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Cape Town

New guitars and a recording contract for beaten, blind busker
Article
/ 10 July 2013

New guitars and a recording contract for beaten, blind busker

Lunga Goodman Nono, the blind busker who was assaulted by police might have a recording contract in the pipeline, reported the Cape Argus.

By Staff Reporter
Sunrays spreading hope
Article
/ 5 July 2013

Sunrays spreading hope

Sunray Primary School is the runner-up in the Schools and Institutions Award.

By Mandi Smallhorne
DA youth activist hit by arson, called ‘dog of Zille’
Article
/ 30 June 2013

DA youth activist hit by arson, called ‘dog of Zille’

A DA youth activist lost all his clothing when his home in Gugulethu, Cape Town, was set alight in an allegedly politically-motivated attack.

By Sapa
Faeces throwing taken to the streets as protesters block highway
Article
/ 28 June 2013

Faeces throwing taken to the streets as protesters block highway

Cape Town residents have blocked a portion of the N2 highway near the airport in protest against poor service delivery, say Western Cape police.

By Jenna Etheridge
Housing department condemns poo-fighters
Article
/ 26 June 2013

Housing department condemns poo-fighters

The department of human settlements has criticised five people who were arrested for dumping human waste at Cape Town International Airport.

By Staff Reporter and Sapa
Pirate TV series provides lift for SA film industry
Article
/ 29 May 2013

Pirate TV series provides lift for SA film industry

"Black Sails", a TV series about pirates and one of the largest productions ever made in SA, has put the spotlight on the local film industry.

By Staff Reporter
ANC: Obamas should not accept CTown award
Article
/ 28 May 2013

ANC: Obamas should not accept CTown award

The ANC says United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle should not accept Cape Town’s Freedom of the City award.

By Sapa
Doctors give NHI a qualified thumbs up
Article
/ 3 May 2013

Doctors give NHI a qualified thumbs up

GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.

By Mia Malan, Amy Green and Ina Skosana
Tunnel vision in Cape Town
Article
/ 26 April 2013

Tunnel vision in Cape Town

Sloshing through the maze of tunnels beneath Cape Town offers a fresh perspective on the city.

By Brent Meersman
Gatebe, Volgina take winning honours at Two Oceans marathon
Article
/ 30 March 2013

Gatebe, Volgina take winning honours at Two Oceans marathon

David Gatebe and Natalia Volgina provided the upset wins at the 44th Two Oceans marathon held in gale force conditions around the southern cape.

By Sapa
Five whales taken out to sea in Cape Town
Article
/ 24 March 2013

Five whales taken out to sea in Cape Town

Five of 19 pilot whales that beached at Noordhoek Beach in Cape Town have been taken out to sea.

By Miranda Andrew
Grunge gives way to design in Woodstock
Article
/ 15 February 2013

Grunge gives way to design in Woodstock

Woodstock is the go-to place for creatives who don’t have money to set up shop in the City Bowl.

By Nadine Botha
City councillor says Cape Town is almost baboon free
Article
/ 6 February 2013

City councillor says Cape Town is almost baboon free

About 95% of baboons have been kept out Cape Town since August, says a city councillor.

By Sapa
A journey across the skin
Videos
/ 31 January 2013

A journey across the skin

VIDEO Scores of ink enthusiasts were drawn to the Cape Town Tattoo Expo to admire and share in the work of some of the world’s best tattoo artists.

By Staff Reporter
The City Round-up
Article
/ 4 January 2013

The City Round-up

Cavendish Square in Claremont is the greatest mall in the history of the world because Cousin Harry said that Cavendish Square is amazing

By Not The Mail and Guardian Author
Kaapse Klopse still march to their own beat
Article
/ 4 January 2013

Kaapse Klopse still march to their own beat

Some say it’s about culture. Others believe it’s a ticket to debauchery. But the Cape Town Carnival is more than 100 years old and going strong.

