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The 50-year-old Tactical Response member was shot dead during an early-morning operation at the Sewende Laan informal settlement.

Hill-Lewis says the Minister has yet to meet the city, despite being legally required to engage with it over the dispute.

On Wednesday, they picketed outside the Fruit Products Western Cape plant in Tulbagh after retrenchment consultations between the company and unions reached a deadlock.

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has yet to fulfil his constitutional obligation to engage with the city, after it lodged an intergovernmental dispute on the matter last month.

The 50-year-old Provincial Tactical Response Team member was shot dead during a confrontation with a suspect on Wednesday morning.

Thursday's briefing comes after an early-season wildfire in the Kogmanskloof area, outside Montagu.

At least four taxi operators have been killed in taxi-related violence in the past week.

Scientific projections indicate that the traditional four-month fire season, from November to March, could become longer as temperatures rise and conditions become drier.

The province's Water and Sanitation Department said overall dam levels have fallen slightly from 80.1% last week to 79.7% this week.

Western Cape's Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC, Anton Bredell, said that the situation in the two municipalities is different.