SA surfer set for ‘Big Thursday’
They’re calling it “Big Thursday” – one of the most anticipated waves of the decade. ||| Cape Town - They’re calling it “Big Thursday” – one of the most anticipated waves of the decade, as storm surf...
View ArticleCape cleaners pelted with faeces
Contract cleaning staff were greeted by poo-throwing locals as they returned to work at the Barcelona settlement near Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - City of Cape Town employees and contract cleaning staff...
View ArticleMthethwa: Let’s find the bad apples
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa wants to clean up “the rot” in the police service - and he needs your help to do it. ||| Cape Town - Minister Nathi Mthethwa wants to clean up “the rot” in the police...
View Article‘This is the execution place’
A Cape Town commission investigating the efficacy of police in Khayelitsha got a tour of a notorious “field of death”. ||| Cape Town - The “Field of Death” was one of Cape Town’s crime hot spots that...
View ArticleMore Cape drivers' phones impounded
Mayco member JP Smith in head-on collision with attitude from the southern suburbs. ||| Cape Town - Loquacious motorists who insist on driving and talking had their cellphones confiscated on Thursday...
View Article‘EFF man’ not a ‘political appointee’
A Cape Town council employee reportedly seen at the EFF rally in Khayelitsha "can belong to any party he chooses". ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town says one of its employees, who was reportedly...
View ArticleBig plans for Cape schools unveiled
Four new schools and 17 replacement buildings will be completed in the Western Cape this year. ||| Cape Town - Twenty-one schools – four new and 17 replacement buildings – are to be built across the...
View ArticleResidents concerns jutified, inquiry told
Grave concerns over the failure of Khayelitsha police to do their work are justified, Social Justice Coalition advocate Ncumisa Mayosi said. ||| Cape Town - Grave concerns over the failure of...
View Article‘Normal policing won’t do for Khayelitsha’
It was virtually impossible to adopt conventional policing strategies against crime in Khayelitsha, a lawyer for the police said. ||| Cape Town - It was virtually impossible to adopt conventional...
View ArticleKitchen company manager back in court
A pre-trial conference to expedite the trial of a man accused of defrauding his employer of R1.2 million was set by a cape Town court. ||| Cape Town - A pre-trial conference to expedite the trial of a...
View ArticleMan arrested for Christmas murder
A man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a man to death on Christmas day last year in Thembalethu near George. ||| Cape Town - A man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly stabbing a man to death in...
View ArticlePlea for police visibility in Khayelitsha
More police visibility in Khayelitsha will reduce high crime levels, a clergyman told a commission investigating alleged police inaction in the Cape Town area. ||| Cape Town - More police visibility in...
View ArticleHospitals’ warning to smokers, boozers
Free health services at Western Cape facilties could soon be over for those engaging in "irresponsible behaviour". ||| Cape Town - The next time you drink alcohol or use drugs and end up in a Western...
View Article‘Slave ships’ seized off Cape coast
When a patrol intercepted three vessels fishing illegally off the Cape coast they found "modern-day slaves". ||| Cape Town - When a fisheries patrol vessel intercepted three foreign vessels fishing...
View ArticleMaynardville carnival cancelled
The annual Community Chest Carnival at Maynardville has been cancelled for the first time in 65 years. ||| Cape Town - There will be no tombola or beer garden in Wynberg next month, as the iconic...
View ArticlePhoenix’s boyfriend to ask for bail
The boyfriend of the Clovelly teen accused of killing her mother is going to apply for bail soon. ||| Cape Town - The boyfriend of the Clovelly teenager accused of killing her mother would apply for...
View ArticleCape taxi driver wanted for questioning
The police want to interview a taxi driver in connection with the shooting incident that claimed a young mother's life. ||| Cape Town - Police are looking to question the driver of the minibus taxi in...
View ArticleRape, burn victim: Is mom okay?
She was raped and set alight. And yet despite her pain, the little girl only wants to know how her mother is. ||| Cape Town - She was raped, doused in petrol and set alight. And yet despite her pain,...
View ArticlePolicemen face sales in execution
The SA Police Service is facing a barrage of sales in execution following judgments against cops in courts in Limpopo, Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Cape Town. ||| Pretoria - The SA Police Service is...
View ArticleTwo die in M Plain gang shootings
Two men were shot dead in Mitchells Plain on Thursday night. One was shot in a drive-by and the other in his car. ||| Cape Town - Gun violence flared up in Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain, on Thursday...
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