Blue light jogger ruling welcomed
June 18 2013 at 19:05

A court ruling dismissing an application by the Police Minister for a review of findings involving a Cape Town jogger was welcomed by the SAHRC.

District Six face-off
June 18 2013 at 14:32

Tensions rose in District Six as the Sheriff of the Court was due to evict families occupying seven housing units.

Obama to be protected on land, sea, air
June 18 2013 at 13:57

Cape Town can expect an invasion of elite US security forces when President Barack Obama visits at the end of the month.

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MEC, top cop in row over policing
June 18 2013 at 12:49

Tensions between Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer and Community Safety MEC Dan Plato have flared up.

Minister denies R100k farm kickback
June 18 2013 at 12:43

Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has denied claims that she pocketed in kickbacks for arranging a R18m purchase of a game farm.

Land restitution claimant decries long struggle
June 18 2013 at 12:13

Forty-seven years ago, Gamat Allie Abdurrahman’s father was forced to sell his Claremont home because of the “biggest sin of apartheid”.

Vacant posts for judges advertised
June 18 2013 at 12:14

At least 10 vacant posts for judges at various courts need to be filled, the Judicial Service Commission has said.

Putting the best shoeless foot forward
June 18 2013 at 12:13

Tuesday is National Barefoot Day and South Africans are urged to kick off their shoes and go around barefoot.

Court evicts ‘Khoisan descendants’ from flats
June 18 2013 at 10:32

A group of people claiming to be descendants of the Khoisan have been ordered to vacate seven District Six flats.

Polls not in coloured party’s plans
June 18 2013 at 10:31

The Bruin Bemagtiging Beweging, led by Peter Marais and others, will not register as a political party nor contest next year's poll.

Mom’s 6 months of agony end in joy
June 18 2013 at 09:05

What started as a family holiday in Algeria ended up being the biggest battle of a Cape Town mother's life.

ANC defends ‘sexist’ MPs
June 18 2013 at 07:49

The row over Lindiwe Mazibuko's fashion sense has deepened with the ANC defending MPs accused of being sexist.

Fifteenth mugging on Hout Bay trail
June 17 2013 at 15:22

An elderly Hout Bay couple were left badly bruised and traumatised after they were held up at knifepoint near Hout Bay.

Lobster thief told to repay R294m
June 17 2013 at 14:48

Convicted Hout Bay fishing magnate Arnold Bengis, his son and a business partner have been ordered by the US to pay nearly R294 million.

Zille: Land Act legacy still with us
June 17 2013 at 13:54

The legacy of the 1913 Land Act was still with South Africa and so it is the duty of the state to implement effective redress through land restitution, Western Cape premier Helen Zille said.

Despite graft claims, Oudtshoorn gets official nod
June 16 2013 at 16:28

The embattled Oudtshoorn municipality has received an unqualified audit report from the Auditor General.

Cape ANC still owes R1.5m to CTICC
June 16 2013 at 16:21

The R1.8 million bill the cash-strapped Western Cape ANC has owed the CTICC since February 2011 has still not been settled.

All smiles after vital op on little boy
June 16 2013 at 15:24

Mogammad Imaad Majiet looks just likes any other child – except for a tiny bump on his forehead which could have cost him his life.

City demolishes informal settlement shacks
June 15 2013 at 16:14

Several residents of the Bonnytoun informal settlement in Wynberg were left homeless after the city evicted them and demolished their structures.

Life for ‘act of appaling brutality’
June 15 2013 at 16:13

A Western Cape High Court judge sentenced a handyman to life imprisonment for murdering his employer.