Mom, son die in cruise tragedy
A family fishing adventure on Women’s Day has turned into tragedy after six people on a river cruise are presumed to have drowned. ||| A family fishing adventure on Women’s Day has turned into tragedy...
View ArticleSearch continues for missing paramedic
The search for the female paramedic whose ambulance veered off a bridge into a river in Montagu has reportedly resumed. ||| The search for the female paramedic whose ambulance veered off a bridge into...
View ArticleShrien placed at centre of plot
The family of slain Anni Dewani has laid down the gauntlet to her husband: “stop hiding and come to SA to face justice”. ||| The family of slain honeymoon bride Anni Dewani on Thursday night laid down...
View ArticleN2 reopened after violent protest
The N2 highway near the Cape Town International Airport was re-opened to traffic on Friday afternoon after a violent protest earlier. ||| Cape Town - The N2 highway near the Cape Town International...
View ArticleCape Town on weather alert
Cape Town is on high alert after weather warnings were issued for the weekend. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town is on high alert after weather warnings were issued for the weekend, the city's disaster risk...
View ArticleAnti-lottery protest over kidney dialysis
Two men took their battle to Parliament to pressure the national lottery into using charity funding to help kidney patients. ||| Two men bearing placards were outside Parliament yesterday waging a long...
View ArticleWP stars support paralysed teen
WP rugby stars visit, encourage shoolboy rugby player injured in tackle ||| Cape Town - Family, friends and several Western Province players were among those offering their support yesterday to...
View ArticleProtests cripple Cape Town
Violent protests involving a petrol bomb, burning tyres and stone-throwing crippled Cape Town on Friday. ||| Cape Town - Violent protests involving a petrol bomb, burning tyres and stone-throwing...
View ArticleLegal aid after violent service protests
The Southern Suburbs Legal Advice Centre has stepped in to help after violent service delivery protests in Phumlani Village, near Grassy Park. ||| New hope for residents of Phumlani Village, near...
View ArticleR1bn upgrade for Khayelitsha
Township’s residents in line for free water, electricity and refuse removal over the next five years ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has plans to spend more than R1 billion on upgrading and...
View ArticlePolice swoop on defaulting parents
Deadbeat parents who don’t pay maintenance for their children were dragged out of bed during a night-long blitz. ||| Cape Town - Deadbeat parents who don’t pay maintenance for their children were...
View ArticleJudge’s cellphone in use after death
As the trial of murder accused widow Thandi Maqubela resumed this week, the State spun a web of cellphone evidence around her. ||| Cape Town - As the Western Cape High Court trial of murder accused...
View ArticleKidnap gang stalks UCT students
A UCT student has told of how he chose not to flee from his kidnappers because he feared they would shoot his friend. ||| A 23-year-old UCT marketing student has described being abducted in the Main...
View ArticleSearch for missing two suspended
Attempts to find a farmer and a paramedic swept away by flooded rivers in the Eastern and Western Cape have been suspended, authorities said. ||| Johannesburg - Attempts to find a farmer and a...
View ArticleRain, snow and gale-force winds batter Cape
Heavy rains and gale-force winds destroyed 900 shacks in Cape Town and left thousands of residents without power. ||| Heavy rain and gale-force wind destroyed 900 shacks in Cape Town and left thousands...
View ArticleDewani accused trial uncertainty
The trial of the man who allegedly fired the shot that killed Anni Dewani is set to begin, unless it is found he is too ill. ||| The man who allegedly fired the single gunshot that ended the life of...
View ArticleToddler dies after protest crash
A toddler has died of injuries received when a bus ploughed into homes during a protest in Khayelitsha three weeks ago. ||| Cape Town - A toddler has died of injuries received when a bus ploughed into...
View ArticleDon’t blame riots on us - ANC
The ANC believes that a “third force” may be inciting the chaos in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - The ANC has denied that it or its youth league are fomenting violence in the ongoing riots in Cape Town,...
View ArticleCape's top brass briefed on gang problem
The Cape’s top security officials met the with local provincial politicians behind close doors to discuss an anti-gang strategy. ||| Provincail police top brass, their metro police counterparts and a...
View ArticleDewani accused pleads not guilty
Xolile Mngeni has pleaded not guilty to killing honeymooner Anni Dewani in Cape Town in 2010, according to reports. ||| Xolile Mngeni has pleaded not guilty to killing honeymooner Anni Dewani in Cape...
View Article