IFP seeks Chappies rethink
An Inkatha Freedom Party MP wants Western Cape premier Helen Zille to reconsider her stance on the building of a toll plaza at Chapman's Peak. ||| An Inkatha Freedom Party MP wants Western Cape premier...
View ArticleCPUT rapped over financial exclusions
No student who is academically capable should be excluded from studying on financial grounds, a Parliamentary committee said. ||| No student who is academically capable should be excluded from studying...
View Article‘We are taking back the Khoi San’s land’
Rondebosch Common will again be the focus on the weekend as activists gather for a land, jobs and housing summit. ||| Rondebosch Common will again be the focus on the weekend as activists gather for a...
View ArticleTop cops in pockets of gangs, says Plato
Underworld figures fund high-ranking cops and this is why they get away with crime, says Dan Plato. ||| High-ranking police officers are on the payrolls of drug lords and underworld figures and this is...
View ArticleClimbers bare their soles on Kilimanjaro
With a few callouses, toe stubs and grazes, six local mountain climbers reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro barefoot. ||| Many people can lay claim to summiting Africa’s highest peak. But until...
View ArticleCape’s prepaid power crash
Thousands of Western Cape households have been left in the dark as Eskom struggles with its electricity vending system. ||| More than 200 000 households in the Western Cape and potentially millions...
View ArticleATMs blown up in Goodwood
Two more ATMs have been blown up in Goodwood – the third ATM explosion over the past two weeks. ||| Two more ATMs have been blown up in Goodwood – the third ATM explosion over the past two weeks.The...
View ArticleGaddafi scenes: e.tv to fight R35 000 fine
TV channel e.tv has vowed to appeal against its R35 000 fine for airing footage of Muammar Gaddafi’s death. ||| TV channel e.tv has vowed to appeal against its R35 000 fine from the Broadcasting...
View ArticleGovernment must deliver, Zille told
Capetonians told Premier Helen Zille that they want the government to deliver on their promises. ||| Capetonians want the government to deliver on their promises, create more jobs, provide proper...
View ArticleMavericks case sent to HRC
A case involving the right of a Cape Town strip club to employ “exotic dancers” has been sent to the Human Rights Commission. ||| The Western Cape High Court on Friday referred a case involving the...
View Article‘Planet helped us finish a tough race’
Two South Africans believe being motivated to inspire the country to save the planet, helped them reach the South Pole. ||| A two-man South African team believes being motivated to inspire children and...
View ArticleOudtshoorn mayor in court for theft
The theft case against Oudtshoorn mayor Gordon April has been postponed. ||| The theft case against Oudtshoorn mayor Gordon April was postponed by the town's magistrate's court on Friday, Western Cape...
View ArticleSerbian fugitive refused bail
Serbian fugitive Dobrosav Gavric, who fled to South Africa in 2008 to avoid a jail sentence, has been refused bail. ||| Serbian fugitive Dobrosav Gavric, who fled to South Africa in 2008 to avoid a...
View ArticleResidents live in fear of teen thugs
An increasing number of teenage gangsters are forming their own gangs and terrorising the Cape Flats. ||| An increasing number of pint-sized gangsters are forming their own gangs and terrorising the...
View ArticleBus drivers arrested for drugs
Two long-distance bus drivers have been arrested in Beaufort West for possession of the drug plant khat. ||| Two long-distance bus drivers were arrested in Beaufort West after being found in possession...
View ArticleATM attackers exploit poor policing
Disarray in the crime intelligence unit and a lack of experienced detectives could be to blame an increase in ATM attacks. ||| Disarray in the crime intelligence unit and a lack of experienced...
View ArticleKidnap girl back after 18 long years
Mother never stopped searching for the daughter who was snatched by her babysitters. ||| WARDA MEYER EIGHTEEN agonising years of searching for her missing child ended yesterday when a Mitchells Plain...
View ArticleMavericks permit bid denied
Judge expresses human trafficking concern for ‘exotic dancers’ ||| The future of foreign dancers at Cape Town strip club Mavericks lies in the balance, after the Western Cape High Court ordered the...
View Article‘Land pirates are desecrating Anni’s shrine’
A Khayelitsha actress is crossing swords with land pirates who have desecrated the shrine of slain honeymoon bride Anni Dewani. ||| A Khayelitsha actress is at war with people who she claims have...
View ArticleCeremony to highlight Khoi land claim
Elders have conducted a cleansing ritual on the Common as group demands for the area to be returned to the Janari family ||| When representatives of the Institute for the Restoration of the Aborigines...
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