Lindiwe got it wrong – Zille
Lindiwe Mazibuko "got it completely wrong" with regards to the DA's stance on equity legislation, says Helen Zille. ||| Cape Town - DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko “got it completely wrong”...
View ArticleDog smugglers busted in Cape Town
Police and the SPCA are on high alert after a tip-off led to the rescue of puppies on a well-known smuggling route. ||| Cape Town - The pups were found crammed into milk crates on the back of a truck....
View ArticleZille in battle for soul of DA
DA leader Helen Zille and her right-hand man, Wilmot James, have hit back at critics who attacked the DA’s leadership. ||| Cape Town - DA leader Helen Zille and her right-hand man, federal chairman...
View ArticleMiracle baby’s granny will adopt him
The grandmother of the baby found inside a toilet bowl says she will not put her only grandchild up for adoption. ||| Cape Town - The grandmother of the infant found inside a toilet bowl says she will...
View ArticleStrikes set to continue on Boland farms
The Bawsi Agricultural Workers Union of SA intends on striking at the Le Roux Group farms in the Boland. ||| Cape Town - The Bawsi Agricultural Workers Union of South Africa (Bawusa) is to ignore a...
View ArticleMud-slinging mars Cape debate
Name-calling, heckling and snide remarks seemed to be the order of the day as the Western Cape Legislature met this week. ||| Cape Town - If the raucous debate, name-calling, heckling and snide remarks...
View ArticleATM bombers strike Cape winelands
Staff at a Cape Winelands petrol station were given counselling after a pre-dawn raid by ATM bombers. ||| Cape Town - Workers at a Cape Winelands petrol station were given counselling on Thursday after...
View ArticleClinic boosts health care for farmworkers
Western Cape farmworkers and their families will soon have easier access to affordable health care. ||| Cape Town - More than a thousand farmworker families will soon have easier access to affordable...
View ArticleTwo anglers ‘catch’ stolen VW in river
Fisherman were in shock as cops dragged a car from their favourite fishing hole. ||| Cape Town - Fisherman were in shock as cops dragged a car from their favourite fishing hole.The two say they came...
View ArticleArrest warrant for Parliament hacker
A warrant of arrest was authorised for a woman accused of hacking the internet system of Parliament's operations officer. ||| Cape Town - A warrant of arrest was authorised in the Bellville Specialised...
View ArticleRiver bursts, floods hospital
Patients at a hospital in Somerset West, Cape Town, were evacuated after a nearby river burst its banks. ||| Cape Town - Patients at a hospital in Somerset West, Cape Town, were evacuated after a...
View ArticleFlash flood havoc in rainy Cape
Cape Town rescue services are even deploying rubber ducks to reach certain homes. ||| Cape Town - Somerset West and Strand were worst affected by flash flooding in the Western Cape on Friday, as...
View ArticleStorm to continue into Sunday
Areas at risk are South coast, George, Riversdale, Hermanus and Oudtshoorn, says forecaster. ||| Cape Town - More rain was expected in parts of the Western Cape on Saturday, the SA Weather Service...
View ArticleWoman dies in W Cape floods
A woman died and another was missing as floods ravaged across the Western Cape, say police. ||| Johannesburg - A woman died and another was missing as floods ravaged across the Western Cape, police...
View ArticleMazibuko gets strong backing from supporters
Supporters of DA parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko, have hit back to defend her. ||| Cape Town - Supporters of DA parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko, have hit back to defend her, saying...
View ArticleRain puts a damper on ANC event
An ANC march expected to draw thousands of people in Mitchells Plain turned out to be a damp squib. ||| Cape Town - An ANC march expected to draw thousands of people in Mitchells Plain turned out to be...
View ArticleEFF to picket Malema trial
Up to 3 000 EFF supporters are expected outside a Limpopo court were the party’s leader will be appearing. ||| Polokwane - The prosecution will call 60 witnesses in the fraud and corruption trial of...
View ArticleMountain of mud swamps flats, cars
A huge mudslide led to families from an entire apartment block along Chapman's Peak Drive being evacuated. ||| Cape Town - A huge mudslide led to families from an entire apartment block along Chapman’s...
View ArticleDramatic patient rescue as flood swamps hospital
Somerset West residents came out in droves to help as hospital patients at Vergelegen MediClinic were evacuated. ||| Somerset West residents came out in droves to help as hospital patients at...
View ArticleChurch group’s horror find
Church members who went looking for Nozipho Gxagxisa found her body in the seat of a car submerged in a river. ||| Cape Town - At least three people were killed in a stormy weekend which wreaked havoc...
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