Students register grievances at Parly
The SA Students’ Congress marched to Parliament demanding that government intervene in the higher education funding crisis. ||| Cape Town - Students will, within a week, forcibly “close” campuses...
View Article1 000 stranded after EFF ‘mislead’ people
More than 1 000 people were left homeless when authorities demolished shacks erected on Sanral land. ||| Cape Town - More than 1 000 people were left homeless and five were arrested when the City’s...
View ArticleChase sees helicopter land in road
A suspect trying to evade arrest crashed a stolen BMW into another car, then a bus, in a chase that saw a police helicopter land in the middle of a road. ||| Cape Town - A suspect trying to evade...
View ArticleANC WCape calls for worker unity
The working class must unite and put the interests of the collective first, Western Cape African National Congress secretary Songezo Mjongile said. ||| Cape Town - The working class must unite and put...
View ArticleCosatu reaffirms support for ANC
S’dumo Dlamini has re-affirmed the tripartite alliance with the African National Congress and the SA Communist Party. ||| Cape Town - Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini on Tuesday re-affirmed the...
View ArticlePlans to close Cape Town housing gap
The mayoral committee proposed the sale of plots of city-owned land at reduced rates to help close the housing gap. ||| Cape Town - The Cape Town mayoral committee has proposed that plots of city-owned...
View ArticleSAPS inquiry disallows vigilante video
The showing of a cellphone video clip of an apparent vigilante attack was provisionally disallowed during the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry. ||| Cape Town -The showing of a cellphone video clip of...
View ArticleCar with kids in hijacked as family shop
A thief masquerading as a friend hijacked a car and sped off with children still inside - while their family was busy shopping. ||| Cape Town - A brazen thief masquerading as a family friend hijacked a...
View ArticleShare a car, save the planet - report
Carbon footprint report shows private cars are responsible for 87 percent of energy usage. ||| Cape Town - Car pools would do more to reduce the city’s energy use than any other intervention, as...
View ArticleANC to march on DA-held government offices
The ANC says the main issues to be addressed will be that of skewed access to land and property ownership. ||| Cape Town - An ANC march on DA-held government offices will go ahead in Cape Town on...
View ArticleRaped, burned girl leaves ICU
A nine-year-old girl who was raped and set alight in Delft is reportedly recovering rapidly and has been moved from the ICU. ||| Cape Town - Medical staff at Red Cross Children’s Hospital have said...
View ArticleSanral slams Cape after eviction of 1 000
Sanral says the decision to pull out of a deal to buy land for the homeless was purely based on political expediency. ||| Cape Town - Sanral says the city pulling out of a deal to buy land for the...
View ArticleDA councillor probed after shooting
Ludwe Qupe is facing an attempted murder charge after he allegedly shot and wounded a man in an argument over money. ||| Cape Town - A DA councillor in George is facing an attempted murder charge after...
View ArticleBurglars target George business sites
A provincial report said a criminal group had gained access via roofs and forced safes open with grinders. ||| Western Cape - George has experienced the highest number of business burglaries in the...
View ArticleCosatu aims to end DA’s rule in W Cape
S’dumo Dlamini has called on all Western Cape Cosatu members to support the ANC in the national elections to end the DA’s rule. ||| Western Cape - Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini has called on all...
View ArticleSomalis targets of cops, inquiry hears
Somali shopkeepers have accused Khayelitsha police of demanding cooldrinks at closing time in return for allowing the shops to stay open later. ||| Cape Town - Somali shopkeepers have accused...
View ArticleStress high among Cape Flats teachers: study
Assaults by pupils, gangsters, and the death of pupils are taking their toll on Cape Flats teachers. ||| Cape Town - Teachers at Cape Flats schools are stressed and burnt out - largely a result of...
View ArticleNumsa’s W Cape office vandalised
The Bellville offices of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA were broken into at the weekend. ||| Cape Town - The Western Cape offices of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA in Bellville,...
View ArticleCommunity ‘hamstrung’ by police
Cape Town - The Western Cape community safety department has become a mere postbox for complaints against the police, the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry heard on Wednesday. ||| Cape Town - The...
View ArticleW Cape ignoring the poor: ANC
The Western Cape's government is deaf to the pleas of its poor communities and is in denial about their living conditions, the ANC said. ||| Cape Town - The Western Cape's government is deaf to the...
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