Investigate agriculture minister, says DA
The DA wants answers amid revelations of a R4.1-million payment to the farmworkers’ union Bawsi by the Agriculture Department. ||| Cape Town - The DA is set to ask the public protector and the...
View ArticleDelayed land claim enrages Thomas
Author Gladys Thomas hasn’t heard anything about her land claim in seven years - and she’s tired of waiting. ||| Cape Town - Anti-apartheid poet, playwright and author Gladys Thomas held a two-hour...
View ArticleShopkeeper’s killer: I was a troubled teen
Raafiq Abrahams, who confessed last year to killing Sulaiman Brey 11 years ago, says his adolescence was difficult. ||| Cape Town - The man who confessed last year to killing a Wynberg shopkeeper 11...
View ArticleNew move on former CapeNature official
The Cape Argus has filed an application to get the full story behind the parting of ways of CapeNature and senior official Nazeem Jamie. ||| Cape Town - The Cape Argus has filed a Promotion of Access...
View ArticleWinelands toll plan ‘makes no sense’
The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry is playing hardball with Sanral over the proposed Winelands toll project. ||| Cape Town - “Give us an updated impact assessment or scrap the tolls.” That was...
View ArticleSA will pay for ‘strike season’
Experts have warned that the knock-on effect of prolonged labour strikes will harm the economy in the long run. ||| Cape Town - Bus strikes, service delivery protests and marching teachers - it is the...
View ArticleHair-raising ‘Nazi’ discovery at varsity
In a cupboard inside a Stellenbosch University museum a researcher, found a human skull, a box of glass eyes and a case with hair samples. ||| Cape Town - In a cupboard inside a Stellenbosch University...
View ArticleCape bus drivers step up protests
Striking bus drivers renewed their protests in Cape Town, insisting their demands be met. ||| Cape Town - Striking bus drivers renewed their protests in Cape Town on Thursday, insisting their demands...
View ArticleDA under attack over cost of stadium
Cape Town’s deputy mayor admits that the city was suspicious about the high costs for the construction of Cape Town Stadium. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town deputy mayor Ian Neilson has admitted that the...
View ArticleGod lives in Cape Town, says Zuma
God resides in the picturesque Mother City, President Jacob Zuma said at the release of the annual tourism statistics. ||| Cape Town - God resides in the picturesque Mother City, President Jacob Zuma...
View ArticleCarstens blood test queried
Musician Arno Carstens’ defence team has challenged forensic testing of blood samples for drunken driving cases. ||| Cape Town - Forensic laboratory analysts involved in the testing of blood samples...
View ArticleTutu hospitalised for second day
Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu spent a second day in hospital for treatment and tests related to a persistent infection. ||| Cape Town - South Africa's peace icon, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu...
View ArticleEight-year-old dies in Cape Town crash
A child died after two cars collided in Southfield in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - A child died after two cars collided in Southfield in Cape Town on Thursday, paramedics said.The girl, believed to be...
View ArticleMyCiti bus services suspended
MyCiti bus services across Cape Town have been suspended "due to threats of possible violence". ||| Cape Town - All MyCiTi bus services were suspended on Friday morning because of ongoing strike...
View ArticleQuestions over tests used on Carstens
Standardised tests to determine singer-songwriter Arno Carstens’s blood alcohol level have come under the spotlight in court. ||| Cape Town - Standardised tests to determine singer-songwriter Arno...
View ArticleTolls debate turns into fingerpointing match
A debate on the N1/N2 Winelands in Cape Town toll project descended into a finger-pointing match between the DA and the ANC. ||| Cape Town - A debate on the N1/N2 Winelands toll project descended into...
View Article‘1 in 5 Cape children on tik’
There has been a shocking rise in the number of schoolchildren getting hooked on tik, a Daily Voice probe has found. ||| Cape Town - One in five children in the Western Cape are on tik. The shocking...
View ArticleDA farmworker plan slammed
Farmworker unions and the ANC have slammed a new “agriculture action plan” in the Western Cape as a “cheap stunt”. ||| Cape Town - Farmworker unions and the ANC have slammed a new “agriculture action...
View ArticleDriving school honours Anni Dewani
Cape youths are using the name of slain bride Anni Dewani to change perceptions about townships. ||| Cape Town - Several Western Cape residents are using the name of slain bride Anni Dewani to change...
View ArticleFamily learns fate of missing daughter
A Mitchells Plain family’s anguished three-month search for their missing daughter has finally come to an end. ||| Cape Town - A Mitchells Plain family’s anguished three-month search for their missing...
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