Table Mountain fire under control
A fire on Table Mountain has been brought under control, the city's fire and rescue services said. ||| Cape Town - A fire on Table Mountain in Cape Town was brought under control on Wednesday morning,...
View ArticleFarmworkers’ strike is over
About 500 protesters tried to set fire to a farm, hours after Cosatu announced the farmworkers strike had been called off. ||| Western Cape - The general strike by workers in the province’s...
View ArticleTeen dies playing deadly gun game
A Cape teen shot himself in the head in front of his friends because he thought the gun he was playing with was empty. ||| Cape Town - A 15-year-old boy shot himself in the head in front of his friends...
View ArticleBusted sex ring set to open Pandora's box
A case involving a girl, 13, being sold for sex, allegedly by her own mother, is "just the tip of the iceberg". ||| Cape Town - A case involving a 13-year-old girl being sold for sex in the Atlantis...
View ArticleMngeni gets life for Dewani murder
Xolile Mngeni has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of British tourist Anni Dewani. ||| Cape Town - Xolile Mngeni has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of British honeymoon...
View ArticleSchools in denial
This is the last week of the academic year for Western Cape pupils and children at the 20 schools facing closure may say goodbye forever. ||| Cape Town - Some of the 20 Western Cape schools facing...
View ArticleRehab costs R22 000 an addict
Just one heroin addict seeking rehabilitation can cost the province up to R22 000 for treatment. ||| Cape Town - Just one heroin addict seeking rehabilitation can cost the province up to R22 000 for...
View ArticleCape man on illegal gun charge
A man will appear in court after being found with an unlicensed firearm at a Worcester roadblock, Western Cape police said. ||| Cape Town - A man will appear in court after being found with an...
View ArticleOur home is an old skedonk
A couple who have been living in their car after falling on hard times are still managing to send their two children to school. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town couple who have been living in their car...
View ArticleState ordered to give Fidentia files to Brown
Prosecutors have been ordered to hand over accounting records to fraud accused and former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown. ||| Cape Town - Prosecutors have been ordered to hand over accounting records to...
View ArticleDewani killer ‘merciless, evil’ - judge
Xolile Mngeni seemed shocked when he was sentenced to life for the murder of British tourist Anni Dewani. ||| The Western Cape High Court jailed Xolile Mngeni for life on Wednesday for the “callous...
View ArticleCape Town's red robot rogues
City cannot install more cameras because courts lack capacity to prosecute more offences. ||| More than 80 drivers are fined every day for jumping red traffic lights in Cape Town, but the city cannot...
View ArticleShrien is the last key: family
The circumstances surrounding the murder of Anni Dewani will be revealed only when her husband Shrien stands trial, her father said. ||| Cape Town - The circumstances surrounding the murder of tourist...
View ArticleNo Naspers-DA collusion: Protector
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found no substance to ANC claims that Naspers and the DA colluded to inflate the price of land sold to the city of Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - Public Protector Thuli...
View ArticleANC bigwigs oversee WCape nominations
Members of the ANC national executive committee task team were in Cape Town for the reconvened province’s nomination conference. ||| Cape Town - Members of the ANC national executive committee task...
View ArticleANC W Cape pulls an all-nighter
Dawn broke on Thursday without any announcement on who Western Cape ANC branches want to see as party president. ||| Cape Town - Dawn broke on Thursday without any announcement on who Western Cape ANC...
View ArticleMotlanthe pips Zuma to post in W Cape
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has been chosen as the Western Cape ANC nominee for party president. ||| Cape Town - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has been chosen as the Western Cape ANC...
View ArticleCape rolls out average speed cameras
Five speed-over-distance cameras, such as on the R61, will be installed around Cape Town ||| Super-smart camera networks - to nab speeding drivers - are to be installed in five sites across Cape...
View ArticleWe don’t take kids like that - Virgin Active
"Unfortunately, we don't take children like that" - these words outraged a mom who attempted to enrol her autistic son in gym. ||| Cape Town - “Unfortunately, we don’t take children like that” – these...
View ArticleMixed reaction to end of strike
The announcement by Cosatu that the Cape’s agricultural strike was called off has met with mixed reaction from farmworkers. ||| Cape Town - The announcement by Cosatu that the province’s agricultural...
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