South Africa completed victory over Australia by an innings and 20 runs in the third Test at Newlands on Sunday.
The global financial crisis presents a ”great” opportunity to create a socially just economic system, an economic researcher said on Wednesday.
One of the victims of the fire that raged on Table Mountain through Tuesday night has died, the Western Cape health department said on Wednesday.
The fire on Devil’s Peak above Cape Town was ”more or less contained”, it was reported on Wednesday afternoon.
The fire on Devil’s Peak above Cape Town was largely contained and ”not looking too bad”, said Table Mountain National Park fire chief Philip Prins.
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille’s threat to call in the army to quell taxi violence was reminiscent of the apartheid era, Allan Boesak said on Wednesday.
Winds of up to 60km/h wreaked havoc at the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour on Sunday, collapsing tents and scaffolding.
If it is March in Cape Town, it must be Argus time, and a miserable time it is too for the city’s cyclists.
Nicole Johnston goes bed-hopping in the Western Cape, from boutique backpackers to five-star eco-luxury resorts.
DA leader Helen Zille on Monday dismissed claims by Cope that her party has not made a difference to the lives of the people of Cape Town.
South Africa is considering granting credit lines for neighbouring Zimbabwe, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday.
A court application is pending in which former chief executive of the Fidentia group, J Arthur Brown, seeks an order to stop his prosecution.
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/ 24 February 2009
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota promised on Monday that his party would not give people top jobs because ”they were on Robben Island”.
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/ 24 February 2009
This year’s Design Indaba will try to define the South African aesthetic. Nadine Botha asks what that means and how it can be achieved.
So most Idols contestants can’t sing: does that give the judges the right to humiliate them on live TV?
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/ 18 February 2009
A City of Cape Town disciplinary committee has found DA councillor Frank Martin guilty of encouraging people to invade homes at Delft in the city.
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/ 18 February 2009
The Two Oceans Marathon race office has received confirmation from the Western Cape government that Chapman’s Peak will be open for the race in April.
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/ 18 February 2009
High ranking police officers were harshly interrogated in the presence of colleagues for alleged dereliction of duty if unable to control crime.
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/ 16 February 2009
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says the pressure will be all on South Africa when the teams play for No. 1 Test team status.
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/ 13 February 2009
Although the Super 14 begins for most teams this year on Valentine’s Day, it can be assumed that there will be a minimum of love lost.
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/ 11 February 2009
Proposed adjustment to the personal income tax schedules will provide relief of R13,6-billion to individual taxpayers, Manuel announced on Wednesday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s budget on Wednesday preached his age-old message of prudent fiscal policy, efficiency and sustainability.
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/ 11 February 2009
Najwa Petersen on Wednesday escaped a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of her husband Taliep, but was effectively jailed for 28 years.
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/ 11 February 2009
According to Finance Minister Manuel, there will be R13,6-billion of tax relief for individuals in this year’s tax period. But don’t be fooled.
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/ 6 February 2009
President’s first State of the Nation speech walked a tightrope between appeasing the new, more leftist ANC and acknowledging the work done by Mbeki.
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/ 6 February 2009
There were some interesting hats at Friday’s opening of Parliament, but nothing to scare the pigeons as much as the 21-gun salute did.
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/ 6 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday during his State of the Nation address that the global economic meltdown does pose dangers.
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/ 6 February 2009
A spokesperson said on Friday that the former president had already made other plans by the time the invitation to the opening had arrived.
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/ 6 February 2009
As President Kgalema Motlanthe addresses the nation in his first, and possibly last, State of the Nation address, he will be walking a tightrope.
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/ 4 February 2009
Najwa Petersen was among the top 3% of earners in South Africa when she killed her husband, Taliep, the Cape High Court heard on Wednesday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Will he or won’t he announce a poll date? That is the question observers are asking ahead of the president’s State of the Nation speech on Friday.
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/ 3 February 2009
Durban dock workers are expected to refuse to offload an Israeli ship as part of a week of action against Israel, Cosatu said on Tuesday.