Minstrel case postponed
A Cape minstrels' association head has appeared in court on charges of drunken driving and possession of a firearm and tik. ||| The head of a Cape minstrels' association has appeared in the Wynberg...
View ArticleLiquor case goes to Concourt
The Constitutional Court will hear argument for leave to appeal a forfeiture order against a residential property. ||| The Constitutional Court will hear argument on Thursday for leave to appeal a...
View ArticleBronn’s phone exchanged for drugs
Less than an hour after Bruno Bronn was murdered, three men visited a drug den in his car and exchanged his cellphone for tik. ||| Less than an hour after gay club owner Bruno Bronn was murdered, three...
View Article‘Child killer’ in custody
A youth accused of shooting dead a three-year-old boy in Manenberg, Cape Town, handed himself over to detectives. ||| A youth accused of shooting dead a three-year-old boy in Manenberg, Cape Town,...
View ArticleBoy, 3, shot dead in row
An 18-year-old alleged to have shot dead a three-year-old boy in front of his mother has handed himself over to police. ||| An 18-year-old alleged to have shot dead a three-year-old boy in front of his...
View ArticleClaremont mansion gutted by fierce blaze
A Claremont mansion has been razed by a fire so fierce that extra fire engines and fighters had to be deployed. ||| A Claremont mansion has been razed by a fire so fierce that extra fire engines and...
View ArticleEducation Minister taken to court
NGO Equal Education has filed court papers to compel the government to provide equal infrastructure to all schools. ||| In the “most far-reaching court case about the right to basic education”, Equal...
View ArticleBronx murder suspect linked to gangs
One of the men accused of nightclub owner Bruno Bronn’s murder is allegedly involved with the notorious Americans gang. ||| Details about the men accused of nightclub owner Bruno Bronn’s murder have...
View Article23 Cape schools close due to Cosatu protest
Hundreds of Cape Town pupils stayed at home as a result of the national strike action against labour broking and toll roads. ||| Hundreds of pupils stayed at home on Wednesday as a result of the...
View ArticlePolice bodyguard case postponed
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa's former police bodyguard and two other men have appeared in court. ||| Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa's former police bodyguard and two other men appeared in the Wynberg...
View ArticleBoy's killing an 'accident'
The teen alleged to be responsible for the death of a boy, 3, was a family friend who was fond of him. ||| The 18-year-old alleged to be responsible for the death of a three-year-old boy in Manenberg...
View ArticleUnhappy marriage ‘led to spending’
Sylvia Ireland says lies and secrets in her troubled marriage drove her to spending sprees of up to R1 million a month. ||| Sylvia Ireland says lies and secrets in her troubled marriage drove her to...
View Article‘Facebook Rapist’ expected to plead guilty
Thabo Bester, the man dubbed the “Facebook Rapist”, is expected to plead guilty to murdering a Milnerton model. ||| Thabo Bester, the man dubbed the “Facebook Rapist”, is expected to plead guilty to...
View ArticleBronx accused ‘used tik’
Three men implicated in the murder of Bronx nightclub owner Bruno Bronn allegedly smoked tik after they killed him. ||| Three men implicated in the murder of Bronx nightclub owner Bruno Bronn allegedly...
View ArticleTaking house 'only way to close shebeen'
The Constitutional Court heard that confiscating a couple's house in Athlone is the only way of shutting down a shebeen. ||| Confiscating a couple's house in Athlone was the only way of shutting down a...
View ArticleKnysna fisherman killed
A man was killed in Knysna when he fell off rocks into the sea while fishing. ||| A man was killed in Knysna when he fell off rocks into the sea while fishing, the National Sea Rescue Institute said on...
View ArticleAccuser painted as unreliable witness
The defence for psychiatrist Ray Berard has painted Sylvia Ireland as an unreliable witness given to flights of fancy. ||| The defence for psychiatrist Ray Berard has painted Sylvia Ireland as an...
View ArticleAbalone syndicate case delayed
The trial of 24 people implicated in a national perlemoen (abalone) poaching syndicate has been postponed. ||| flaCOURT-PERLEMOENCAPE TOWN Mar 8 SapaPERLEMOEN SYNDICATE CASE POSTPONEDThe trial of 24...
View Article‘Woman faked her death for R3.6m’
A woman, her former partner and a third woman are in court for allegedly trying to fake her death to cash in on a policy . ||| A Strand woman, her former partner and a third woman are in court for...
View ArticleBuckle up your kids or go to jail
Cape motorists could face jail if they don’t buckle up their children while on the road. ||| Cape motorists could face jail if they don’t buckle up their children while on the road.The province and the...
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