New bid to block Dewani extradition
Leading judges are reportedly being asked to block honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani's extradition to SA. ||| London - Leading judges are being asked to block honeymoon murder suspect Shrien...
View ArticleCape Town to screen Mandela’s funeral
Capetonians will be able to watch former president Nelson Mandela's funeral on a big screen at the Grand Parade. ||| Cape Town - Capetonians will be able to watch former president Nelson Mandela's...
View ArticleDewani extradition judgment reserved
The judges in Shrien Dewani's extradition case have reserved their judgment to next year, the British Press Association reported. ||| London - The leading judges in Shrien Dewani's extradition case...
View ArticleYou raped me, but look at me now
This was the message a brave matriculant sent to the men who kidnapped and gang raped her earlier this year. ||| This brave young woman was kidnapped, gang raped and brutalised. But pretty McKayla...
View ArticleHockey stick killer back in court
Graeme Eadie, who beat a man to death during a road rage incident, is accused of assaulting a 67-year-old man. ||| Cape Town - Graeme Eadie, convicted of beating a man to death with a hockey stick...
View ArticleTen killed in ‘death road’ crashes
Two accidents left 10 people dead on the section of the N1 near Beaufort West known as “death road”. ||| Cape Town - The N1 highway remained partially closed late on Friday after two trucks collided...
View ArticleCape Town unites in tears and song
Capetonians from all walks of lifegathered at the Grand Parade to bid farewell to Nelson Mandela. ||| Cape Town - Some walked there. Some cycled. Some were pushed in wheelchairs. Some toddled,...
View ArticleMourners gather silently outside Parliament
A solemn mood hung over Parliament as locals and tourists paid tribute to Nelson Mandela while watching the live broadcast of his funeral. ||| Cape Town - A solemn mood hung over Parliament as families...
View ArticleTourist stabbed on Lion’s Head
A tourist was stabbed on Lion's Head and another person injured near Sandy Bay in separate muggings an hour apart. ||| Cape Town - An Australian tourist was stabbed on Lion’s Head and another person...
View ArticleTwo boys shot as Cape gangs feud
Two Cape Flats children were wounded when they got caught in the middle of a gang shoot-out. ||| Cape Town - Two Kalksteenfontein children were wounded when they got caught in the crossfire of a gang...
View ArticleDe Lille renames fan walk for Mandela
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has renamed the fan walk to the stadium the Walk of Remembrance, in honour of Madiba. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has renamed the fan walk to the...
View ArticleShark attacks teen surfer
A teen was bitten by a shark while surfing with two friends at Die Plaat, just west of De Kelders in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town surfer bitten by a shark on Monday is recovering after...
View ArticlePicket over Cape Times editor’s replacement
There will be a picket outside Newspaper House in Cape Town over the replacement of Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois. ||| Cape Town - The Right2Know Campaign says it and other civil society...
View ArticleScalped by go-kart - 10-years on
10 years after Andrea Katzeff was scalped at a go-kart facility, the Cape Times visited her to see how she is doing. ||| Cape Town - Moments after 10-year-old Andrea Katzeff was scalped at an indoor...
View ArticleMinstrels disappoint City
The City of Cape Town and the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association have failed to reach an understanding about the annual minstrel carnival. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town expressed...
View ArticleCape Town media protest heats up
A protest against the alleged removal of Alide Dasnois as Cape Times editor was hijacked by groups calling for media transformation. ||| Cape Town - A protest against the alleged removal of Alide...
View ArticleCops intervene in media protest
A group of rowdy protesters who disrupted a planned protest over the alleged removal of Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois were told to disperse r face arrest. ||| Cape Town - A group of rowdy protesters...
View ArticleR2K hands over memorandum to Surve
The Right2Know campaign called for an editorial charter and an editorial advisory board at Independent Newspapers following the alleged removal of Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois. ||| Cape Town - The...
View ArticleWestern Cape road deaths down
There have been fewer road deaths in December in the Cape than the same period last year. ||| There have been fewer road deaths in the Western Cape since the beginning of the month than in the same...
View ArticleWCape dagga case postponed
Two George men accused of possession of dagga worth about R101 000 have appeared in the Calitzdorp Magistrate's Court, police said. ||| Johannesburg - Two George men accused of possession of dagga...
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