High court victory for tenant
A Lotus River shopkeeper who was evicted from his store by the building’s owners, has won his case in court. ||| Cape Town - A Lotus River shopkeeper who was evicted from his store by the building’s...
View ArticleZim house to go under hammer for farmers
A Zimbabwe government-owned property in the Cape will finally be sold to compensate farmers whose land was seized. ||| Cape Town - A Zimbabwean government-owned property in the city will finally go...
View Article‘We have ancestral rights to land’
On June 15, ‘Khoi activists’ occupied a District Six complex. Ttheir spokeswoman gave the Cape Times their points of view. ||| Cape Town - On June 15, 40 ‘Khoi activists’ occupied 11 units in a...
View ArticlePaddler almost drowns at Berg River Marathon
Police are investigating after a former world champion paddler almost drowned in the Berg River Canoe Marathon. ||| Cape Town - A police investigation is under way after a former world champion paddler...
View ArticleCop’s teen rape case postponed
A police officer accused of raping a 14-year-old girl will appear in the Paarl Magistrate's Court next week. ||| Paarl, Western Cape - A police officer accused of raping a 14-year-old girl will appear...
View ArticleFraud bookkeeper must clean cop shop
A Western Cape bookkeeper convicted of fraud must clean the Kuils River police station as part of his punishment. ||| Cape Town - A Western Cape bookkeeper convicted of fraud must clean the Kuils River...
View ArticleParalegal in court for fraud
The fraud case against a paralegal accused of pretending to be an attorney was delayed because of a shortage of beds for patients sent by courts for psychiatric observation. ||| Cape Town - The fraud...
View ArticleWoman convicted of loan sharking
A woman who ran an illegal money-lending business was found guilty of 72 counts of violating the National Credit Act (NCA). ||| Cape Town - A woman who ran an illegal money-lending business was found...
View ArticlePagad motorcade targets Cape dealers
Pagad has turned to fear and scare tactics, with members racing through the streets of Belgravia Estate and Rondebosch East with hooters blasting and fireworks thrown. ||| Cape Town -...
View ArticleOcean View violence, eight arrested
Eight arrested after house of alleged drug lord in Ocean View was attacked. ||| Eight people were arrested on Saturday for public violence in Ocean View, near Fishhoek, after the house of an alleged...
View ArticleParamedics save abandoned newborn
She had only about half an hour to live when the newborn was found in a plastic bag. ||| SHE had only about half an hour to live when the newborn was found abandoned in a plastic bag in Eerste River,...
View Article20 attack home of alleged drug dealer
"They were everywhere… I was sure they were going to kill him and his family." ||| GANG violence, which exploded in various Cape Flats suburbs in recent weeks, spilt over into Ocean View yesterday with...
View ArticleDuarte tears into 'apartheid'Cape
ANC's Jessie Duarte says "apartheid has seeped back, very quietly and comfortably." ||| The ANC’s Jessie Duarte has torn into the DA-run Western Cape and City of Cape Town, expressing her disgust at...
View ArticleHouse set a light in Cape Town
A case of arson has been opened after a house in Delft was set alight in a domestic dispute, an official has said. ||| Cape Town - A case of arson has been opened after a house in Delft was set alight...
View ArticleMan dies in shack fire
A man’s body was burned beyond recognition when his shack caught alight in Du Noon, a Cape Town official said. ||| Cape Town - A man died when his shack caught alight in Du Noon on Monday morning, a...
View ArticleMan denies setting ex-lover alight
A Cape Town man has denied that he doused his ex-girlfriend and two others with petrol before setting them alight. ||| Cape Town - A Factreton man has denied that he doused his ex-girlfriend and two...
View Article‘Matjieshuis’ erected to honour Khoi past
Khoisan activists evicted for occupying a block of flats in District Six have erected a “matjieshuis” in the area. ||| Cape Town - Khoisan activists evicted for occupying a block of flats illegally in...
View ArticleCape Flats gang war claims more lives
Gang violence across the Cape Flats has claimed more lives, after two men were shot dead in Manenberg and Lavender Hill. ||| Cape Town - Gang violence across the Cape Flats continues to claim lives...
View ArticleChildren set house alight
Two children set their house alight while playing with matches in Macassar, a Cape Town official said. ||| Cape Town - Two children set their house alight while playing with matches in Macassar, a...
View ArticleNow Angie acts
The Basic Education Minister admitted that a matric exams task team announced nine months ago had not started work. ||| Cape Town - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga admitted on Monday that a...
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