Tiny toilets will meet a big need
No bigger than the average flat screen TV, the new portable flush toilets will improve the lives of 1 500 families. ||| Cape Town - They are no bigger than the average flat-screen TV and take up less...
View ArticleNPA praises R1m bail forfeited to State
The NPA praised the decision that R1 million bail from a convicted fraudster who committed suicide be forfeited to the State. ||| Cape Town - The National Prosecuting Authority praised the Paarl...
View Article‘Baby for sale’ on Gumtree
The ad described a "beautiful black woman aged 24 and two months pregnant" who wanted to give her baby up for adoption. ||| Cape Town - An adoption advert by a 24-year-old Cape Town woman who wanted to...
View Article985 illegal dumps in Cape
Rubble, rotten food, plastic bags and toxic powders are just some of the hazards in dumping spots. ||| Cape Town - There are almost a thousand illegal dumping hot spots in Cape Town, it has been...
View Article‘Street lights could have saved her life’
Under the cover of darkness, bakkies pull up and offload everything including the toxic chemicals that led to a little girl's death. ||| Cape Town - Delft residents in Silversands Road say...
View ArticleFuel, liquor law hits centres too
Parts of the Western Cape Liquor Act may soon be amended, Finance, Economic Development and Tourism MEC Alan Winde said. ||| Cape Town - Parts of the Western Cape Liquor Act - including a clause that...
View ArticleMan denies sexual assaults on girls
A Mitchells Plain man accused of raping and indecently assaulting six young girls has denied the allegations against him. ||| Cape Town - A Mitchells Plain man accused of raping and indecently...
View ArticleDoctor feels vindicated 19 months on
19 months after taking the provincial Department of Health to the CCMA for unfair dismissal, a Cape doctor has been vindicated. ||| Cape Town - Exactly 19 months after taking the provincial Department...
View ArticleKarabus: I’m sick and tired of it all
Today is the 249th day that Cape Town professor Cyril Karabus has been detained in the United Arab Emirates. ||| Cape Town - Today is the 249th day that Cape Town professor Cyril Karabus has been...
View ArticleResidents ‘tried to burn crèche’
“They started to burn it with the children still inside, but we managed to put that fire out.” ||| Cape Town - A crèche in Mfuleni was allegedly set alight by angry residents on Tuesdayafter their...
View ArticleTeen dies after five-hour beating
A Cape Town mother has been left heartbroken after her son was beaten to death, allegedly by her own best friend. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town mother has been left heartbroken after her son was beaten...
View ArticleMan arrested for drugs at CT airport
A Pretoria man nabbed with five kilograms of tik in his luggage was arrested at Cape Town International Airport. ||| Cape Town - A Pretoria man nabbed with five kilograms of tik in his luggage was...
View ArticleHeroin hidden in bread leads to stash
Half a kilogram of heroin concealed in a loaf of bread and another kilo of the drug were found in a safe in a house in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - Half a kilogram of heroin concealed in a loaf of bread...
View ArticleJoyride ends in horror
Four friends' sex-fuelled joyride with a prostitute ended in death after one of the men was found brutally beaten. ||| Cape Town - Four friends’ sex-fuelled joyride with a prostitute ended in death...
View ArticleWe will join teachers, Cosatu warns
If calls by protesting Sadtu members are not heeded, Cosatu members will join them on the streets, Tony Ehrenreich vowed. ||| Cape Town - If calls by protesting SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu)...
View ArticleTutu hospitalised for infection
Peace icon Desmond Tutu checked into hospital for non-surgical treatment and tests related to an ongoing infection. ||| Cape Town - Peace icon Desmond Tutu checked into a South African hospital on...
View ArticleWoodstock furniture designer murdered
A Woodstock resident was found murdered about a week after last being seen outside his work place. ||| Cape Town - A Woodstock resident was found murdered a week after last being seen outside his work...
View Article‘Coloureds overlooked for promotion’
A landmark case before the Labour Court could change the face of affirmative action forever. ||| Cape Town - It was difficult to get promoted within the Correctional Services Department as a coloured...
View ArticleCourt sets Prof Karabus free, but...
Professor Cyril Karabus has been found not guilty by a court in the UAE - but prosecutors have 30 days to launch a new appeal. ||| Cape Town - Professor Cyril Karabus may have been found not guilty by...
View ArticleNew rules for cyclists are on track
Western Cape residents have been invited to comment on new regulations to protect cyclists from motorists, and vice versa. ||| Cape Town - New regulations to protect cyclists from motorists, and vice...
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