All smiles after vital op on little boy
Mogammad Imaad Majiet looks just likes any other child – except for a tiny bump on his forehead which could have cost him his life. ||| Cape Town - Seventeen-month-old Mogammad Imaad Majiet looks just...
View ArticleCape ANC still owes R1.5m to CTICC
The R1.8 million bill the cash-strapped Western Cape ANC has owed the CTICC since February 2011 has still not been settled. ||| Cape Town - The R1.8 million bill the cash-strapped Western Cape ANC has...
View ArticleDespite graft claims, Oudtshoorn gets official nod
The embattled Oudtshoorn municipality has received an unqualified audit report from the Auditor General. ||| Cape Town - The embattled Oudtshoorn municipality has received an unqualified audit report...
View ArticleZille: Land Act legacy still with us
The legacy of the 1913 Land Act was still with South Africa and so it is the duty of the state to implement effective redress through land restitution, Western Cape premier Helen Zille said. |||...
View ArticleLobster thief told to repay R294m
Convicted Hout Bay fishing magnate Arnold Bengis, his son and a business partner have been ordered by the US to pay nearly R294 million. ||| Convicted Hout Bay fishing magnate Arnold Bengis, his son...
View ArticleFifteenth mugging on Hout Bay trail
An elderly Hout Bay couple were left badly bruised and traumatised after they were held up at knifepoint near Hout Bay. ||| An elderly Hout Bay couple were left badly bruised and traumatised after they...
View ArticleANC defends ‘sexist’ MPs
The row over Lindiwe Mazibuko's fashion sense has deepened with the ANC defending MPs accused of being sexist. ||| Cape Town - The row over the fashion sense of DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko...
View ArticleMom’s 6 months of agony end in joy
What started as a family holiday in Algeria ended up being the biggest battle of a Cape Town mother's life. ||| Cape Town - What started as a family holiday ended up being the biggest battle of a Cape...
View ArticlePolls not in coloured party’s plans
The Bruin Bemagtiging Beweging, led by Peter Marais and others, will not register as a political party nor contest next year's poll. ||| Cape Town - The Bruin Bemagtiging Beweging (Brown Empowerment...
View ArticleCourt evicts ‘Khoisan descendants’ from flats
A group of people claiming to be descendants of the Khoisan have been ordered to vacate seven District Six flats. ||| Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court has given a group of people claiming to be...
View ArticleLand restitution claimant decries long struggle
Forty-seven years ago, Gamat Allie Abdurrahman’s father was forced to sell his Claremont home because of the “biggest sin of apartheid”. ||| Cape Town - Forty-seven years ago, Gamat Allie Abdurrahman’s...
View ArticlePutting the best shoeless foot forward
Tuesday is National Barefoot Day and South Africans are urged to kick off their shoes and go around barefoot. ||| Cape Town - Tuesday is National Barefoot Day and South Africans are urged tokick off...
View ArticleVacant posts for judges advertised
At least 10 vacant posts for judges at various courts need to be filled, the Judicial Service Commission has said. ||| Johannesburg - At least 10 vacant posts for judges at various courts need to be...
View ArticleMinister denies R100k farm kickback
Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has denied claims that she pocketed in kickbacks for arranging a R18m purchase of a game farm. ||| Cape Town - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina...
View ArticleMEC, top cop in row over policing
Tensions between Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer and Community Safety MEC Dan Plato have flared up. ||| Cape Town - Tensions between provincial police commissioner Arno Lamoer and Community Safety...
View ArticleObama to be protected on land, sea, air
Cape Town can expect an invasion of elite US security forces when President Barack Obama visits at the end of the month. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town can expect an invasion of elite US security forces...
View ArticleDistrict Six face-off
Tensions rose in District Six as the Sheriff of the Court was due to evict families occupying seven housing units. ||| Cape Town - Tensions were rising in District Six on Tuesday morning, with the...
View ArticleBlue light jogger ruling welcomed
A court ruling dismissing an application by the Police Minister for a review of findings involving a Cape Town jogger was welcomed by the SAHRC. ||| Cape Town - A court ruling dismissing an application...
View ArticleMuslims asked to support Obama protests
The Muslim Judicial Council has called on all Cape Muslims to support protests against US President Barack Obama. ||| Cape Town - The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has called on all Cape Muslims to...
View ArticleDe Lille slams rights body
Mayor de Lille has slammed the SA Human Rights Commission over its independent probe of the city's bucket toilet saga. ||| Cape Town - Mayor Patricia de Lille has slammed the SA Human Rights Commission...
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