It’s blasted awful for Table View residents
Table View residents are calling the area a "war zone" as a task team tries to reduce the Seli 1 wreck. ||| Cape town - Table View residents are calling the area a “war zone” after what has been weeks...
View ArticleLong road ahead for perlemoen poachers
Accused mastermind behind a R2.07bn perlemoen poaching syndicate Frank Barends, will stay in custody for the remainder of his trial. ||| Cape Times - Frank Barends, who is accused of being the...
View ArticleCape’s spring water wasted
Every day millions of litres of fresh mountain water rushes away unused into drains or sewers underneath Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - For eight years Caron von Zeil of Newlands has worked on Reclaim...
View ArticleMEC forced to apologise for baboon slur
MEC Theuns Botha was forced to apologise for using the word bobbejaan (baboon) during a debate in the Western Cape legislature. ||| Cape Town - Health MEC Theuns Botha was forced to apologise for using...
View ArticleCape Town in more traffic trouble
Flash-floods swamped morning commuter traffic leading to long delays on a number of major routes across Greater Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - Flash-floods swamped morning commuter traffic on Friday...
View ArticleCapetonians ‘fittest in SA’ - survey
Durban mayor James Nxumalo has challenged a recent survey, naming Cape Town as the city with the fittest people in SA. ||| Durban - EThekwini Municipality mayor James Nxumalo has challenged a recent...
View ArticleMerryweather wins R10m suit
One of the boys at the centre of the violent scuffle that paralysed Andrew Merryweather has been ordered to pay R10.29m in damages. ||| Cape Town - One of the former Reddam House pupils at the centre...
View ArticleAnene’s rape case: cops given ultimatum
Bredasdorp residents have given police an ultimatum, demanding that “all those responsible for the senseless killing be brought to book”. ||| Cape Town - Bredasdorp residents have given police an...
View ArticleLife for ‘act of appaling brutality’
A Western Cape High Court judge sentenced a handyman to life imprisonment for murdering his employer. ||| Western Cape - A Western Cape High Court judge yesterday sentenced a 31-year-old handyman to...
View ArticleCity demolishes informal settlement shacks
Several residents of the Bonnytoun informal settlement in Wynberg were left homeless after the city evicted them and demolished their structures. ||| Wynberg - Several residents of the Bonnytoun...
View ArticleAll 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 ArticleOne cop for 3000 people
The Cape Town police have admitted that areas with the highest crime rates have the lowest police coverage. ||| Cape Town - Thousands of Cape Town’s most vulnerable citizens are having to fend for...
View ArticleUitenhage car dealer a theft kingpin?
A Uitenhage car dealer is suspected of being the kingpin of a nation-wide vehicle theft syndicate that made millions of rands. ||| Cape Town - A Uitenhage car dealer, suspected of being the kingpin of...
View ArticleLiquor store ‘kept IDs’ of farmworkers
A liquor store owner is under investigation for allegedly keeping the IDs of farmworkers until their debts were settled. ||| Cape Town - A Worcester liquor store owner is under investigation for...
View ArticleSAHRC sees corporal punishment evils
Pupils' eardrums were ruptured, a pupil was blinded, and one pupil died due to corporal punishment, says the SA Human Rights Commission. ||| Cape Town - The South African Human Rights Commission says...
View ArticleMEC questions W Cape police ratio
There is a shortage of police officers in Western Cape areas with a high murder rate, community safety MEC Dan Plato said. ||| Cape Town - There is a shortage of police officers in Western Cape areas...
View ArticleThree in court for loan sharking
Two sisters and a friend appeared in the Bellville Commercial Crime Court in connection with running an illegal loan business. ||| Cape Town - Two sisters and a friend appeared in the Bellville...
View ArticleCop arrested over teen’s rape
A Western Cape police officer was arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl in Paarl. ||| Cape Town - A Western Cape police officer was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a...
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