Cape Town sparkles for festive season
Almost 80 000 people flocked to Cape Town’s city centre to witness the switching on of Adderley Street’s festive lights. ||| Cape Town - That “wow” moment when thousands of people look up in amazement...
View Article‘My son was forced to lick urine off floor’
An angry father says his son was left traumatised after being forced to lick urine off the floor of a school cloakroom. ||| Cape Town - An angry father says his son has been left traumatised after...
View ArticleCops hunt 300 fugitive defaulters
Police have launched a hunt for nearly 300 maintenance defaulters in the Western Cape who owe some R2.6m. ||| Cape Town - Police have launched a hunt for nearly 300 maintenance defaulters in the...
View ArticleDurban company MD on fraud charges
A Durban company's former managing director appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court to face charges of fraud involving over R1 million. ||| Cape town - A Durban company's former...
View ArticleCape Town pastor jailed for R3.5m fraud
A former pastor with the New Apostolic Church in Durbanville, was jailed for in effect four years for fraud involving over R3.5 million. ||| Cape Town - A former pastor with the New Apostolic Church in...
View ArticleGirl, 6, killed in shooting
Bullets interrupted the games of two children in a park, killing Hope van der Merwe and wounding Jaden Dass, 5. ||| Cape Town - Bullets interrupted the innocent games of two young children in a...
View ArticleZille gets ‘radical march’ ultimatum
Leaders of Cape Town Informal Settlements have threatened to embark on a “radical march” should they not reach an agreement. ||| Cape Town - Leaders of Cape Town Informal Settlements have threatened to...
View ArticleSearch for 296 maintenance defaulters begins
Western Cape police are looking for hundreds of family maintenance defaulters - including one man who owes R223 000. ||| Cape Town - Western Cape police are searching for hundreds of family maintenance...
View ArticlePastor calls for ‘super coloured party’
Cape Flats pastor Ivan Waldeck has called on coloured leaders and parties with “the coloured agenda” at heart to come together. ||| Cape Town - Cape Flats pastor Ivan Waldeck has called on coloured...
View ArticleWoman dies after long wait for op
A woman has died after her appendix ruptured while she waited for emergency surgery at the new Mitchells Plain Hospital. ||| Cape Town - A Crossroads woman has died after her appendix ruptured while...
View ArticlePal recalls head boy’s final moments
A friend has taken the stand to describe the night Jake Wootton was killed by a car driven by an allegedly drunken driver. ||| Cape Town - Jake Wootton and Jaime Forknall first met when they were two....
View ArticleMan held after girl shot dead in park
Hope van der Merwe's mom has an image that replays in her mind, of her daughter with a bullet wound in her head. ||| Cape Town - Six-year-old Hope van der Merwe was shot dead in a park in Mitchells...
View ArticleTweet inspires disabled access review
It took a single tweet by a wheelchair user for the City of Cape Town to relook at accessibility of public transport. ||| Cape Town - It took a single tweet by a wheelchair user for the City of Cape...
View ArticlePatriotic Alliance’s ‘woman of the people’
Labelling the Patriotic Alliance a "gangster party" is "absolute nonsense", says its candidate for Western Cape premier. ||| Cape Town - The Patriotic Alliance’s candidate for premier, Shirley-Ann...
View ArticleCope’s ex-treasurer in court for fraud
Cope's former parliamentary national treasurer appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court on 23 counts of fraud, six of money laundering, and one of theft. ||| Cape Town - Cope's...
View ArticleEx-City of Cape Town man on graft charge
A former employee at the City of Cape Town’s ombudsman’s office appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court charged with corruption. ||| Cape Town - A man formerly employed in the City of Cape...
View ArticleFraud accused paralegal fit for trial
A psychiatric panel at the Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital has declared paralegal practitioner Chris Lodewyk fit to stand trial. ||| Cape Town - A psychiatric panel at the Valkenberg Psychiatric...
View ArticleCop in court for alleged drug dealing
A police sergeant based at the Cape Town Central police station appeared in court charged with dealing in drugs and corruption. ||| Cape Town - A police sergeant based at the Cape Town Central police...
View ArticleDesperate dreams of Cape’s matrics
The Cape Argus asked 300 matrics about their dreams – and what was stopping them from coming true. ||| School’s out for summer – school’s out forever. But what’s next? This is the predicament facing 48...
View ArticleMan arrested for Hope’s shooting death
A man has been arrested for shooting dead a six-year-old girl in Mitchells Plain, as well as wounding a four-year-old boy. ||| Cape Town - A man has been arrested for shooting dead a six-year-old girl...
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