Children caught up in mountain mugging
Hout Bay police are searching for two knife-wielding muggers who robbed a group of hikers on the Karbonkelberg trail. ||| Cape Town - Hout Bay police are searching for two knife-wielding muggers who...
View ArticleFidentia and the R1bn missing funds
Thirteen days is virtually all it took the Fidentia group to buy a company managing the trust funds of widows and orphans. ||| Cape Town - Thirteen days is virtually all it took the Fidentia group to...
View ArticleCape Town man held for traffic bribe
A man was to appear in the Strand Magistrate's Court for allegedly trying to bribe a traffic official at a licence test centre. ||| Cape Town - A man was to appear in the Strand Magistrate's Court on...
View ArticlePair in court for teen’s rape
Two men accused of luring a Khayelitsha teenager to a shack and then raping her for two hours have appeared in court. ||| Cape Town - Two men appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court on Tuesday...
View ArticleShack residents shiver in chilly Cape
Cape Town’s low-lying areas have been hit by the recent rain - and residents are mopping up their drenched homes daily. ||| Cape Town - Residents in low-lying areas across Cape Town are feeling the...
View ArticleClaremont murder accused’s dad testifies
The father of the man accused of Anzunette du Plessis’s murder said he did not send his son to check on repairs done at her house. ||| Cape Town - The father of the man accused of murdering Claremont...
View Article15-year sentence for cross-dressing killer
A 29-year-old cross-dresser who pleaded guilty to the murder of Graham Flax in his flat last year has been sentenced to 15 years. ||| Cape Town - A 29-year-old cross-dresser who pleaded guilty to the...
View ArticleCouncil wants to show a more caring face
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has appealed to residents for help in monitoring companies who clean and provide sanitation. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has appealed to...
View ArticleSit-tight families to be moved
Five Cape Town families who refused to move from an area earmarked for a R480m housing development will be moved by authorities. ||| Cape Town - Five families in Joe Slovo in Langa who have refused to...
View ArticleCape Town mayor gets shouted out
Patricia de Lille was forced to leave the stage of a public meeting in Philippi when a chanting crowd refused to let anyone speak. ||| Cape Town - Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille was forced to leave...
View ArticleStun grenades used on refugees
Cape Town police intervened after frustrated immigrants started stoning a temporary refugee reception centre. ||| Cape Town - Police used stun grenades to disperse a crowd at Customs House on the...
View ArticleSlow start to Popcru march
Hundreds of members of Popcru, clad in red and yellow T-shirts, gathered in Cape Town and Durban ahead of marches over salary grades. ||| Cape Town/ Durban - Hundreds of members of the Police and...
View ArticleUnderspending ‘points to a city in crisis’
Opposition parties warn that huge underspending in the current City of Cape Town budget points to a "city in crisis". ||| Cape Town - As the City of Cape Town prepares to finalise its R31-billion...
View Article‘It’s a graveyard for unwanted newborns’
A man walking across a Philippi East field has found a baby - naked, pale and with its umbilical chord still attached. ||| Cape Town - On Tuesday, the Daily Voice was called out to a Philippi East...
View ArticlePolice mum on changes in Anene case
Court proceedings against the remaining accused may shape investigations into Anene Booysen’s rape and murder, say police. ||| Cape Town - Court proceedings against the remaining accused in the Anene...
View ArticleCape Town SAPS staff march
Hundreds of Popcru members marched down Adderley Street in central Cape Town to protest over salary grades. ||| Cape Town - Hundreds of Popcru members marched down Adderley Street in central Cape Town...
View ArticleTwin murders rock Lavender Hill
Two men were shot and killed in separate incidents in Lavender Hill, Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - Two men were shot and killed in separate incidents in Lavender Hill on Tuesday night.It is understood...
View ArticleProtest over principal’s return
Vukukhanya Primary School in Gugulethu was closed for a second day as protests over the return of the principal continued. ||| Cape Town - Vukukhanya Primary School in Gugulethu was closed for a second...
View ArticleGold agent tells of boss’s tall tales
The man police are investigation for selling, but not delivering Krugerrands used to boast about big precious metal deals. ||| Cape Town - Matthys van Tonder, the man who police are investigation for...
View ArticlePopcru threatens Phiyega, Mthethwa
Police staff will hold more marches if Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa remains silent on a salary deal in his budget vote, Popcru president Zizamele Cebekhulu said. ||| Cape Town - Police staff will...
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