‘Our neighbour killed our dog’
"A magnificent day turned into a nightmare" for a couple whose neighbour shot their dog and then refused to put it out of its misery. ||| Cape Town - Lisa Murray was in her garden picking vegetables on...
View ArticlePolice break up Valhalla demo
Cops used a water canon and stun grenades to disperse angry Valhalla Park residents who shut down a busy main road. ||| Cape Town - Police used a water canon and fired stun grenades to disperse angry...
View ArticleVandalised toilets costs Cape R13m
R13 million spent on repairing vandalised toilets could have been better spent on improving services in townships. ||| Cape Town - The city has spent R13 million in six months on repairing vandalised...
View ArticleBattle to save Kalk Bay fishing crews
A proposal has been made that old Kalk Bay linefish vessels should be declared “moving national monuments” with fishing licences attached to them. ||| Cape Town - Old Kalk Bay linefish vessels should...
View ArticleMan killed on turf fought over by gangs
A 23-year-old man was shot and killed in territory being disputed by the Americans and the Jesters gangs in Manenberg. ||| Cape Town - A 23-year-old man was shot and killed on Wednesday night in the...
View ArticleCape crime intelligence head removed
The complainant in the Riah Phiyega case has been abruptly removed as the WCape's acting Crime Intelligence head. ||| Johannesburg - Brigadier Mzwandile Tiyo, whose name is on the so-called SAPS...
View ArticleCivic Centre ‘jumper’ talked down
A man contemplating suicide on the roof of Cape Town's Civic Centre fuelled an online frenzy of speculative tweeting. ||| Cape Town - A man contemplating suicide on the roof of Cape Town’s Civic Centre...
View ArticleGirl, 13, stabbed multiple times by teen ex
A girl, 13, said that she dodged death after her ex-boyfriend - aged 14 - allegedly attacked her in a stabbing frenzy. ||| Cape Town - This 13-year-old girl said that she dodged death after her...
View ArticlePandor warns against wedding foreign frauds
Naledi Pandor has warned women not to become targets for men who only want to marry them to acquire SA citizenship. ||| Cape Town - The Home Affairs minister has warned women not to become targets for...
View ArticleRoad rage killer faces new assault charge
A man who beat a motorist to death in a road rage attack in 1999 is due in court next month on a new assault charge. ||| Cape Town - A Plumstead man who beat a motorist to death with a hockey stick in...
View ArticleTwo more paramedics robbed in Cape
Two paramedics were held at gunpoint and robbed in Gugulethu, bringing the number of incidents in about a year to at least 12. ||| Cape Town - Two paramedics were held at gunpoint and robbed in their...
View ArticleCape to get tough on rent payers
The Western Cape government is to take a hard line with tenants who don’t pay their rent for state social housing. ||| Cape Town - The Western Cape provincial government is to take a hard line with...
View ArticleBlind busker: cops punished
The three law enforcement officers who forcibly removed a Cape Town blind busker from his spot have been issued final warnings. ||| Cape Town - The three law enforcement officers who forcibly removed...
View ArticlePlea to top officials on Masiphumelele fires
Prominent Cape Town residents have written a letter asking for officials to urgently address the issue of fires in Masiphumelele. ||| Cape Town - Prominent residents have written to Cape Town mayor...
View ArticleLiving with horrific reality of shack fires
Johanne Farirepi, 22, was so badly burnt in a shack fire that authorities said they would have to use DNA to identify him. ||| Cape Town - Blessing Chingore was woken at 4am on Tuesday by the screams...
View ArticleCele ‘hit man’ arrested in Cape Town
Police have nabbed a man in Cape Town for death threats, abusive calls and extortion demands to Bheki Cele. ||| Durban - A Durban police unit used cellphone technology to track and arrest a man in Cape...
View ArticleAids grannies’ lifeline cut off
A Cape Town Aids relief NGO cannot connect with donors as cable theft left them without telephone lines. ||| Cape Town - For most Aids relief NGOs, an endorsement from the likes of international pop...
View Article‘An illegal firearm on every street’
Teemage hitmen as young as 14 are terrorising the streets of Mitchells Plain, and while police battle to curb the rampant gun trade, the increasing use of homemade firearms threatens to further derail...
View ArticleVoters uged to ‘liberate’ Cape from DA
ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte took a swipe at the DA, urging voters to “liberate” the Western Cape. ||| Cape Town - AS ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte told several thousand...
View ArticleJuju sets sights on Western Cape
EFF leader Julius Malema told supporters at his party’s manifesto launch that the Cape will be won by either the EFF or the DA. ||| Cape Town - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema was...
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