Prof’s legal team urges boycott of Abu Dhabi
Professor Cyril Karabus’s legal team has called on event organisers from across the globe to reconsider hosting events in Abu Dhabi. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town Professor Cyril Karabus’s legal team has...
View ArticleWorkers to return to farms - union
A call had been made for striking farmworkers to go back to work in the spirit of ongoing negotiations for a higher daily wage. ||| Western Cape - Around 1 500 striking farmworkers are expected to...
View ArticleTreasury ultimatum may 'close' old town
Political infighting between the ANC and the DA in Swellendam may lead to the municipality effectively closing its doors. ||| Cape Town - Political infighting between the ANC and the DA in Swellendam...
View ArticleShilowa speech ruffles Cope feathers
Tensions flared again within Cope when its acting general secretary accused Mbhazima Shilowa of being in contempt of court. ||| Cape Town - Long-standing tensions flared again on Monday when Cope...
View ArticleMEC warns staff in school stand-off
Teachers at Dr Nelson R Mandela High School in Crossroads say they won’t return to class until the principal is removed. ||| Cape Town - Teachers at Dr Nelson R Mandela High School in Crossroads say...
View ArticleDA ‘will fight transfer of hospitals’
The DA will not relinquish control of Groote Schuur and Tygerberg hospitals to the national Health Department without a fight. ||| Cape Town - The DA provincial government will not relinquish control...
View ArticleCape universities call for crime inquiry
Probing the state of policing in Khayelitsha is the first step in tackling high levels of crime in the area, the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch said. ||| Cape Town - Probing the state of...
View ArticleCosatu: farm strike over for now
The Western Cape farmworkers' strike has been called off, a provincial Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) official said. ||| The Western Cape farmworkers' strike has been called off, a provincial...
View ArticleParents told to massage baby’s twisted knee
Leondre was born with a rare condition but her parents were told by nurses that they had nothing to worry about. ||| Cape Town - Staff at a local State hospital sent a newborn home with her knee...
View ArticleFarmworkers secure wage deal
Western Cape farmworkers have called off their two-week strike after clinching a substantial wage increase. ||| Cape Town - Workers in the fruit-growing region of the Western Cape on Tuesday called off...
View ArticleMotsoaledi to crack whip in Cape
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has been deployed to help the ANC provincial leadership win back the Western Cape in 2014. ||| Cape Town - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi - the man deployed to help...
View ArticleNewspaper hits back at Zille with video
The war of words between Helen Zille and the New Age newspaper continued, with allegations flying from both sides. ||| Cape Town - The war of words between DA leader Helen Zille and the New Age...
View ArticleCape's high-tech lane cameras return
High-tech cameras will nab lane intruders and measure speed over distance. ||| The high-tech number plate recognition cameras on Cape Town’s N2 bus and minibus taxi (BMT) lane – switched off more than...
View ArticleArno Carstens 'smelled of alcohol'
Arno Carstens smelled of alcohol and staggered on his feet when he was arrested for drunk driving, a court heard. ||| Cape Town - Rock star Arno Carstens smelled of alcohol and staggered on his feet...
View ArticleGirl, 14, ‘first sold for sex at 11’
An abused girl was only 11 years old when she was allegedly groomed to be a child prostitute and sold for as little as R20 to men. ||| Cape Town - An abused 14-year-old girl was sold to old men for sex...
View ArticleMany in Cape going hungry every week
Four out of 10 households in the Cape's poor areas go without food at least once a week because they do not have enough money. ||| Cape Town - Four out of 10 households in Cape Town’s poor areas go...
View ArticleHundreds of Cape pupils still to be placed
Between 500 and 700 children in the Western Cape have not yet found places in schools, according to the Education Department. ||| Cape Town - Between 500 and 700 children in the Western Cape have not...
View ArticleCop held after shooting KFC robber
A police officer who killed a robber in a shootout at a fast food outlet has been arrested for murder, Ipid said. ||| Durban - A police officer who killed a robber in a shootout at a fast food outlet...
View ArticleSurfer says dunking ‘was a joke’
The surfer identified as the one who repeatedly dunked another in an apparent surf rage incident has spoken out. ||| Cape Town - The surfer identified as the one who repeatedly dunked another in an...
View ArticleCape train fire chaos
Passengers jumped to safety after a fire tore through a carriage at Woodstock station on Tuesday afternoon during peak hour. ||| Cape Town - Passengers on a Metrorail train jumped to safety after a...
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