🟡 Taylor Swift has officially announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, following a day of online speculation from fans. #smile904fmnews.

🟡Public Order Police were deployed to Crawford to restore calm after approximately 150 disgruntled students protested at the College of Cape Town. #smile904fmnews.

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🟡JUST IN: The official unemployment rate has increased by 0,3 of a percentage point to 33,2% in the second quarter of 2025. For women, it’s higher at nearly 36%, compared to 31% for men. #smile904fmnews

🟡This past weekend ended on a high note for the Metro Police when officers seized more than four kilograms of dagga in Fisantekraal on Saturday, 9 August. #smile904fmnews.

🟡FNB and Capitec are the first to sign up to the DHA’s new digital partnership model, which will expand services from the current 30 bank branches to hundreds more across both urban and rural areas. For the first time, citizens will also be able to apply and reapply for these.

🟡 The taxi driver caught on camera in an alleged “road rage” stabbing incident in Maitland in June has been denied bail. Twenty-eight-year-old Mthuthuzeli Sikhweza from Philippi returned to the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court yesterday, where he's facing a charge of attempted.

🟡 A 21-year-old rugby player has been killed, at the weekend in Kraaifontein. The victim has been identified by the media as Andre Brandon Rhode. It's believed that Rhode was fatally stabbed in an attack by two men on Neville Crescent in Scottsdene on Saturday morning.

🟡Police are still trying to establish the circumstances of a retired teacher's death, following a house robbery in Melkbosstrand last week. #smile904fmnews.

🟡The chairperson of the Community Policing Forum in Strand has been arrested for alleged sexual offences involving a minor. #smile904fmnews.

🟡The man who phoned in fake bomb threats in Bellville in November last year just to skip work will now spend the next 5 years behind bars. #smile904fmnews .

🟡 Cape Town has Africa’s Leading Green Hotel again. Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport was once again named Africa’s Leading Green Hotel at the prestigious 2025 World Travel Awards. #smile904fmnews .

🟡TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has unveiled a star-studded matchday squad for Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash against Australia at Ellis Park, featuring 18 Rugby World Cup winners and only one recent debutant. #smile904fmnews.

🟡A pilot project has made Bree Street safer for cyclists, while preventing motorists from parking in the cycle lane. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and the MMC for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, tested the new “Safe Passage” cycle lane late last week. #smile904fmnews.

🟡 You will be able to see the highly-regarded talk radio host and trained actor, John Maytham in the show, To Life, With Love, at the pop-up theatre Societas Theatre in Kloof Street, Cape Town, this month. #smile904fmnews.

🟡 Two police officers from Table View have been arrested for corruption. It's alleged that the 41-year-old sergeant and the 31-year-old constable were selling commissioned blank affidavit forms to members of the public at R100 per statement. #smile904fmnews.

🟡The first National Convention, from 15 August, will bring together 200 organisations from 33 different sectors and will kickstart the National Dialogue. To curb costs, UNISA has offered to host the first National Convention and provide associated goods and services, free of.

🟡“Accuse me of being an a**hole, I’ll plead guilty to that; accuse me of being insensitive, I’ll plead guilty to that. Stupid? I’ll plead guilty, but racist? Never.” - Gayton McKenzie on his previous social media posts. #Smile904fmnews.

🟡As the Cape Town Mayor continues to fight for the devolution of policing powers, he's now called on the new police minister. #smile904fmnews.