Mountain engulfed in flames
A Vredehoek resident was woken by a commotion outside her house and greeted by thick smoke outside her window. ||| Cape Town - Vredehoek resident Lauren Cohn was woken by a commotion outside her house...
View ArticleCape, Gauteng back Motlanthe
The WCape became the second province to nominate Motlanthe for ANC president, as the long road to Mangaung nears its end. ||| Cape Town - The Western Cape became the second province to nominate Deputy...
View ArticleSix dead in Cape car crash
Two adults and four children were killed in a head-on collision near Touws River, a Western Cape traffic official said. ||| Cape Town - Two adults and four children were killed in a head-on collision...
View ArticleBasson inquiry delayed in Pretoria
Illness has again put a spoke in the wheels of Cape Town cardiologist Wouter Basson's ethical conduct hearing. ||| Pretoria - Illness has again put a spoke in the wheels of Cape Town cardiologist...
View ArticleAWB man charged over fiream
An Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) member appeared in the Worcester Magistrate's Court for alleged possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition. ||| Cape Town - An Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging...
View ArticleCrisis meeting over Ou Kaapse Weg
Anger among locals over severe congestion on busy route is reaching boiling point. ||| Hard words were expected at a meeting on Friday to discuss severe traffic congestion on Cape Town’s Ou Kaapse Weg...
View ArticleMonaco princess arrives in SA
Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, president of Fight Aids Monaco, is visiting South Africa as goodwill ambassador for UNAids. ||| Milnerton - Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was in typically jocular mood...
View ArticleFive more fight prison’s equity plan
Five more Western Cape correctional services officials are challenging the department's employment equity plan. ||| Cape Town - Five more Western Cape correctional services officials are challenging...
View ArticleBig plans for Cape Town Stadium
A move to maximise the sustainability of Cape Town Stadium is ongoing, including talks about having sporting unions move there. ||| Cape Town - Plans to maximise the sustainability of Cape Town Stadium...
View ArticleCrimes against gay community highlighted
Activist and Free Gender founder Funeka Soldaat says 2012 has displayed the rife danger and hate lesbians face on a daily basis. ||| Khayelitsha - This year has brought to the fore just how much danger...
View ArticleAttack at clinic sparks outrage
An attack on a security guard at the Gugulethu community health centre has stoked the ire of the SA Medical Association. ||| Gugulethu - The SA Medical Association (Sama) has expressed outrage at the...
View ArticleToddler,3, found dead after long search
Police are looking for a man with a scar on his face who was seen leading Simoxolile Linosa from his home a week ago. ||| Cape Town - The body of a three-year-old George boy reported missing last week...
View ArticleFather finds his 4 kids dead in crash
A Cape man waiting to meet his four children and two of their uncles, discovered they had died in this gruesome accident. ||| Cape Town - A father’s worst nightmare has unfolded on a Cape “road of...
View ArticleDate for school closure application set
An urgent application to halt the closure of 18 schools will be heard in court just two weeks before the new school year. ||| Cape Town - An urgent application to halt the closure of 18 schools will be...
View ArticleVirgin Active bans alleged homophobe
A Virgin Active gym has banned one of its members after an alleged homophobic remark was made to eNCA anchor Andrew Barnes. ||| Green Point - Virgin Active has banned one of its members after...
View ArticleZille files misconduct charge against cop
Premier Helen Zille says a top police official used her post to try to encourage ANC members to object to a safety bill. ||| Cape Town - Premier Helen Zille has filed a complaint of misconduct against...
View ArticleFBI probe grant firm in SA
The FBI is looking into the rot that has plagued South Africa's social grant payouts in recent months. ||| Cape Town - The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into the rot that...
View ArticleEquity case to be heard next year
A landmark bid by five Western Cape prison officials to have an employment equity plan struck down will be heard next year. ||| Cape Town - A landmark bid by five Western Cape prison officials to have...
View ArticleMan shot dead during robbery
Staff at Iceland Fisheries in Koeberg Road, were subjected to a robbery by five gunmen one of whom fatally shot a man. ||| Maitland - A man has died, apparently after being shot by robbers at a...
View ArticleSiblings die in city house fire
Two children aged two and seven, burnt to death when a double-storey Woodstock house went up in flames on Thursday night. ||| Woodstock - Two children burnt to death when a double-storey Woodstock...
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