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Cape Town

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/ 24 June 2010

Cape Town’s toilet war rumbles on

Helen Zille walked out of a meeting on Cape Town’s toilet wars on Thursday after what she said was another threat to make the city ungovernable.

By Staff Reporter
England fan barred from World Cup matches
Article
/ 21 June 2010

England fan barred from World Cup matches

A British soccer fan who burst into the England team’s changing room on Friday, has been banned from attending any more Soccer World Cup matches.

By Staff Reporter
Loxion braais beat the best
Article
/ 18 June 2010

Loxion braais beat the best

Township restaurants are burgeoning but still driven mostly by locals. They’re cheap and cheerful; the atmosphere is terrific and the food is hearty.

By Staff Reporter
Decrypting French cuisine
Article
/ 11 June 2010

Decrypting French cuisine

This homely Cape Town eatery offers the basic classics, writes <em>Brent Meersman</em>.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 June 2010

ANCYL presses Shiceka over Makhaza toilets

An ANCYL leader has told Minister Sicelo Shiceka that he is welcome to visit strife-torn Makhaza — but he must bring toilets for the community.

By Glynnis Underhill
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Article
/ 7 June 2010

ANCYL lays charge against Cape Town mayor

The ANC Youth League has laid a charge at the Khayelitsha police station against Cape Town mayor Dan Plato.

By Staff Reporter
‘It’s like a concentration camp’
Article
/ 7 June 2010

‘It’s like a concentration camp’

Blikkiesdorp, a vast temporary camp for Cape Town’s homeless and evicted, has attracted a media spotlight ahead of the Soccer World Cup.

By Justine Gerardy
Youth league leader a potty pooper
Article
/ 4 June 2010

Youth league leader a potty pooper

Cape Town mayor Dan Plato says an ANCYL official played integral part in installing toilets. The <i>M&G</i> quizzed him about the issue.

By Glynnis Underhill
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Article
/ 3 June 2010

Toilet protests subside, says Cape Town mayor

Khayelitsha’s toilet protests have "subsided", Cape Town mayor Dan Plato said on Thursday, as police said unrest continued in the township.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 31 May 2010

Cape Town mayor takes aim at ANCYL

Cape Town mayor Dan Plato has called on Makhaza residents in Khayelitsha to protest against the ANCYL for destroying toilet enclosures last week.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 26 May 2010

Nationalisation of mines already on ANC agenda, says Malema

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema engaged politicians at Parliament’s public hearings on the establishment of a state-owned mining company.

By Glynnis Underhill
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Article
/ 25 May 2010

Cape Town ‘at crossroads over toilets’

The City of Cape Town has reached a "crossroads" over the toilets destroyed in Khayelitsha this week, mayor Dan Plato said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 25 May 2010

ANC Youth League calls for trashing of Cape Town

The African National Congress Youth League has called on the youth to vandalise the City of Cape Town over poor service delivery.

By Staff Reporter
At your mother’s place
Article
/ 21 May 2010

At your mother’s place

If Cape Town were a woman, she’d be a dame with world-class style, but also one who likes to get down and dirty. The same goes for hosting ability.

By Verashni Pillay
My city, my World Cup: Professor Tim Noakes
Article
/ 21 May 2010

My city, my World Cup: Professor Tim Noakes

<b>Niren Tolsi</b> talks to Professor Tim Noakes, the pre-eminent sports doctor in South Africa about his expectations for the Soccer World Cup

By Niren Tolsi
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Article
/ 21 May 2010

Cape Town’s clean-up

Tensions are running high in Cape Town over the city’s apparent relocation of poor and homeless people to Blikkiesdorp on the Cape Flats.

By Gcina Ntsaluba
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Article
/ 20 May 2010

The listings: Cape Town: October 15 2010

Music, art and theatre listings for Cape Town.

By Staff Reporter
M&G’s Three City Tour
Article
/ 19 May 2010

M&G’s Three City Tour

What can we expect from SA’s three biggest cities during the World Cup? The <I>M&G</i> has explored Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg to find out.

By Verashni Pillay
‘Some progress’ in Prasa wage talks
Article
/ 18 May 2010

‘Some progress’ in Prasa wage talks

Some progress was made in wage talks between Prasa and labour unions on Monday, with the rail operator changing certain conditions of its offer.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 8 May 2010

Bus driver charged with murder after 23 die

The owner of a bus that killed 23 people in South Africa was charged with murder on Friday, a police spokesperson said.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 4 May 2010

Cape Town on alert for baboon-jackers

Fred, a well-built house burglar and mugger, ambles down the row of parked cars at a scenic Cape Town look-out before finding an unlocked door.

By Justine Gerardy
Cape Town bullied by Blatter, Mbeki
Article
/ 30 April 2010

Cape Town bullied by Blatter, Mbeki

Study shows local and provincial authorities were overruled and the stadium deal was done before
the DA could thwart the Fifa president’s wishes.

By Stefaans Brummer
Off the beaten track: Cape Town
Article
/ 22 April 2010

Off the beaten track: Cape Town

You’ve probably heard enough about Cape Town to impress or disgust. We round up a few of the city’s gems handpicked by the locals.

By Verashni Pillay and Gavin Foster
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Article
/ 21 April 2010

Great white divers ready for World Cup tourist bite

Jaw gaping with teeth bared, the great white shark launches after the tuna bait and smacks into the metal cage holding a row of wetsuit-clas tourists.

By Justine Gerardy
Jo’burg, Cape Town are leaders in water quality
Article
/ 20 April 2010

Jo’burg, Cape Town are leaders in water quality

A report on South Africa’s water quality management has found that Johannesburg and Cape Town have the cleanest drinking water in the country.

By Bongani Mthembu
Assault on the senses
Article
/ 16 April 2010

Assault on the senses

Cape Town’s edgy 15 on Orange hotel is a design dream, but it’s not the kind of place you’d take your mom for tea.

By Maya Fisher French
The trouble with Cape Town
Article
/ 16 April 2010

The trouble with Cape Town

South Africa’s changing cities give us clues about what groups need (and what they don’t) to have a happy existence.

By Chris Roper
Old facades revamped
Article
/ 9 April 2010

Old facades revamped

New restaurants are popping up all over the dilapidated Cape Town suburb of Woodstock.

By Staff Reporter
Song, interrupted
Article
/ 9 April 2010

Song, interrupted

<em>Gwen Ansell</em> speaks to two veterans of the apartheid era who dazzled the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.

By Gwen Ansell
Life in ‘Tin Can Town’ for those evicted ahead of World Cup
Article
/ 2 April 2010

Life in ‘Tin Can Town’ for those evicted ahead of World Cup

Campaigners say conditions in Blikkiesdorp or "Tin Can Town" are worse than in the townships created during apartheid.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 1 April 2010

Maqubela widow out on R100 000 bail

Thandi Maqubela, charged with the murder of her husband, acting judge Patrick Maqubela, was released on R100 000 bail on Thursday.

By Ben Maclennan
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Article
/ 26 March 2010

Mthembu: Don’t do what I did

Since his arrest for drunken driving in Cape Town this month, the ANC’s senior spokesperson, Jackson Mthembu, apologises to everyone he meets.

By Glynnis Underhill
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