Crash bus driver seeks mitigation
Correctional supervision would be inappropriate for the driver in a Western Cape bus crash that claimed 23 lives, the court heard. ||| Cape Town - Correctional supervision would be inappropriate for...
View ArticleFlight suspended after engine failure
A Comair flight scheduled to carry 181 passengers from Cape Town to Johannesburg was suspended after an engine failure. ||| Cape Town - A flight scheduled to carry 181 passengers from Cape Town to...
View ArticleAnene murder accused denied bail
A man accused of the rape and murder of a teenager Anene Booysen has been denied bail. ||| A man accused of the rape and murder of a teenager Anene Booysen has been denied bail in the Bredasdorp...
View ArticleCourt hears of Fidentia promissory notes
Ex-broker Steven Goodwin testified in the Western Cape High Court about two promissory notes with which Fidentia was entrusted. ||| Cape Town - Ex-broker Steven Goodwin testified in the Western Cape...
View Article‘My crime was a rotten thing’
A former Ugandan child soldier can't think of why he should get a lesser sentence for the murder of a Danish millionaire. ||| Cape Town - A self-proclaimed former Ugandan child soldier can’t think of...
View ArticleMake it happen, Lennox urges SA
Annie Lennox issued a call to action, calling on all South Africans to do something to put an end to gender violence. ||| Cape Town - Scottish-born singer, activist and mother Annie Lennox issued a...
View ArticleFiennes in SA for medical treatment
Sir Ranulph Fiennes arrived in South Africa for medical treatment after he was evacuated from an Antarctica expedition because of frostbite. ||| Cape Town - Injured British adventurer Sir Ranulph...
View ArticleChild sex scandal: Three out on bail
Three of the five people accused of selling a young girl for sex have been granted R500 bail each. ||| Cape Town - Three of the five people accused of selling a young girl for sex have been granted...
View ArticleMan get 25 years for millionaire’s murder
Ex-Ugandan child soldier Francis Kimeze has been jailed for the murder of Danish millionaire Preben Povlsen in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - Former Ugandan child soldier Francis Kimeze, 39, convicted of...
View ArticleMan shot outside Cape court
A man has been shot and killed in front of the Blue Downs Magistrate's Court in Cape Town, the NPA said. ||| Cape Town - A man was shot and killed in front of the Blue Downs Magistrate's Court in Cape...
View ArticleCape Town’s fine dodgers get roped in
Cape Town has employed more traffic officers to clamp down on fine dodgers. ||| The City of Cape Town has employed more traffic officers in a bid to further clamp down on fine dodgers, with the latest...
View ArticleControversial Pastor shot dead
Controversial Pastor Albern Martins was shot and killed outside Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court. ||| Cape Town - Controversial Pastor Albern Martins was shot and killed outside Blue Downs Magistrate’s...
View ArticleDoctor tries to help Karabus
A doctor, sentenced to life in prison in Dubai, says Cyril Karabus’ case is no surprise. ||| Cape Town - An Austrian doctor, last year sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in Dubai for the “mercy...
View Article‘City did not deny farmworker march’
The City of Cape Town did not deny permission for a coalition of farmworkers to march to Parliament at the weekend, an official said. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town did not deny permission for a...
View ArticlePastor shot dead ‘to silence him’
A Cape Town pastor, gunned down on the steps of a court, may have been silenced after preparing to turn State witness. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town pastor, shot dead in cold blood on the steps of the...
View ArticleFire destroys 60 shacks in Cape
A fire broke at the Dakela informal settlement near Milnerton destroying 60 shacks, the City of Cape Town said. ||| Cape Town - A fire broke at the Dakela informal settlement near Milnerton destroying...
View Article‘Nickname the only link to Anene’
Before Anene died, she named one of her attackers as "Zwai". Now rumours are rife that police have the wrong man. ||| Bredasdorp - It wasn’t me. That was the vehement response from each of two men from...
View ArticleLawyer says SA ‘Big Brother’ winner is broke
He shot to fame when he won the R1m prize in SA's first Big Brother. Now a lawyer claims Ferdinand Rabie is broke. ||| Cape Town - He shot to fame in 2001 when he won the R1 million prize in the first...
View ArticleKnysna man appears on child rape charges
His next alleged victim was to be a five-year old girl, but the determined actions of a police officer stopped him in his tracks. ||| Western Cape - His next alleged victim was to be a five-year old...
View ArticleAnother shack blaze and 100 homeless
Residents say an unattended candle left in a shack had started the fire, which destroyed 60 homes in Dunoon, Cape Town. ||| “Thanks to yet another shack blaze, I have to ask for a loan from my bosses...
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