Grim reaper boat artists unmasked
Aa arts co-operative has stepped up to claim responsibility for the mysterious boat floating on the Black River in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - An arts co-operative has stepped up to claim responsibility...
View ArticleBeaten ice cream vendor can smile again
Ice cream vendor Luke Dausi has reason to smile again after a brutal attack on Sea Point’s promenade left him with no front teeth. ||| Cape Town - Ice cream vendor Luke Dausi has reason to smile again...
View ArticleAccused bothered Anene: testimony
Teenager Anene Booysen's alleged killer was seen bothering her in a pub a few hours before her death, the court heard. ||| Bredasdorp - The alleged killed of teenager Anene Booysen was seen bothering...
View ArticleAnene accused had marks on his body
Anene Booysen's alleged rapist and killer says the marks on his body were the result of a fall hours before his arrest. ||| Bredasdorp - Anene Booysen's alleged rapist and killer fell and hurt...
View ArticlePrevious cases against Anene accused
Anene Booysen's alleged killer was previously involved in four criminal cases, the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court heard. ||| Bredasdorp - Anene Booysen's alleged killer was previously involved in four...
View ArticleAnene bail hearing postponed
A bail hearing by one of the two men accused of killing Anene Booysen was postponed by the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court. ||| Bredasdorp - A bail hearing by one of the two men accused of killing Anene...
View ArticleBlood and semen on Anene exhibits
Blood and semen were found on items collected in the Anene Booysen rape and murder investigation, the court has heard. ||| Bredasdorp - Blood and semen were found on items collected in the Anene...
View ArticleRunner bares all for rhino awareness
Naked, except for a red rhino horn covering his probiscis, a rhino poaching activist ran down Kloof Nek to raise awareness. ||| Cape Town - Stark naked except for a red rhino horn covering his...
View Article‘I assaulted and raped Anene’
The State says one of the men alleged to have raped and murdered Anene Booysen has confessed to raping and assaulting her. ||| Bredasdorp - The State says one of the men alleged to have raped and...
View ArticleOscar ‘cursed’ for supporting gays - pastor
A pastor under investigation for homophobic statements says Oscar Pistorius is "cursed for openly supporting homosexuals'. ||| Cape Town - A local pastor under investigation by the SA Human Rights...
View ArticleLibyan stowaway sent home
The teen who boarded a Safmarine vessel in Ghana and then left the ship in Table Bay on a life raft has been sent home. ||| Cape Town - The Libyan stowaway who boarded a Safmarine vessel in Ghana and...
View ArticleViolent crime spree hits UCT
Three armed robberies have taken place at UCT less than a week after a march on the campus to protest against crime and rape. ||| Cape Town - Three armed robberies have taken place at the University of...
View ArticleRobbers kill dog in Cape Town
A dog was shot and killed while trying to protect its owner from robbers in a Cape Town suburb. ||| Cape Town - A dog was shot and killed while trying to protect its owner from robbers in North Pine on...
View ArticleAbsent teachers charged amid row
23 out of the 37 teachers at a Crossroads school have been charged with misconduct by the Western Cape Education Department. ||| Cape Town - Twenty-three out of the 37 teachers at a Crossroads school...
View ArticleMom mourns son killed by mob
The mother of a teen beaten and set alight by a vigilante mob says her son was led astray by the wrong crowd. ||| Cape Town - The mother of a man killed by a vigilante mob in Kanana informal settlement...
View ArticleAnene identified accused: police
An investigating officer has testified that the man Anene Booysen fingered before she died was known as Zwaai. ||| Bredasdorp - An investigating officer in the rape and murder case of Anene Booysen has...
View ArticleXhosa school discriminating: FFPlus
It is a disgrace that Afrikaans-speaking children cannot be accommodated in a Xhosa-speaking school in Du Noon, the Freedom Front Plus said. ||| Cape Town - It is a disgrace that Afrikaans-speaking...
View ArticleJudge nixes accused’s guilty plea
“The court isn’t satisfied that the accused showed all the elements regarding his guilt. A plea of not guilty is noted. ||| Cape Town - A Western Cape High Court judge has rejected a Belhar man’s...
View ArticleBusinessman’s child rape case postponed
The trial of a Knysna businessman facing 79 charges, including statutory rape, has been postponed. ||| George- The trial of a Knysna businessman facing 79 charges, including statutory rape, was...
View ArticleCape Town to burn vegetation
The City of Cape Town will burn vegetation at the Zoarvlei Wetland section of Table Bay Nature Reserve. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town will burn vegetation at the Zoarvlei Wetland section of...
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