By Mara Kardas-Nelson
Juvenile offenders: Youth care centre at risk of closure
Article
/ 16 November 2012

Juvenile offenders: Youth care centre at risk of closure

The Cape Town government may shut down a facility that gives hope to boys whom society has shunned. Ilham Rawoot reports.

By Ilham Rawoot
Leaderless farm strike is ‘organic’
Article
/ 16 November 2012

Leaderless farm strike is ‘organic’

Fed-up farm workers have bypassed unions and political parties and have taken matters into their own hands, writes Sean Christie.

By Sean Christie
Cape Town baboons get paintballed out of residential areas
Article
/ 13 November 2012

Cape Town baboons get paintballed out of residential areas

Baboons in Cape Town are being paintballed to drive them out of residential suburbs and stop them from pillaging homes and cars on brazen food raids.

By Sapa Afp
Barking mad laws keep pet owners on a tight leash
Article
/ 9 November 2012

Barking mad laws keep pet owners on a tight leash

Cape Town has South Africa’s toughest rules to deal with animal behaviour, including noise limits and pooh. But do they work?

By Sean Otoole
De Lille: Criminals will be evicted from rental units
Article
/ 28 October 2012

De Lille: Criminals will be evicted from rental units

The City of Cape Town has threatened to evict anyone caught using council rental units for criminal activities.

By Sapa
Toilet solution in the pipeline
Article
/ 26 October 2012

Toilet solution in the pipeline

The City of Cape Town is committed to doing all it can to make Cape Town caring, safe and inclusive.

By Letters
Thing of beauty: Elusive art for man in the street
Article
/ 12 October 2012

Thing of beauty: Elusive art for man in the street

A man-made rainbow, comprising simply sunlight and water, has popped up in Cape Town.

By Nadine Botha
No image available
Article
/ 5 October 2012

Hopeless or rising, Africa makes for a rousing debate

There have been countless attempts to define the world’s second-biggest and second-most-populous continent, often and notoriously from outside.

By David Smith
Cape Town CBD turns around
Article
/ 21 September 2012

Cape Town CBD turns around

An inner-city partnership has created a safe and clean environment that is paying big dividends.

By Lynley Donnelly
Mother City all a-Twitter
Article
/ 21 September 2012

Mother City all a-Twitter

Cape Town has launched tourism into the twittersphere. Tourism chief executive Mariette du Toit-Helmbold talks social networking and #LoveCapeTown.

By Staff Reporter
Service delivery: DA, Zuma lumped together
Article
/ 17 August 2012

Service delivery: DA, Zuma lumped together

Cape Town councillor Andile Lili says that South Africa’s poor have been failed by officials across the board.

By Glynis Underhill
Lifting the status of South African design
Article
/ 7 August 2012

Lifting the status of South African design

More than 38000 people walked through the doors of last year’s Design Indaba expo, resulting in a GDP contribution of R261-million.

By Staff Reporter
Slaapstad: We are wide awake
Article
/ 3 August 2012

Slaapstad: We are wide awake

Cape Town’s financial boss tells Heather Formby why it did not get a clean audit from the auditor general.

By Staff Reporter
There is dignity in being allowed to ‘die like a dog’
Article
/ 12 July 2012

There is dignity in being allowed to ‘die like a dog’

Authors of nonfiction books on assisted suicide risk imprisonment, especially if the book is published in New Zealand, writes Barbara Erasmus.

By Staff Reporter
Dispatches: What used to be there
Article
/ 12 July 2012

Dispatches: What used to be there

On the corner of Kuyper Street and Service Road, finds the point where Zimbabwe meets Cape Town.

By Sean Otoole
Cape Town pours R1m into flood relief
Article
/ 10 July 2012

Cape Town pours R1m into flood relief

The City of Cape Town has spent nearly R1-million helping victims of the recent floods on the Cape Peninsula with blankets, meals and baby packs.

By Sapa
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