Graeme Raubenheimer

Cape Town

Chevening Scholar '23/'24 • Completed: MA History & Politics, York University 🇬🇧 • Broadcast Journalist Since '10 🇿🇦 • Bassist • [email protected]

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Articles

Cape Town's public swimming pools ready for busy holiday season

Nov 28, 2024 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

Graeme Raubenheimer29 November 2024 | 12:30Retreat's Pools are open after extensive repairs whilst Sea Point's pools will open soon after a sinkhole is fixedCity of Cape TownA public swimming pool in Cape Town. Picture: Graeme Raubenheimer/ Eyewitness NewsCAPE TOWN - With the holidays upon us, many of the Mother City's public swimming pools are already bustling. In Parow North, 10 lifeguards keep watch over the children's paddle and the Olympic-sized swimming pools.
GRAEME RAUBENHEIMER: 'I yearn to to take a fancy new blue and white train in my country'

May 20, 2024 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

“See it. Say it. Sort it” are the words that blare through this train’s intercom system, and I’m immediately pulled out of a daze. This is the United Kingdom’s earworm slogan for private rail services, a call to report petty thieves or antisocial behaviour. As I travelled three hours from York to London, my daydream took me back to my young student days in Bellville, where I used to take Metrorail’s yellow trains and was roughed up by criminals once or twice.
IEC lauded for smooth election abroad after thousands voted at the weekend

May 19, 2024 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

LONDON - With nine days left before South Africans living in the country soil head to the elections, the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) was lauded for a smooth election abroad. Thousands of South Africans travelled far and wide to cast their ballots at one of the 111 foreign missions this weekend. The largest foreign voting station, South African House in London's Trafalgar Square, saw nearly 9,000 votes by the end of Saturday.
Elections 2024: 54% voter turnout at SA’s largest voting station abroad

May 19, 2024 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

LONDON - There was a 54% voter turnout at South Africa’s largest voting station abroad this weekend. The queue to vote at London’s Trafalgar Square was snaking on Saturday, with South Africans abroad casting their special ballots every hour.
Voting continues in London until 9pm on Sunday

May 18, 2024 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

LONDON - Voting abroad continues in central London until 9pm on Sunday. On Saturday, around 800 South Africans were making their mark at South Africa House in Trafalgar Square, every hour. The queue to reach the polling booth inside was around three hours long - some wore Springbok jerseys, others red Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) berets, green African National Congress (ANC) bucket hats, or blue Democratic Alliance (DA) stickers.
South Africans in London cast their votes at Trafalgar Square

May 17, 2024 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

LONDON - Voting abroad is underway in what could be one of South Africa’s most historic elections since the inception of democracy. More than 24,000 South Africans are registered to make their mark in central London on Saturday and Sunday. This is the Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) biggest international voting station. In 1933, the High Commission of South Africa, SA House was built on London’s Trafalgar Square.
South Africans queue to cast their ballots in London

May 17, 2024 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

LONDON - Special voting for South Africans abroad continued at various missions on Saturday afternoon. Groups of South Africans have been queuing for hours to cast their ballots at Trafalgar Square in London. ALSO READ: Despite the snaking queue, there was a festive mood. Whether it's a Springbok jersey, a red EFF beret, a green ANC bucket hat or a blue DA badge, Mzansi is in London to makes its mark. More than 24,000 voters are registered to cast their ballot in London on Saturday and Sunday.
Santaco cagey on whether they've filed papers to interdict impounding of taxis

Aug 15, 2023 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

CAPE TOWN - The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) appears to be cagey about whether or not it has filed papers in the High Court to try to interdict and force the City of Cape Town to release impounded minibuses.
Santaco cagey on whether they've filed papers to interdict impounding of taxis

Aug 15, 2023 | msn.com | Graeme Raubenheimer

CAPE TOWN - The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) appears to be cagey about whether or not it has filed papers in the High Court to try to interdict and force the City of Cape Town to release impounded minibuses.
27 people arrested during violent protest in Swellendam

Aug 15, 2023 | ewn.co.za | Graeme Raubenheimer

CAPE TOWN - Twenty-seven people have been arrested as a violent protest continues in the town of Swellendam, about 200 kilometres outside Cape Town. A planned demonstration said to be over service-related issues, turned violent on Wednesday morning in the town situated along the N2. Western Cape police's Wesley Twigg has confirmed to Eyewitness News that the situation remained volatile.