WC’s Operation Lockdown Sees Nearly 900 Arrests Over Past Two Weeks

Cape Town in the news:

• WC’s Operation Lockdown Sees Nearly 900 Arrests Over Past Two Weeks: Of the figure, 337 were wanted suspects. “With 13 weeks since the inception of Operation Lockdown, a lot of ground has been covered and murders in the Cape Town metropole are showing a decline. The …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• Sports Minister: Etzebeth innocent until proven guilty: Cape Town – Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has finally broken his silence over the Eben Etzebeth saga. The Springbok lock, together with a group of friends, were accused of assault and racial abuse in …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• SA soccer legend Barker bemoans state of KZN football: Cape Town – Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Clive Barker believes the poor state of football in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is due to a lack of opportunities being given to local coaches. The state of KZN …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• Largest African Insurer Sanlam Plans to Continue Growth via M&A: “But, of course, that doesn’t take the pressure off us to deliver.” Founded in Cape Town in 1918 and now spanning 33 African countries and 12 others from the U.S. and India to Saudi Arabia and the U.K …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  

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Quick Cape Town Fact: Cape Town has a ‘second New Year’ – Every year at the 2nd of January as many as 13,000 minstrels take to the streets garbed in bright colours, either carrying colourful umbrellas or playing an array of musical instruments. The minstrels are self organised into klopse (“clubs” in Kaaps Afrikaans, but more accurately translated as troupes in English). The Kaapse Klopse (or simply ‘Klopse’), as it is called, is also referred to as the Tweede Nuwe Jaar (meaning ‘second New Year’).