Film studio in ecological row
Officials from two department are inspecting development at the Cape Town Film Studios at Faure. ||| Cape Town - Officials of the national Water Affairs Department and provincial Environmental Affairs...
View Article40 held after violent protests in Swellendam
Residents clashed with police after a court decision granting the DA interim relief to take back the municipality. ||| Cape Town - Forty Swellendam residents have been arrested on public violence...
View ArticleWorkers return to farms
About 300 farmworkers who went on strike in Wolseley in the Western Cape have returned to work, Sanco said. ||| Johannesburg - About 300 farmworkers who went on strike in Wolseley in the Western Cape...
View ArticleMalatsi expected at prison
Former politician David Malatsi is expected to arrive at Goodwood Prison in Cape Town to begin serving his five-year jail term. ||| Johannesburg - Former politician David Malatsi is expected to arrive...
View ArticleJourno has flashbacks of Gaza nightmare
Cape Town journalist Gadija Davids has opened up about the horror of her incarceration by Israeli officials two years ago. ||| Cape Town - City journalist Gadija Davids still has flashbacks of a deadly...
View Article26 held over De Doorns strike
Police have arrested at least 26 people in De Doorns for blocking roads and trying to prevent farmworkers from going to work. ||| Cape Town - Police have arrested at least 26 people in De Doorns on...
View ArticleFarmworkers’ jobs on the line
Stark warnings of the laying off of thousands of farmworkers have been sounded if minimum wages in the sector is increased. ||| Cape Town - Stark warnings of the laying off of thousands of farmworkers...
View ArticleStrike shuts down health services
Health services in De Doorns have been caught in the crossfire of the farmworkers’ strike, with several health institutions closed for business. ||| Health services in De Doorns have been caught in the...
View Article‘I’m desperate for better wages’
Farmworkers are reluctant to suspend strike action despite a call from Cosatu. ||| De Doorns - Onke Zwinye lives in a shack made from four make-shift pillars, flattened cardboard boxes for walls and a...
View ArticlePolice monitor farm protests
Police will continue to monitor areas of the Western Cape which had been affected by the protests of striking farmworkers. ||| Police would continue to monitor areas of the Western Cape which had been...
View ArticleSecond worker dies after protests
A second farmworker, hospitalised after violent protests in Ceres, has died in hospital. ||| Western Cape - A second farmworker, hospitalised after violent protests in Ceres on Wednesday, has died in...
View ArticleArrest station commander - union
"We call on the arrest of the Wolseley police station commander who allegedly instructed the shooting..." ||| Western Cape - The Food and Allied Workers Union on Friday called for the arrest of a...
View ArticleANC accuses the DA of hoax pamphlet
ANC accused DA of being behind a pamphlet calling on "comerade" (sic) to collect R150 in return for their efforts during protests. ||| Cape Town - A war of words has erupted between the two major...
View ArticleZille visits family of murdered woman
Western Cape premier Helen Zille visited the family of a 19-year-old woman who was killed apparently because of her sexual orientation. ||| Cape Town - Western Cape premier Helen Zille visited the...
View ArticleHonour spirit, not just letter of the law
Compassion and generosity of spirit are sorely absent in a country that is among the most unequal in the world, writes Marianne Merten ||| Western Cape - Everybody is ticking the boxes. But it’s not...
View ArticleTourists chased off for not tipping
A restaurant chased away a patron who apparently didn't leave the waitress a decent tip. ||| Cape Town - An incident in which a Kalk Bay restaurant chased away a patron who apparently didn’t leave...
View ArticleSwimmer rescued from the surf
A 30-year-old man is in critical condition in hospital after being rescued from the surf in Simon’s Town this weekend. ||| Johannesburg - A man was in critical condition in hospital after he was...
View ArticleDewani: A case of trial and errors?
The case against Shrien Dewani is compelling, but the Xolile Mngeni trial reveals problems, says Dan Newling. ||| London - On Monday, the man accused of firing the bullet that killed ‘honeymoon hijack’...
View ArticleDrag racing crash kills four
A woman, her daughters and a man died in a crash, and cops are pointing fingers at people racing in top-of-the-range cars. ||| Cape Town - Police are investigating the role two drag racers played in...
View Article80 left homeless by shack blaze
At least 80 people have been left homeless after a fire ripped through an informal settlement in Gugulethu, destroying 40 houses. ||| Cape Town - At least 80 people were left homeless on Sunday after a...
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