Council wants to show a more caring face
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has appealed to residents for help in monitoring companies who clean and provide sanitation. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has appealed to...
View ArticleSit-tight families to be moved
Five Cape Town families who refused to move from an area earmarked for a R480m housing development will be moved by authorities. ||| Cape Town - Five families in Joe Slovo in Langa who have refused to...
View ArticleCape Town mayor gets shouted out
Patricia de Lille was forced to leave the stage of a public meeting in Philippi when a chanting crowd refused to let anyone speak. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille was forced to leave...
View ArticleStun grenades used on refugees
Cape Town police intervened after frustrated immigrants started stoning a temporary refugee reception centre. ||| Cape Town - Police used stun grenades to disperse a crowd at Customs House on the...
View ArticleSlow start to Popcru march
Hundreds of members of Popcru, clad in red and yellow T-shirts, gathered in Cape Town and Durban ahead of marches over salary grades. ||| Cape Town/ Durban - Hundreds of members of the Police and...
View ArticleUnderspending ‘points to a city in crisis’
Opposition parties warn that huge underspending in the current City of Cape Town budget points to a "city in crisis". ||| Cape Town - As the City of Cape Town prepares to finalise its R31-billion...
View Article‘It’s a graveyard for unwanted newborns’
A man walking across a Philippi East field has found a baby - naked, pale and with its umbilical chord still attached. ||| Cape Town - On Tuesday, the Daily Voice was called out to a Philippi East...
View ArticlePolice mum on changes in Anene case
Court proceedings against the remaining accused may shape investigations into Anene Booysen’s rape and murder, say police. ||| Cape Town - Court proceedings against the remaining accused in the Anene...
View ArticleCape Town SAPS staff march
Hundreds of Popcru members marched down Adderley Street in central Cape Town to protest over salary grades. ||| Cape Town - Hundreds of Popcru members marched down Adderley Street in central Cape Town...
View ArticleTwin murders rock Lavender Hill
Two men were shot and killed in separate incidents in Lavender Hill, Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - Two men were shot and killed in separate incidents in Lavender Hill on Tuesday night.It is understood...
View ArticleProtest over principal’s return
Vukukhanya Primary School in Gugulethu was closed for a second day as protests over the return of the principal continued. ||| Cape Town - Vukukhanya Primary School in Gugulethu was closed for a second...
View ArticleGold agent tells of boss’s tall tales
The man police are investigation for selling, but not delivering Krugerrands used to boast about big precious metal deals. ||| Cape Town - Matthys van Tonder, the man who police are investigation for...
View ArticlePopcru threatens Phiyega, Mthethwa
Police staff will hold more marches if Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa remains silent on a salary deal in his budget vote, Popcru president Zizamele Cebekhulu said. ||| Cape Town - Police staff will...
View ArticleWoman jailed for embezzling R3.8m
A Western Cape woman was jailed for in effect eight years for embezzling R3.8 million from her employer. ||| Cape Town - A Western Cape woman was jailed for in effect eight years on Wednesday for...
View ArticleWoman dies at Cape Town taxi rank
A woman died when she was struck by a taxi at Durbanville taxi rank in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - A woman died when she was struck by a taxi at Durbanville taxi rank in Cape Town on Wednesday,...
View ArticleControlled blasts cause Seli 1 spill
Oil has leaked from the wreckage of a bulk carrier which ran agroung off Blouberstrand in 2009. ||| Cape Town - Oil leaked from the wreckage of a bulk carrier off Blouberstrand on Wednesday afternoon,...
View ArticleCape budget to allow for job creation
The proposed total budget for the City of Cape Town's 2013/2014 financial year is R31.5 billion. ||| Cape Town - The proposed total budget for the City of Cape Town's 2013/2014 financial year is R31.5...
View ArticleMan gets 15 years for gruesome murder
A 21-year old man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for the gruesome murder of a Cape Town woman whose body he mutilated. ||| Cape Town - A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail...
View ArticleRhinoman an endangered cycling species
The infamous “Borat mankini” was to blame for the rule that has led to the ban of a near-naked city cyclist. ||| Cape Town - The infamous Borat mankini was to blame for the rule that has led to the ban...
View ArticleJoe Slovo shacks demolished
Five shacks were torn down in Joe Slovo after their occupants defied an order to move to make way for a R480m housing project. ||| Cape Town - Five shacks in Joe Slovo, Langa, were torn down on...
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