Cape events ‘strangled by red tape’
Event planners and civic groups say Cape Town’s policies are making it almost impossible to hold “innovative” gatherings. ||| Cape Town - Organisers and civic groups who want to hold innovative or...
View ArticleArtist in the dark over murder charge - lawyer
Zwelethu Mthethwa’s defence lawyer says the State has yet to provide evidence in its murder case against the renowned artist. ||| Cape Town - Internationally renowned artist Zwelethu Mthethwa has been...
View ArticleWoman’s body found in backyard
A woman's partially clothed body was found in a shack in the backyard of a house in George, Western Cape. ||| Cape Town - A woman's body was found in a shack in the backyard of a house in George,...
View ArticleDe Jager pointed out teen’s body parts
A police officer told the court how murder accused Johannes de Jager directed police to Charmaine Mare's body parts. ||| Cape Town - Johannes Christiaan de Jager pointed out the drain where he hid the...
View ArticleJeweller ditches bail hearing
A Cape Town jeweller accused of a multi-million rand fraud failed to arrive for her court appearance. ||| Cape Town - A Rondebosch jeweller accused of a multi-million rand fraud failed to arrive for...
View ArticleCop in court for dagga dealing
A police officer accused of dealing in dagga appeared in the George Magistrate's Court. ||| George - A police officer accused of dealing in dagga appeared in the George Magistrate's Court on Monday,...
View ArticleSlain teen recorded sexual advances
Voice recordings in which Charmaine Mare repeatedly turned down sexual advances from Johannes de Jager were played in court. ||| Cape Town - Voice recordings in which slain teenager Charmaine Mare...
View ArticleMurdered teen feared De Jager
Sixteen-year-old Charmaine Mare was too scared to sleep while alone with murder accused Johannes de Jager, the court heard. ||| Cape Town - Sixteen-year-old Charmaine Mare was too scared to sleep while...
View ArticleButchered teen’s voice from the grave
Days before she died, Charmaine Mare used her phone to record attempts by Johannes de Jager to have sex with her. ||| Cape Town - In the days before she died, a desperate 16-year-old Charmaine Mare...
View ArticleGroup slams ‘assault on democracy’
Eighty-six prominent Capetonians have written a statement slamming attempts to "promote a climate of hate". ||| Cape Town - A group of prominent Capetonians, including archbishops Desmond Tutu and...
View ArticleChanel’s fight to the death
Chanel du Toit was so desperate to stay alive that she clawed at her own face, the Paarl Regional Court heard. ||| Cape Town - Chanel du Toit was so desperate to stay alive and fight off the person who...
View ArticleTeen gives birth then writes matric exam
A teen mom was so determined to write her matric exam that four hours after giving birth she was writing her Afrikaans paper. ||| Cape Town - A teen mother was so determined to write her matric exam...
View ArticleJoy as amnesiac’s mom tracked down
A woman who lost her memory when she was hit by a bus in Cape Town is to be reunited with her family. ||| Cape Town - After months of trying to remember who she was and where she came from, Brenda...
View ArticleMan gets 22 years for raping lesbian
Andile Ngcoza, the man who raped a lesbian to "how her she was a woman", will spend the next two decades in prison. ||| Cape Town - Andile Ngcoza, the man who raped a lesbian to “show her she was a...
View ArticlePassenger killed as trio fire shots into taxi
Two men and a woman posing as passengers fired shots into a taxi that stopped to pick them up, killing one person. ||| Cape Town - Two men and a woman posing as passengers fired shots into a minibus...
View ArticleScopa has become a side show - DA
Parliament's public accounts committee (Scopa) is a toothless watchdog and its chairman ineffective, the DA said. ||| Cape Town - Parliament's public accounts committee (Scopa) is a toothless watchdog...
View Article6 sought after drive-by shooting
Police are searching for six suspects after a young man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Mitchells Plain. ||| Cape Town - A young man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Mitchells Plain last...
View ArticleTwo-year-old killed in George crash
A two-year-old girl was killed when she was knocked down by a vehicle in George in the Western Cape. ||| George - A two-year-old girl was killed when she was knocked down by a vehicle in George in the...
View ArticleCape Town moves to stop protest
The City of Cape Town applied for a court interdict to stop a protest by the city's Informal Settlements Group. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town applied for a court interdict on Wednesday to stop...
View Article‘Why I’m joining march in Cape Town’
Her daughter died in shack fire and now the thought of a similar fate is Nosakho Sigwelo's worst nightmare. ||| Cape Town - Her 20-year-old daughter died in a shack fire last year and the thought of...
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