Western Cape kids say ‘school is useless’
According to Stats SA 30% of children aged seven to 18 in the Western Cape are not attending school. ||| Cape Town - Just over 30 percent of children aged seven to 18 in the Western Cape who are not...
View ArticleCape nixes solar loo tested in township
The City of Cape Town says it will not replace portable toilets with a solar-powered model because it would not work in winter. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town says it will not replace portable...
View ArticleZAR club faces liquidation
The Cape High Court is expected to hear an application for the provisional liquidation of the popular ZAR Lounge. ||| Cape Town - An application by Cape Royale The Residence for the provisional...
View ArticleCape hospitals in dire straits
Some patients are being treated in passages because of a dire shortage of beds at certain Western Cape hospitals. ||| Cape Town - A shortage of beds in some provincial hospitals is so dire that...
View ArticleQuestions surround Flippie’s assault
Documents in the possession of the Cape Times raise questions about the events that left Flippie Engelbrecht blind. ||| Cape Town - Documents in the possession of the Cape Times raise questions about...
View ArticleStellenbosch fire department in court
The chief of the Stellenbosch municipal fire service appeared in the Bellville Magistrate's Court, in Cape Town, on a charge of corruption. ||| Cape Town - The chief of the Stellenbosch municipal fire...
View Article‘Yarn bombing’ brightens up the Cape
Woollen knits are cropping up in the strangest places in Cape Town, with street poles being kept warm by snuggly wool covers. ||| Cape Town - Woollen knits are cropping up in the strangest places in...
View ArticleCorrectional supervision for ex-cop
A former policeman was sentenced to 18 months' correctional supervision for culpable homicide, said the Independent Police Investigative Directorate. ||| Johannesburg - A former policeman was sentenced...
View ArticleKunene: Don’t count me out
Kenny Kunene has left Julius Malema's EFF party - but he could return to the political arena on his own terms. ||| Cape Town - Sushi King Kenny Kunene says he may have hung up his beret, but this does...
View ArticleShaskia: fear grips Mitchells Plain
Mitchells Plain is on a knife-edge, its panicked residents searching frantically for missing Shaskia Michaels. ||| Cape Town - Mitchells Plain is on a knife-edge, its panicked residents searching...
View ArticleBusinessman could lose car, cash to State
Prosecuting authorities have attached a car and cash believed to be linked to a Nigerian man arrested twice for allegedly dealing in tik. ||| Prosecuting authorities have attached a red Mercedes-Benz...
View ArticleGun Free SA mulls action over ‘irresponsible ads’
Gun Free South Africa is up in arms over newspaper advertisements for guns. ||| Gun Free South Africa is up in arms over newspaper advertisements for guns, including rifles which come complete with a...
View ArticleFunding axe threatens Artscape
Public institutions including the National Library, the Iziko National Gallery and Artscape could face imminent closure. ||| Public institutions including the National Library, the Iziko National...
View ArticlePolice seek man to help in search for Shaskia
Mitchells Plain police want to question a man called Robert Sylvester realted to the disappearance of 4-year old Shaskia Michaels. ||| Johannesburg - Mitchells Plain police want to question a man...
View ArticleSearch for Shaskia continues
Two men have been detained in connection with the disappearance of four-year-old Shaskia Michaels from Tafelsig. ||| Johannesburg - Two men have been detained in connection with the disappearance of...
View ArticleTwo men questioned over missing girl
Cops have taken two men in for questioning, one of who is believed to be a neighbour of missing Shaskia Michaels. ||| Cape Town - Police have taken two men in for questioning, one of whom is believed...
View ArticleElderly ‘left to starve’ after bungle
A bureaucratic bungle has left many of Cape Town's pensioners wondering where their next meal will come from. ||| Cape Town - Pensioners in Cape Town fear they are being left to starve because many...
View ArticleWould-be burglars ‘pose as vagrants’
Criminals posing as homeless people have been “scoping out” homes to target in Goodwood, according to Cape Town police. ||| Cape Town - Residents of Goodwood and surrounding areas are concerned about a...
View ArticleMan held in hunt for ‘bogus doctor’
Cape Town police have arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of defrauding city hospitals by posing as a doctor. ||| Cape Town - Police have arrested Gabriel Junghänel, 33, the German suspected of...
View ArticleCops’ cash-for-braai saga ‘regrettable’
The metro police beach braai incident is an "isolated exception" for the City of Cape Town, says mayco member JP Smith. ||| Cape Town - The “highly regrettable” incident of four metro cops who searched...
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