Graffiti clean-up seen as gang-deterrent
Gang tags and expletives disappeared under a layer of red paint as graffiti clean-up operations were launched in Lavender Hill. ||| Cape Town - Gang tags, expletives and even crudely drawn mushrooms...
View ArticleFather held for leaving baby in hot car
A Durban father has been charged after he left his six-month-old daughter inside his car, apparently while he went to buy a pizza. ||| Durban - A Durban father has been charged with endangering the...
View ArticleHPCSA boycotts medical conference
The Health Professions Council of SA has withdrawn from an international medical conference in protest against the continued detention in the UAE of Prof Cyril Karabus. ||| Johannesburg - The Health...
View Article‘Wine law limit is ludicrous’
His red wine collection is the "love of his life" - but could spell trouble for wine collector Aubrey Keller. ||| Cape Town - His red wine collection is the “love of his life” - but could spell trouble...
View ArticleCouple pedal to tap water resources
A Norwegian couple cycled through 25 countries to help the world’s poorest countries achieve access to clean water and sanitation. ||| Cape Town - A Norwegian couple have cycled through 25 countries to...
View Article‘Guards watched as I was robbed’
A Cape teen who was beaten up and robbed on a train says guards at the station watched as his attackers escaped. ||| Cape Town - A Lakeside teenager who was beaten up and robbed on the train between...
View Article‘Myth’ of jobless graduates debunked
A new study indicates that university graduates have a 95% chance of getting a job, compared to 58% for non-matriculants. ||| Cape Town - If you are a university graduate, you stand a 95 percent chance...
View ArticleChristmas maths question backlash
Does Christmas Day fall on December 25? Matriculants who were able to answer this question correctly scored two points. ||| Cape Town - Does Christmas Day fall on December 25? Matriculants who were...
View ArticleJudge’s death ‘left widow unstable’
The trauma of acting judge Patrick Maqubela's death left his widow Thandi Maqubela unstable, the Western Cape High Court heard. ||| Cape Town - The trauma of acting judge Patrick Maqubela's death left...
View ArticleMan to appear for attack on fellow inmate
||| Cape Town - A Malmesbury prisoner is to appear in the Malmesbury Magistrate's Court on Wednesday in connection with the assault of another inmate, Western Cape police said.Constable Hennie du...
View ArticleTourist ‘scratched’ by shark
A Swiss tourist was bitten by a blue shark during a dive organised by one of False Bay's main shark dive operators. ||| Cape Town - A Swiss tourist was bitten by a blue shark on Sunday during a free...
View ArticleCape braces for rain, high winds
"It is likely that the expected heavy rainfall will cause localised flooding across the Cape Peninsula." ||| Cape Town - The city’s disaster risk management centre is on high alert as the Western Cape...
View ArticleSA man completed marathon before bombings
Capetonian Jason Bell finished his first Boston Marathon half an hour before two explosions rocked the finish line. ||| Cape Town - Capetonian Jason Bell finished his first Boston Marathon half an hour...
View ArticleCape tolls will create 5 000 jobs - Sanral
Sanral has dismissed claims that the planned Cape Winelands toll project is "anti-poor". ||| Cape Town - The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) says the planned toll roads on the N1...
View ArticleKuils River crash claims three lives
Western Cape paramedics say three men were killed when their vehicle overturned in Kuils River. ||| Cape Town - Three men died when their vehicle overturned in Kuils River on Wednesday morning, Western...
View ArticleFour-year sentence for faking death
A Cape Town woman who faked her death to cash in on a life insurance policy has been sentenced to four years in jail. ||| Cape Town - A Somerset West woman who faked her death to cash in on a life...
View Article‘He raped me without a condom’
A teenage prostitute who was allegedly abducted and held as a sex slave has broken her silence after the ordeal. ||| Cape Town - The teenage prostitute who was allegedly kidnapped and held hostage as a...
View ArticleJudgement expected in Fidentia fraud trial
Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown will soon know whether his misrepresentations in business dealings amount to fraud. ||| Cape Town - Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown will soon know whether his...
View ArticleMan survives fall from train
A Cape Town man has survived falling from a train. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town man survived falling from a train on Wednesday morning, Metrorail said.Regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz said the man...
View ArticleMerc does a sushi roll into shop
"Two men jumped out of the car but, because it is an automatic vehicle, the Mercedes just kept going." ||| Cape Town - A car smashed into the sushi bar at the Food Lover’s Market in Lower Loop Street...
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