial News:
Cape Town’s solar surge: R2.6 billion investment powers 150,000 homes.
Cape Town is seeing major growth in its renewable energy sector. Over the past decade, the City’s embedded solar programme has drawn between R1.7 billion and R2.6 billion in investment and created up to one thousand one hundred full-time equivalent jobs. As of mid-2025, solar power generated by residents and businesses is now enough to supply electricity to about one hundred and fifty thousand homes.
GreenCape’s latest data shows that by June 2025, more than thirteen thousand authorised grid-tied systems had been installed, with a combined capacity of two hundred and fifty one megavolt amperes. This is almost double the capacity recorded during the earlier reporting period from 2014 to 2024. The City says the rapid growth comes from long-term planning in a regulated space, streamlined online applications, and incentives such as the twenty five cent per kilowatt-hour tariff top-up.
Alderman Xanthea Limberg says the programme focuses on encouraging private investment and supporting energy security citywide. The City has also introduced cash-for-power initiatives, allowing residents to earn from supplying excess energy back to the grid. The City plans further investments to strengthen resilience as the national energy landscape continues to shift.
City News:
Cape Town is a dumping ground for bodies, experts warn.
Cape Town’s crime experts are raising concerns as more victims are dumped in open fields, dunes, wheelie bins and nature reserves. Many bodies show signs of mutilation, burning, or attempts to make identification difficult. Forensic pathologist Dr Hestelle van Staden says criminals often expose bodies to the elements to speed up decomposition, damage evidence, and delay identification.
In recent days, several disturbing cases have been reported. A man was found with parts of his face cut out in Tafelsig. Human skeletal remains were discovered in a shallow grave near Baden Powell Drive in Khayelitsha. In another case, a man was found in a wheelie bin in Lotus River, and a burnt body was discovered in Delft hours later.
Tafelsig mother Clare Swartz was found dumped in Wolfgat Nature Reserve earlier this year after being stabbed. Families like that of seventy-eight-year-old Susan Kok continue to seek answers after loved ones are found in isolated spots. Provincial officials say criminals choose these areas because they believe the risk of being seen is low. A new CCTV project along key routes is now operational to help detect vehicles and suspects linked to these crimes.
Crime Report:
Crime falls across South Africa, but Cape Town remains one of the deadliest metros.
The latest second-quarter crime statistics show an eleven point five percent drop in murders across the country, with seven hundred and fifty one fewer cases recorded compared to the previous period. While national numbers are improving, Cape Town and eThekwini still record the highest levels of contact crime.
Four of the five worst-performing stations are in Cape Town: Mfuleni, Nyanga, Delft and Kraaifontein. Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia said improvements are visible but noted that Western Cape murder cases still increased by ninety seven. Per capita, both the Eastern Cape and Western Cape recorded about fifteen murders per one hundred thousand people.
Trio crimes such as carjackings and robberies at homes and businesses all declined. Property crimes also fell sharply, although commercial crime increased. SAPS says improvements are due to stronger policing, while experts warn that the Western Cape remains heavily affected by gang violence, with more than three hundred murders linked to gang activity in the sample reviewed.
Traffic Update/Community News:
Cape Town’s new school brings learning home.
Apex Education is opening a new low-fee private school at Conradie Park, adding another key facility to the mixed-use development. The campus will welcome its first Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners in January 2026. The full development, expected to be completed by December 2026, will accommodate up to one thousand seven hundred and twenty students from Grade R to matric.
The project brings more than seventy new jobs and aims to offer accessible, quality education using a blended learning model that combines digital lessons with structured in-person support. The approach helps keep fees low, rising from seven thousand four hundred and forty rand this year to seven thousand eight hundred rand next year.
Provincial education minister David Maynier says the initiative strengthens schooling options for families in the area and shows how public and private cooperation can expand capacity. Apex Education already operates schools in Eersterivier and Stellenbosch, and the new campus continues the organisation’s focus on providing quality education in connected neighbourhoods.
WP Sports:
Maart debuts as Stormers choose monster bench for Munster
The Stormers have announced a powerful matchday squad for their United Rugby Championship clash with Munster in Limerick. Despite missing several Springboks, the team will field a strong pack and a loaded bench designed to lift intensity in the second half. Salmaan Moerat captains the side, partnering Connor Evans at lock. Adre Smith, JD Schickerling and Ruan Ackermann bring further muscle from the bench.
The biggest headline is the debut of Dylan Maart on the wing. The former Griquas star scored several standout tries in the recent Currie Cup season and now steps into the Stormers backline in place of the injured Seabelo Senatla. Other changes include Wandisile Simelane starting at outside centre, with Ruhan Nel shifting into the inside centre role.
Oli Kebble and Neethling Fouche return to strengthen the front row. Coach John Dobson says the team has the firepower to challenge Munster, but success will depend on discipline, physicality and taking chances in northern hemisphere conditions. The Stormers have yet to win at Thomond Park in the URC.
Local Events:
Dance the night away at the Festive Lights Switch-On
Cape Town will come alive this Sunday as the annual Festive Lights Switch-On lights up the Grand Parade and Adderley Street. This year’s theme, “United in Hope,” brings together musicians, dancers, performers and families for one of the city’s biggest celebrations.
DJ Zinhle will headline the event, supported by artists including GoodLuck, Kurt Darren, Tarryn Lamb, Karabo Mogane, Early B and Justin Vega. The show also features the D6 Hanover Minstrel Group, competition-winning dancers and entertainment curated by David Isaacs, Oscar Petersen and Carl Wastie.
The event runs from 4pm to 10pm and is free to the public. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says it marks the official start of Cape Town’s festive season and remains one of the most unifying community events of the year.
Money Markets:
WP Weather Forecast:
Clear skies and warm temperatures expected tomorrow across the province.
Cape Town, Paarl and Stellenbosch will enjoy clear skies throughout the day with warm conditions. Temperatures will range between sixteen and twenty four degrees in Cape Town, thirteen and thirty four in Paarl, and eleven and thirty in Stellenbosch. No rain is expected.
Winds will blow from the east-south-east at around nine kilometres per hour with gentle gusts. The ultraviolet index is very high at nine, and sun protection is recommended.
Along the Atlantic Seaboard, swells of two point five metres from the south-west with a period of twelve seconds will create moderate sea conditions. Low tide will occur at four fifty four in the morning, high tide at eleven fourteen, and a second low tide at five fifty in the evening. Sunrise is at five twenty six and sunset at nineteen forty.
TODAY’S NEWS SOURCES:
Provincial Politics – Cape {town} Etc – Staff Reporter
City News – Cape Argus – Marsha Dean
Crime Report – IOL – Lulama Klassen
Traffic Updates – Cape {town} Etc – Lulama Klassen
WP Sports – Rugby365 – Gavin Rich
Local Events – Cape Argus – Marsha Dean
Weather – South African Weather Service – Live Data
MONEY MARKET SOURCES:
Currencies: FNB Fodex – FirstRand Bank Ltd
Commodities: Goldbroker.com – Gold Broker Ltd
Crypto Market: Binance.com – Binance Holdings Ltd
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Chief News Editor: Mark Botes-Lashmar
Written by: CTNews team
Publisher: Cape Town News
Region: Cape Town and Western Cape, South Africa
Contact: editorial@ctnews.co.za
