Living each day in fear
As gunshots echoed around their school, teachers in Hanover Park scrambled to get their pupils to safety. ||| Cape Town - As gunshots echoed around their school on Tuesday morning, teachers at Blomvlei...
View ArticleA number of figures don't add up - expert
The census should not have been released until anomalies had been resolved, a UCT demographer has said. ||| Cape Town - The census findings should not have been released until anomalies had been...
View ArticleSubpoena served on Cape’s top cop
Arno Lamoer has been subpoenaed to appear before a commission probing allegations of police inefficiency in Khayelitsha. ||| Cape Town - Western Cape top cop Arno Lamoer and three of his station...
View ArticleSmugglers home in on SA dogs
Dog smugglers are targeting SA dogs because their bloodlines are stronger, they are more aggressive, and less prone to illnesses. ||| Cape Town - Dog smugglers are targeting South African dogs because...
View ArticleDe Lille reads staff the riot act
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has sent a stern warning to senior staff in her own administration – shape up or get out. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has sent a stern warning to...
View ArticlePoliticians go head to head over cops row
Cape Town’s politicians are blaming each other for the alleged “breakdown” of the relationship between the SAPS and the metro police. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town’s most prominent politicians have gone...
View ArticleRobotic suit to help Merryweather walk
Six years after Andrew Merryweather was attacked and left paralysed from the waist down, he is set to start a new chapter in his life. ||| Cape Town - Six years after Andrew Merryweather was attacked,...
View ArticleFamily divided after alleged rape
A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his teenage niece, but the girl's mom wants the charges dropped. ||| Cape Town - A man has been arrested after he allegedly raped his teenage niece. And now...
View ArticleFake money floods Cape townships
Authorities have warned of fake notes being printed in townships and then used to pay for a range of goods and services. ||| Cape Town - The Daily Voice is lifting the lid on a fake money scam that is...
View ArticleDoctors have doubts on NHI
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's mission is to transform South Africa’s health system with the National Health Insurance. ||| Cape Town - Since Dr Aaron Motsoaledi launched the National Health Insurance (NHI) in...
View ArticleCity pledges to wait for report on CTICC
The massive expansion of the Cape Town International Convention Centre hangs in the balance. ||| Cape Town - The massive expansion of the Cape Town International Convention Centre hangs in the balance....
View ArticleNew MyCiTi fares ‘more affordable’
The MyCiTi bus service is planning to move from a flat fare rate to distance-based fares by March. ||| Cape Town - The MyCiTi bus service is planning to move from a flat fare rate to distance-based...
View ArticleTeens in court for killing pupil
Mossel Bay - ||| Mossel Bay - Two Western Cape teenagers accused of killing a pupil appeared in the Mossel Bay Magistrate's Court on Thursday, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said.Xolisani...
View ArticleFalling 3km… and living to tell the tale
Henco van Wyk, 17, survived a 10 000 feet fall after his parachute malfunctioned. ||| Cape Town - He plunged 10 000 feet (3 048m) from the sky and has lived to tell the tale. Seventeen-year-old Henco...
View ArticleCops rise to Viagra occasion
There are hard times ahead for a randy man caught with R500 000 worth of fake Viagra. ||| Cape Town - There are hard times ahead for a randy man caught with R500 000 worth of fake Viagra. Cops rose to...
View ArticleTot hit in face with firecracker
A mom has warned parents to keep an eye on their kids ahead of Guy Fawkes Day, after her toddler was hit in the face with a firecracker. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town mother has warned parents to keep an...
View ArticleFaith leaders in row with ANC
Western Cape religious leaders have called on faith communities to be independent of politics. ||| Cape Town - Religious leaders in the Western Cape have called on faith communities to be independent...
View ArticleActivist’s bail application delayed
SJC members disappointed when an bail application by one of their activists, who is facing a murder charge, was postponed. ||| Cape Town - Members of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) were...
View ArticleHome Affairs denies contempt of court
They won a court orderagainst Home Affairs, but Gary Eisenberg claims it’s“meaningless in the face of the department’s incompetence”. ||| Cape Times - They won a court order against Home Affairs, but...
View ArticleMthethwa to oppose Zille probe into cops
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa will file court papers to oppose the O’Regan Commission of Inquiry on alleged police failures. ||| Cape Town - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa will on Friday file court...
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