Rugby player loses appeal
Former Delicious Rugby Club player Ben Zimri failed to have his conviction and sentencing for the death of another rugby player overturned. ||| Cape Town - Former Delicious Rugby Club player Ben Zimri...
View ArticleTyres burnt at school gates
Teaching at another Western Cape school has been disrupted over unhappiness about the school’s principal. ||| Cape Town - Parents at Nomlinganiselo Primary School in Nyanga burnt tyres at the school...
View ArticleGranny pickpocket targets Cape shoppers
A sticky-fingered grandmother was caught on camera making her getaway after pickpocketing an innocent victim in a popular store. ||| Cape Town - This is the moment a sticky-fingered grandmother made...
View ArticleKhayelitsha ruling to ConCourt
Minister Nathi Mthethwa is to approach the Constitutional Court over a ruling against his bid to stop the Khayelitsha police inquiry. ||| Johannesburg - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is to approach...
View ArticleGraft accused cop to hear fate soon
A police captain accused of soliciting a R1000 bribe from a reservist will know his fate in the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court on February 20. ||| Cape Town - A police captain accused of soliciting...
View Article15 held for Sassa fraud
Fifteen people were arrested over fraud involving the SA Social Security Agency in the Western Cape, the agency said. ||| Johannesburg - Fifteen people were arrested on Saturday morning over fraud...
View ArticleBest bet for the Met
Will racehorse Jackson bring his A game to the course or will he decide to take a day off? ||| Cape Town - The connections of the favourite for this year’s J&B Met must be extremely nervous today....
View ArticleDivine desserts, magical marquee for J&B Met
Celebs and serious punters are set to enjoy gourmet morsels, whisky-laced drinks and plenty of fun at the J&B Met. ||| Cape Town - Celebrities, media personalities and serious punters are set to...
View ArticleRugby player loses bid to avoid prison
Benjamin Zimri, who was convicted of culpable homicide for assaulting Riaan Loots during a 2006 match, will have to go to jail . ||| Cape Town - Former Delicious Rugby Club player Benjamin Zimri, who...
View ArticleKnysna estate agent faces child sex trial
A well-known Knysna estate agent is to be tried later this month on 36 charges, including abduction, child-trafficking and rape. ||| Cape Town - A well-known Knysna estate agent, who stands accused of...
View ArticleUnion expects no less than R100
Fawu expects the new minimum wage for farm workers to be no less than R100 a day, the union said. ||| Cape Town - The Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) expects the new minimum wage for farm workers...
View ArticleBid to ID attackers after brutal assault
An ex bouncer boss has asked for the release of footage of activities at a club, in the hope it will identify a Cape student’s attackers. ||| Cape Town- Former bouncer boss André Naudé has asked...
View ArticleTeen in coma starts to show signs of life
The teenager who has been in a coma for a week after being attacked, has opened his eyes once and begun breathing on his own. ||| Cape Town - The teenager who has been in a coma for a week after being...
View Article‘I can’t forgive Worcester bomber yet’
Nomonde Plaatjies has waited to confront the former AWB member who on Christmas Eve in 1996 changed her life forever. ||| Johannesburg - Nomonde Plaatjies knows that she would be better off if she...
View Article'Steroid king’ in court
An alleged high-profile supplier of steroids intends fighting a request by US authorities to extradite him in a Cape Town court. ||| Johannesburg - An alleged high-profile supplier of steroids intends...
View ArticleA win against the odds
An ecstatic Yogas Govender has become the first black trainer to win the J&B Met. ||| An ecstatic Yogas Govender yesterday become the first black trainer to win the J&B Met when his horse...
View ArticleTons of cereal destroyed in Cape fire
A Maitland cereal factory has been ruined by a fire that started in the early hours of Sunday morning. ||| Cape Town - Tons and tons of cereal were destroyed when a Maitland factory caught fire on...
View ArticleCity may demand stadium money back
The City of Cape Town will try to recover money from construction companies if they are found guilty of collusion. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town will try to recover money from construction...
View ArticleGreyton bars doors amid crime rise
A spike in crime in Greyton has caused concern, with residents resorting to precautions they had thought of as big-city concerns. ||| Cape Town - A spike in crime in the Overberg tourist town of...
View ArticleANC pair could lose seats
Two ANC councillors are in danger of losing their seats after a probe found their nomination for the 2011 local elections was flawed. ||| Cape Town - Two ANC councillors from Gugulethu are in danger of...
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