Sanral denies Winelands toll report
Sanral says it is not in a position to start work on the N1-N2 Winelands toll highway project in April. ||| Cape Town - The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) is not in a position to start work...
View Article‘Our children’s lives were worth nothing’
There was shock and tears as word spread from one family to the next that Jacob Humphreys's sentence had been cut. ||| Cape Town - Struggling to hold back their tears, the heartbroken families of the...
View ArticleWhy Humphreys' 20 years was cut to 8
In a carefully argued legal verdict, five SCA judges have clarified the grounds necessary to find drivers guilty of murder. ||| Bloemfontein - In a carefully argued verdict delivered on Friday, five...
View ArticleMassacre house no longer a home
Rukshanna Hussain will have the sad task of sorting through the personal effects of her dead relatives and friends. ||| Cape Town - This weekend, as the first wave of protests outside the Mitchells...
View ArticleFish Hoek shark net in place
It’s definitely safe to go back into the water at Fish Hoek after a new net to keep white sharks out of the swimming area was installed. ||| Cape Town - It’s definitely safe to go back into the water...
View ArticleR8.8m Ponzi scheme house attached
A Camps Bay house belonging to the daughter of a man said to behind one of SA’s largest Ponzi schemes has been attached. ||| Cape Town - A PLUSH R8.8-million Camps Bay house belonging to the daughter...
View ArticleNSRI helps rescue horse from raging river
Western Cape - ||| Western Cape - National Sea Rescue (NSRI) volunteers have helped in the dramatic rescue of a horse which had become trapped on an island in a raging river in the Wilderness area of...
View ArticleCape man wounded in drive by shooting
A 22-year-old man was shot and wounded during a drive by shooting in Mitchells Plain. ||| Cape Town - A 22-year-old man was shot and wounded during a drive by shooting in Mitchells Plain, Western Cape...
View ArticleMealies whisk dop to the top
South African mealies helped a Cape grain whisky win a top international award, the Sunday Times reported. ||| Cape Town - South African mealies helped a Cape grain whisky win a top international...
View ArticleFestive bikers roar into Mossel Bay
Thousands of bikers roared into Mossel Bay as the 35th Buffalo Rally (The Buff) got under way in sizzling summer temperatures. ||| Mossel Bay - Thousands of bikers roared into Mossel Bay for the...
View ArticleHex River bus crash victims buried
Eleven hearses drove into Mandela Park Stadium in Khayelitsha. Twenty brown coffins were unloaded, and lined up on the field. ||| Cape Town - One after another, 11 white hearses drove into Mandela Park...
View ArticleGentlemen’s club hits the skids
The Cape Town Club, one of SA’s oldest “gentlemen’s” clubs, is facing financial ruin against a backdrop of internal ructions. ||| Cape Town - The Cape Town Club, one of the country’s oldest...
View ArticleBeware a ‘damsel in distress’
KOWTHAR SOLOMONSA GANG of armed robbers, led by a woman who uses a “damsel-in-distress” ploy to gain access to homes, has struck various Western Cape suburbs, prompting the Western Cape Community...
View ArticleShark puts head into divers’ cage
A bride nearly lost her husband after one day of marriage when a group of thrill-seekers got far more than they bargained for. ||| Cape Town - A bride nearly lost her husband after only one day of...
View ArticleFive whales taken to sea
Five of the 19 pilot whales that beached themselves in Noordhoek have been taken to deep water off Cape Town. ||| Johannesburg - Five of the 19 pilot whales that beached at Noordhoek Beach in Cape Town...
View ArticleTwo more held over bakery massacre
Police have arrested two more people in connection with the killing of four Pakistanis in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain. ||| Johannesburg - Two more people have been arrested in connection with the...
View ArticleWhale drama at Noordhoek Beach
It was a race against time from the moment 20 pilot whales beached and rescuers teams scrambled to save the animals’ lives. ||| Cape Town - It was a race against time from the moment 20 pilot whales...
View ArticleHumphreys’ sentence a lifeline for Jub Jub
The authorities have put the brakes on charging motorists who have caused fatal accidents with murder. ||| Cape Town - The authorities have put the brakes on charging motorists who have caused fatal...
View ArticleTrapped burglar pretended to be having sex
A man who was caught breaking into a home tried evading capture by telling the owner of the house he was having sex. ||| Cape Town - A suspected thief tried to evade capture by pretending to be having...
View ArticleTeenager’s ‘cruel death’ stuns family
As he lay bleeding from a stab wound to the chest, a promising rugby player's mom tried desperately to save him. ||| Cape Town - As he lay bleeding from a stab wound to the chest, a promising young...
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