'Pressure' in R8m contract to be probed
The Western province’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) has enourmous issues to tackle this year. ||| A confidential pupil transport report, a R2 million severance package to a Matzikama...
View ArticleCourt hears of Brown’s properties
Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown transferred money to a firm for two beachside properties in Cape Town, the Western Cape High Court heard. ||| Cape Town - Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown...
View Article‘Mall thief’ apologises and offers her pension
The fugitive granny pickpocket has been busted by cops and confronted by one of her victims. ||| Cape Town - The fugitive granny pickpocket has been busted by cops. The woman - who had been at large...
View ArticleFidentia fraud trial postponed
Cape Town - The fraud and corruption trial of ex-Fidentia CEO J Arthur Brown was postponed in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. ||| Cape Town - The fraud and corruption trial of ex-Fidentia CEO...
View ArticlePrison warden jailed for wife’s murder
A warden who lured his estranged wife to Pollsmoor Prison, promising her money, and shot her dead, was jailed for 10 years. ||| Cape Town - A prison warden who lured his estranged wife to Pollsmoor...
View ArticleHarsh sentence urged for teen’s rape, death
Civil society has joined President Jacob Zuma’s call for harsh sentences for the brutal rape of a teenager who subsequently died. ||| President Jacob Zuma called on Thursday for the harshest possible...
View ArticleBredasdorp crime stats ‘worrying’
Sex crimes in Bredasdorp, where a teenage girl was gang-raped and mutilated, have drastically increased over a two-year period, a parliamentary portfolio group said. ||| Bredasdorp - Sex crimes in...
View Article‘You could be walking next to a murderer’
Bredasdorp residents are so shocked by a gang-rape in their backyards some have vowed to not let their kids out of their sight. ||| Bredasdorp - Bredasdorp residents are so shocked by an alleged...
View Article‘I told Anene not to be late’
She knew it was her daughter when she saw the black Grasshopper shoes with the laces tied in a certain way. ||| Bredasdorp - She knew immediately it was her daughter who had been badly injured when she...
View ArticleRecord giant unplugs singing car guard
Cape Town's latest singing sensation has landed in hot water with EMI Records for copyright infringement. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town’s overnight singing sensation car guard, Alen Abrahams, has landed in...
View ArticleWoman guns down robber
A woman shot an intruder dead and wounded another when they came at her from different sides on her smallholding. ||| Cape Town - A 54-year-old woman shot an intruder dead and wounded another when they...
View ArticleSan man strung up and beaten
Buks Kruiper, 70, was handcuffed and strung up by a security guard after being accused of stealing a packet of chips. ||| Upington - Buks Kruiper, 70, the brother of the late Khomani San leader, Dawid...
View ArticleBoy stabbed to death ‘for his lunch’
A Cape Town pupil was stabbed to death allegedly for standing up to bullies who demanded his lunch. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town pupil was stabbed to death at his school’s gate allegedly for standing up...
View ArticleBredasdorp’s sex crimes spike
The rape and murder of Anene Booysen has cast a spotlight on a spate of violent sex crimes in the town in recent years. ||| Cape Argus - The vicious rape and murder of Bredasdorp teenager Anene Booysen...
View Article4 arrested after shootings
Police have arrested a teen and three others after four men were wounded in several shootings in Manenberg. ||| Cape Town - Police have arrested a teenager and three men after they were caught in...
View ArticlePickpocketing gran escapes jail ... again
A 63-year-old Cape Town woman has a criminal record dating back 26 years for theft and has escaped jail three times. ||| Cape Town - A 63-year-old Cape Town woman has a criminal record dating back 26...
View ArticleElderly man dies in Cape Town fire
A man was killed and 11 people left homeless in a shack fire in Phillipi, a City of Cape Town official said. ||| Cape Town - A man was killed and 11 people left homeless in a shack fire in Phillipi, a...
View ArticleDA/Cosatu to march against rape
The DA and Cosatu will take part in marches against rape in Bredasdorp following the gang rape and murder of a teenager there. ||| Johannesburg - The DA and Cosatu will take part in marches against...
View ArticleAnene’s killers must ‘rot in jail’
Those responsible for the gang rape and murder of teenager Anene Booysen must rot in jail, the department of women, children, and people with disabilities said. ||| Johannesburg - Those responsible for...
View ArticleTeen’s rape, murder widely condemned
Condemnation of the gang rape and murder of a Western Cape teenager in Bredasdorp continues to pour in. ||| Bredasdorp - Condemnation of the gang rape and murder of a Western Cape teenager in...
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