Boy, 6, injured in crossfire
A six-year-old boy is in intensive care after a bullet punctured his kidneys and pancreas and just missed his spinal cord. ||| Cape Town - A six-year-old Hanover Park boy is in intensive care after a...
View ArticleFestive season to start in style
Some of SA’s top artists are set to perform at the annual switching on of the festive lights ceremony in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - Some of South Africa’s top artists are set to perform at the annual...
View ArticleLinkin Park victim ‘still flat on her back’
Martinique Welch was left with two fractured vertebrae after advertising scaffolding collapsed on her at the Cape Town Stadium. ||| Cape Town - Wednesday marks 21 days since the Lucozade advertising...
View ArticleGangs shoot... movie
Hollywood film bosses have hired ex-gangsters to play themselves in a multi-billion rand blockbuster. ||| Cape Town - Hollywood film bosses have hired ex-gangsters – to play themselves in a new...
View ArticleMatric crash survivor speaks
It could have been different if I had been behind the wheel, says the sole survivor of the matric car smash. ||| Cape Town - The distraught sole survivor of the horror matric car smash says his friends...
View Article‘Send troops to prevent farmworker violence’
Premier Helen Zille responds to the announcement that the deadline to review the agricultural sectoral determination would not be met. ||| Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula must send army troops...
View ArticleWoman used torture tool to free Bonette
A tool used to torture a Modimolle woman was later used to free her, the Pretoria High Court has heard. ||| A tool used to torture a Modimolle woman was later used to free her, the High Court in...
View ArticleW Cape schools seek urgent interdict
Eighteen schools in the Western Cape are seeking an urgent interdict to prevent the education department from closing their doors at the end of the year. ||| Eighteen schools in the Western Cape are...
View ArticleZuma honours Gerwel’s tenacity, dedication
Professor Jakes Gerwel drove the vision of reconciliation by leading heads of departments during a crucial time. ||| South Africans will be “eternally” grateful to Professor Jakes Gerwel for laying a...
View ArticleW Cape cop held afte rape
A police officer has been arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old boy in Worcester. ||| A Western Cape policeman has been arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old boy in Worcester, the...
View ArticleJoburg syndicates targeting Cape ATMs
ATM users have been warned to exercise caution following a rise in bombings believed to be orchestrated by Joburg syndicates. ||| Cape Town - Joburg syndicates made up of Eastern Cape men with military...
View ArticleSchool bids farewell to crash trio
Hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service for three Mitchells Plain matrics who died at the weekend. ||| Cape Town - Hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service on Wednesday for three...
View Article‘Shut down farming towns for the day’
Western Cape farmworkers are set to resume their strike over wages and living conditions next week, their coalition said. ||| Cape Town - Western Cape farmworkers are set to resume their strike over...
View ArticleZill, Ehrenreich call for army
Helen Zille and Cosatu’s Tony Ehrenreich have both asked for the deployment of the army, but for different reasons. ||| Cape Town - Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and Cosatu provincial secretary Tony...
View ArticleBrown adviser takes the stand
The financial adviser of J Arthur Brown has testified against the former Fidentia boss after striking a deal with the State. ||| Cape Town - The financial adviser of former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown...
View ArticleMan ‘provoked’ to kill HIV-positive lover
A Sea Point man has been jailed for 18 years for stabbing a woman 17 times after she told him she was HIV-positive. ||| Cape Town - A Sea Point man has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for the murder...
View Article'Man kept mom’s body in cupboard for days’
A Cape Town man has reportedly admitted to police that he killed his mother and kept her in a cupboard for days. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town man has reportedly admitted to police that he killed his...
View ArticleSecond wave of workers’ strike nears
A farmworkers’ coalition has announced a plan of action for a second wave of strikes in the Western Cape. ||| Cape Town - A farmworkers’ coalition has announced a plan of action for a second wave of...
View ArticleBiggest W Cape region picks Motlanthe
ANC branches in the Dullah Omar region have endorsed the deputy president to lead the party. ||| ANC branches in the Dullah Omar region, the biggest in the Western Cape, have endorsed Deputy President...
View ArticleDA lays charge against Ehrenreich
An incitement case has been laid against Cosatu's provincial secretary over a poster in the Cape metro. ||| Western Cape Democratic Alliance leader Ivan Meyer has opened an incitement case against...
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