Sleepy drivers will be forced to rest
Traffic chief to confiscate keys of drivers appearing tired, whether it's legal or not. ||| Sleepy motorists will now be pulled off the road, forced to rest and have their vehicle’s keys confiscated,...
View ArticleInsults fly between Cape ANC leaders
With less than a week to go until Mangaung, the ANC’s deeply divided Western Cape leaders engaged in a war of words. ||| Cape Town - With less than a week to go until the ANC’s crucial Mangaung...
View ArticleDad saves son before being gunned down
A seven-year-old boy has told how his hero dad shoved him under a bed just moments before he was brutally murdered. ||| Cape Town - A heartbroken seven-year-old boy has told how his hero dad shoved him...
View ArticleBrown wants fraud cases consolidated
Former Fidentia chief executive J Arthur Brown, who faces fraud charges in two Cape courts, hopes to consolidate both cases and go on trial in the High Court. ||| Cape Town - Former Fidentia chief...
View ArticleMinister defends farmworker remarks
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson says her call for charges against strikers to be dropped was justified. ||| Cape Town - Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson remained unapologetic on...
View ArticleBrown accused of ‘smoke and mirrors’
Confusion was deliberately created by J Arthur Brown to solicit investments in his network of illegal pyramid schemes, the court has heard. ||| Cape Town - Confusion was deliberately created by alleged...
View Article59 killed on Cape roads since 1 Dec
MEC Robin Carlisle says accident rate on Western Cape roads highest in three years. ||| Fifty-nine people have died on Western Cape roads since the beginning of December. Speaking at the launch of the...
View ArticleMan shot shot dead in police clash
The fractious relationship between police and Netreg residents was dealt another blow when cops allegedly killed a man. ||| Cape Town - The fractious relationship between police and residents of...
View ArticleRoad trip fights domestic violence
Two Cape Town cops have done an epic road trip highlighting gender-based violence. ||| Two police officers, Brigadier André Lincoln, 51, and Warrant Officer Andries Douglas, 44, returned to Cape Town...
View ArticleMom in dock for fake kidnapping
A woman who allegedly faked her son’s kidnapping to get money out of her friends, lied with ease the State has argued. ||| Cape Town - A Hout Bay woman who is alleged to have faked her son’s kidnapping...
View ArticleTeacher back at work after losing everything
Although Florence Sotomela, a teacher’s assistant from Khayelitsha lost everything in a shack fire, she went to work the next day. ||| Cape Town - Although Florence Sotomela, a teacher’s assistant from...
View ArticleTribunal to hear radio hate speech case
The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA will hear the merits of a 1998 hate speech complaint against Radio 786. ||| Cape Town - The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA will hear the merits of...
View ArticleFamily unable to save pregnant student
Ncebakazi Bili’s family has told how she was stabbed five times in their home, allegedly by her jealous lover. ||| Cape Town - An eight months pregnant pupil was brutally stabbed to death, allegedly by...
View ArticleFarm couple killed a month apart
A man has been found murdered at his farm, a little over a month after the rape and murder of his partner. ||| Cape Town - In a crime described as “shocking, scary and cruel” by neighbours, a man has...
View ArticleFormer Fidentia accountant testifies
Accountant Graham Maddock gave a technical testimony in the Fidentia embezzlement case in the Western Cape High Court. ||| Cape Town - Accountant Graham Maddock gave a technical testimony on Tuesday in...
View ArticleWhat Tutu told Manuel
You don’t belong in this government, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has told Trevor Manuel. ||| Cape Town - You don’t belong in this government, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has told Minister in...
View ArticleA fresh start after prison
At the gates of Pollsmoor Prison is a sign that reads: “Welcome to Pollsmoor - A place for new beginnings”. ||| Cape Town - At the gates of Pollsmoor Prison is a sign that reads: “Welcome to Pollsmoor...
View ArticleFaulty pet trackers recalled
Thousands of Back Home Biotec microchips – used for tracking pets – have been recalled after a “functionality issue” was detected. ||| Cape Town - Thousands of Back Home Biotec microchips – used for...
View ArticleUCT’s R1 000 fee scheme
Students from poor families can expect to pay as little as R1 000 a year to study at UCT from next year. ||| Cape Town - Students from poor families can expect to pay as little as R1 000 a year to...
View ArticleScene of farmer’s murder ‘horrific’
The family of a Philippi farmer are battling to come to terms with the “horrific” scene that greeted them on Saturday afternoon. ||| Cape Town - The family of murdered Philippi farmer Arnold Schultz,...
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