Salaries, wedding rings down the drain
Pawn shop owners say desperate gamblers pawn prized possessions such as wedding rings in exchange for money to gamble. ||| Cape Town - Pawn shop owners say desperate gamblers pawn prized possessions...
View ArticleMillionaire’s body ‘in boot for a day’
Preben Povlsen's body was kept stuffed in the boot of his car for a whole day before his body was dumped in a field. ||| Cape Town - Preben Povlsen’s body was kept stuffed in the boot of his car for a...
View ArticleKeep tabs on police service in your area
Waiting four hours for a police van and being told to “get out” of a police station are just some of the complaints received by a hotline. ||| Cape Town - Waiting more than four hours for a police van...
View ArticleGyms mooted for more prisons
Gyms, modelled on the one set up in the Malmesbury prison by former inmates, may be rolled out to other prisons. ||| Cape Town - Gyms, modelled on the one set up in the Malmesbury prison by former...
View ArticleKarabus takes strain as UAE case drags on
Cape Town doctor Cyril Karabus will have to wait another month before the case against him resumes. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town doctor Professor Cyril Karabus, who has been held in the United Arab...
View Article‘I killed shopkeeper 11 years ago’
Eleven years later, a Cape Town man has confessed to a murder he committed when he was just 14. ||| Cape Town - In November 2002, all police investigators had was the body of businessman Sulaiman Brey,...
View ArticleBomber in tears as victims forgive him
Messages of forgiveness by victims who survived the 1996 Worcester bombing left Stefaans Coetzee in tears. ||| Pretoria - Messages of forgiveness and support by victims who survived the 1996 Worcester...
View ArticlePupil in ICU after pillowcase hit
A George pupil is in ICU after another schoolboy allegedly hit him on the head with a shoe inside a pillowcase. ||| Cape Town - A 14-year-old pupil from York High School in George is in intensive care...
View ArticleGym fraudsters ‘favoured by Zuma order’
Peter Gardener and Rodney Mitchell got out of prison 20 months into their seven-year jail terms largely thanks to President Zuma. ||| Cape Town - Health & Racquet fraudsters Peter Gardener and...
View ArticleUndertakers send wrong body to funeral
"My daughter came to me and said, 'That's not mommy' and then I knew this was a big mistake." ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town family nearly buried a stranger when their undertaker brought the wrong body to...
View ArticleEx-cops acquitted of station rape
Three former police employees have been acquitted of raping a woman in a toilet at a Cape Town police station. ||| Cape Town - Three former police employees have been acquitted of raping a Bonteheuwel...
View ArticleMarch against hate crimes
Western Cape activists will stage a “Walk for Justice” march to draw attention to homophobia and hate crimes in the townships. ||| Cape Town - Activists from around the Western Cape will stage a “Walk...
View ArticleAnti-pirate ship docks in Cape Town
Armed with an arsenal of machine guns and artillery, the French part-time pirate-fighting vessel Nivôse arrived in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - Armed with an arsenal of machine guns and artillery, the...
View ArticlePolice warn of roadside grapes
Motorists stopping to buy grapes from informal vendors along the N1 at De Doorns are putting their health at risk, police said. ||| Cape Town - Motorists stopping to buy grapes from informal vendors...
View ArticleTeachers, parents 'play a part in graft'
Corruption in school was the third-highest type of corruption reported to Corruption Watch last year. ||| Cape Town - Corruption in schools, where teachers and principals rip off state funds allocated...
View Article'Pensioner is not a prisoner'
Neighbours' claims that a pensioner was being locked up in her flat are false, the Western Cape Social Development MEC has said. ||| Cape Town - Neighbours’ claims that a Parkwood pensioner is being...
View ArticleCape Town dedicates year to Mandela
The City of Cape Town has declared 2013 the year that city will be honouring former president Nelson Mandela. ||| Cape Town - The City has declared 2013 the year that Cape Town will be honouring former...
View ArticleTaxi driver held for attacking mom
A Cape Town woman was hit three times in the face by a taxi driver when she refused to let him pass in peak-hour traffic. ||| Cape Town - A Gordon’s Bay woman was hit in the face by a taxi driver when...
View ArticleStrike threat on eve of Met
A union representing the racehorses’ grooms has threatened that grooms will not work at Saturday’s J&B Met. ||| Cape Town - A union representing the racehorses’ grooms has threatened that grooms...
View ArticlePerlemoen syndicate case postponed
The trial of 25 members of an alleged perlemoen (abalone) smuggling syndicate was postponed by the Western Cape High Court. ||| Cape Town - The trial of 25 members of an alleged perlemoen (abalone)...
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