Hit-and-run driver held for cyclist’s death
The driver who allegedly killed Cape Town cycling champ Dr Koos Roux 10 days ago has been arrested. ||| Cape Town - The hit-and-run driver who allegedly killed Cape Town cycling champ Dr Koos Roux 10...
View ArticleDunoon xenophobic attacks remembered
Five years ago, a Somali shopkeeper was faced with a choice - stay in Du Noon and try to save his livelihood or flee for his life. ||| Cape Town - Five years ago today, Somali shopkeeper Abdul Aziz...
View ArticlePolice open case after cyclist killed by bus
A Durbanville man cycling to work was run over and killed when he apparently swerved to avoid traffic and fell under a bus. ||| Cape Town - A Durbanville man cycling to work was run over and killed...
View ArticleKnife wielding gangs invade school
The provincial Education Department sent officials to investigate gangsterism at Bulumko Secondary School in Khayelitsha. ||| Cape Town - The Western Cape Education Department sent officials to...
View ArticleCatholic Church says defy e-tolls
The Roman Catholic Church has added its powerful voice to the swelling opposition against e-tolling. ||| Durban - The Roman Catholic Church has added its powerful voice to the swelling opposition...
View ArticleCape Town seeks toilet interdict
The City of Cape Town intends seeking an interdict against the people disrupting the servicing of toilets in informal settlements. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town intends seeking an interdict...
View ArticleLesbian pastor vs Church
Ecclesia de Lange and the Methodist Church are at loggerheads after she was fired because she married another woman. ||| Cape Town - Lesbian minister Ecclesia de Lange was fired by the Methodist Church...
View ArticleJournalists accosted in Cape Town
Sanef has condemned the alleged manhandling of Cape Argus journalists David Ritchie and Yolisa Tswanya. ||| Johannesburg - Reports that a Home Affairs official allegedly manhandled reporters outside a...
View Article‘I'm truly sorry and want to confess’
The man who confessed to murdering Cape mom Anzunette du Plessis apologised for his actions and asked her family to forgive him. ||| Cape Town - The Mitchells Plain man who confessed to murdering...
View ArticleWoman tracks down hit-and-run driver
A Cape Town woman helped lead police to the hit-and-run driver who allegedly killed respected cyclist Koos Roux. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town woman has helped lead police to the hit-and-run driver who...
View ArticleOff-duty prison officer shot
An off-duty correctional services officer was shot dead in Cape Town in the early hours of the morning. ||| Cape Town - An off-duty correctional services officer was shot dead in Cape Town in the early...
View ArticleEx-Sars official jailed for fraud
A former senior official of the SA Revenue Service was sent to prison for 15 years by the Western Cape High Court. ||| Cape Town - A former senior official of the SA Revenue Service (Sars) was sent to...
View ArticleGang report ‘a serious allegation’
Reports of collusion between police and criminals in the Western Cape are a serious allegation, the police ministry said. ||| Johannesburg - Reports of collusion between police and criminals in the...
View ArticleColoureds who vote ANC are stupid - Marais
Peter Marais is in hot water after equating an abused woman to a coloured or white person who votes for the ANC. ||| Cape Town - A woman who chooses to marry an abusive man and expects him to change is...
View Article‘Madiba told me to fight for my rights’
Veteran politician Peter Marais says he is fighting for the rights of coloured people because it’s what Madiba would have done. ||| Cape Town - Veteran politician and former Western Cape premier Peter...
View ArticleCross-dresser ‘high during murder’
A man has pleaded guilty to killing 65-year-old Graham Flax inside his Sea Point flat while he was under the influence of drugs. ||| Cape Town - A Delft man has pleaded guilty to killing 65-year-old...
View ArticleDolls help kids ‘talk’ about sexual abuse
They may look just like any doll, but they have an important role to play for children who have been sexually abused. ||| Cape Town - They may look just like any other rag dolls, but the anatomically...
View ArticleCourt told of girl’s ordeal in cupboard
The chilling story of how a man gagged a girl and hid her in a cupboard while the community searched for her was told in a Cape court. ||| Cape Town - The chilling story of how a man gagged a little...
View ArticleWe don’t support this behaviour - Home Affairs
The Department of Home Affairs said it did not support its employees “blocking” journalists from doing their jobs. ||| Cape Town - The Department of Home Affairs said on Thursday it did not support its...
View ArticleNo future for these ‘time travellers’
Time travel, regarded as the domain of mad scientists, has a few believers, as a recent hoax ad proved. ||| Cape Town - Time travel, up until now regarded as the domain of mad scientists and sci-fi...
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