Cape protesters ignore interdict
Protesters blocked roads near Cape Town International Airport despite an interim interdict banning such behaviour. ||| Cape Town - Protesters blocked roads near Cape Town International Airport on...
View ArticleClerk in court over ‘lunch money’
A clerk for the Master of the High Court allegedly asked for a R300 “lunch money” bribe to expedite a letter of authority. ||| Cape Town - A clerk in the office of the Master of the High Court pleaded...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for JCC bookkeeper
A Cape Town bookkeeper was given a suspended sentence for stealing thousands from the Jewish Community Centre. ||| Cape Town - A Western Cape bookkeeper was given a five-year suspended sentence on...
View ArticleKrugerrand investors left high and dry
Two Capetonians who thought it safe to buy Krugerrands on installment have not received the coins or their money back. ||| Cape Town - Donovan Barnes and fellow Capetonian Vera Hougaard thought gold...
View ArticleRefugee centre guard assaults photographer
Just days after a Cape Argus photographer was manhandled by a Home Affairs official, another photographer has been punched. ||| Cape Town - Just days after a Cape Argus photographer was manhandled by a...
View Article‘Teacher beat mentally disabled boy‘
The parents of a mentally disabled boy are outraged after he was allegedly whipped with a pipe by his teacher. ||| Cape Town - The parents of a mentally disabled boy are outraged after he was allegedly...
View ArticleFilm paints violent portrait of Cape
A mega-violent depiction of Cape Town life in a new movie called Zulu, has been labelled as a wake-up call for Capetonians. ||| Cape Town - A mega-violent depiction of Cape Town life in a new movie has...
View ArticleMan electrocuted at Cape station
A homeless man was electrocuted when he apparently fell on to high-voltage overhead cables at Cape Town Station. ||| Cape Town - A homeless man was electrocuted when he apparently fell on to...
View Article‘I’d rather die than go back to that clinic’
Disgruntled patients are fed up with appalling service and waiting times of up to 12 hours at a Cape Town clinic. ||| Cape Town - Since childhood, Nabeelah Lodewyk, 45, has depended on the Hanover Park...
View ArticleElderly resort to paying ‘tablet collectors’
Poor service has become such a headache for some elderly patients that they have resorted to paying people to collect their meds. ||| Cape Town - Long queues and poor service at Hanover Park Community...
View ArticleLife ruined by death, fiance tells court
A single father is dreading the day he has to tell his three-year-old daughter that her mother was murdered. ||| Cape Town - A single father is dreading the day he has to tell his three-year-old...
View ArticleANC tells Obamas to reject Cape award
Barack and Michelle Obama should not accept Cape Town’s Freedom of The City award, the ANC has said. ||| Cape Town - US presidential couple Barack and Michelle Obama should not accept Cape Town’s...
View ArticleShooting survivors return to Pakistan
Two Pakistani men who survived a shooting that killed four in Mitchells Plain have returned to their home country. ||| Cape Town - Two Pakistani men who survived a shooting that claimed the lives of...
View ArticleCape man’s Oprah post
A former Cape Town high school teacher has been selected as the new head of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. ||| Cape Town - A former Livingstone High School teacher, who describes...
View ArticleMan, 29, held for Waterfront robbery
A man has been arrested after he allegedly held up two Cape Union Mart employees at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - A man was arrested after he allegedly held up two Cape Union...
View ArticleOur government has failed us - Ramphele
“We did not fight and die so that millions of South Africans should continue to live like forgotten people.” ||| Cape Town - South Africa is “at a crossroads” and if it does not change course,...
View ArticleOutrage over refugee abuse
Inhumane. This is how JP Smith of the City of Cape Town described Home Affairs' treatment of people at a refugee centre. ||| Cape Town - Inhumane, disastrous and frankly, disgusting. This is how JP...
View ArticleMunicipality blamed for baby’s death
"Kutlwano would have been alive today if we had electricity. I feel as though the municipality has robbed me of my baby." ||| Kimberley - The Sol Plaatje Municipality has been blamed for the death of a...
View ArticleMystery of diplomat and uncut gem
An uncut gemstone and a "suspicious" payment from a trust fund to an official are central to the Fidentia saga. ||| Cape Town - An uncut gemstone and a “suspicious” payment from a trust fund to a Saudi...
View ArticleDA refutes Cape ANC’s Obama statement
The DA has dismissed the ANC's claim that the City of Cape Town does not care about the poor as "baseless". ||| Cape Town - The ANC's claim that the City of Cape Town does not care about the poor is...
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