Swellendam IEC reports rising voter apathy among the youth

Voter registration in Swellendam is facing significant challenges, with service delivery issues, council policy...

Swellendam community centre burnt down in electricity protest

A protest has once more turned violent in Swellendam. On Wednesday morning the Thusong...

Swellendam shutdown blocks N2, Thusong Service Centre targeted

A protest has ruptured in Swellendam as the security cubicle outside the Swellendam Thusong...

Mayor’s response to electricity rates protest fails to satisfy Swellendam residents

After weeks of tension in Swellendam over electricity tariff hikes and the municipality’s indigent...

300 Swellendam residents march to municipality with memorandum

About 300 residents of Swellendam marched to the municipal offices on Wednesday, demanding a...

Calls for calm following looting and destruction in Swellendam

The South African Local Government Asociation (Salga) has expressed serious concerns and condemned violent...

Swellendam municipal building set ablaze amid service delivery protests

A municipal building in Swellendam has been set alight in what is reported to...

5 dead and dozens injured as church reunion ends in tragedy

At least five people are dead and 48 others were injured when a single-decker...

Gift of the Givers lands in Mali to negotiate release of WC hostage

Humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers, said its hostage negotiator landed in Mali on...

Suspects sentenced to decades in jail for murdering elderly hiker

Two men accused of murdering an elderly hiker in the Western Cape have been...