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Cape Town

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/ 2 August 2008

New Western Cape cabinet announced

Newly appointed Western Cape Premier Lynne Brown announced her new cabinet this week.

By Staff Reporter and Pearlie Joubert Author
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/ 31 July 2008

Report says sex work should be decriminalised

Sex work should be decriminalised and regulated by the same labour legislation as other sectors of the economy, a report recommended on Thursday.

By Denise Williams
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/ 31 July 2008

Boesak: ANC has brought back racial categorisation

Anti-apartheid activist Allan Boesak accused the ruling party on Wednesday evening of entrenching racial hatred instead of preaching tolerance.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 30 July 2008

Najwa cross-examined in Taliep murder trial

Murder accused Najwa Petersen faced a day of intense cross-examination before Judge Siraj Desai on Wednesday over the death of her husband, Taliep.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 30 July 2008

Why TAC is taking govt to court over refugees

The Treatment Action Campaign has slammed ”government inaction” on deteriorating living conditions in camps for displaced foreign nationals.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 30 July 2008

Najwa fired fatal shot, lawyer charges

Najwa Petersen herself fired the shot that killed her famous musician husband Taliep Petersen, the Cape High Court heard on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 29 July 2008

I had a gun put to my head, Najwa tells court

Najwa Petersen told the Cape High Court on Tuesday how an intruder put a gun to her head and demanded money on the night her husband was killed.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 28 July 2008

Najwa takes stand in murder trial

Slain musician Taliep Peterson had planned to take his wife, Najwa, on holiday to London and Paris, the Cape High Court heard on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 July 2008

Made in Khayelitsha, sold in New York

A Cape Town beading initiative is improving the lives of poor women in the townships around the city.

By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
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/ 25 July 2008

Gay community slams Qwelane’s ‘shocking’ article

Cape Town’s gay community will on Friday protest outside Media 24’s offices in reaction to a ”shocking homophobic article” written by John Qwelane.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 July 2008

Lynne Brown sworn in as Western Cape premier

Former Western Cape minister for finance and economic affairs Lynne Brown was on Friday officially sworn in as premier of the province.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 July 2008

No easy task for new W Cape premier

Lynne Brown is inaugurated on Friday as the Western Cape’s first female premier. She told Pearlie Joubert about her journey to her new corner office.

By Staff Reporter and Pearlie Joubert Author
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/ 23 July 2008

Mixed reaction to Rasool resignation

Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool’s removal from office is bad for the provincial government and the City of Cape Town, mayor Helen Zille says.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 22 July 2008

Motlanthe gets first taste of Cabinet business

Kgalema Motlanthe, appointed by President Thabo Mbeki to Cabinet last week, attended his first meeting of the executive on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 July 2008

Rooney’s temper flares as Chiefs, United draw

Wayne Rooney’s fragile temperament came to the fore once again in Cape Town as Manchester United drew 1-1 with Kaizer Chiefs at Newlands.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 July 2008

State rejects Yengeni bid for withdrawal of charges

The state has rejected arguments that a drunken-driving charge against former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni be withdrawn, a Cape Town court has heard.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 July 2008

Facing the firing squad with high spirits

”The theme for tonight is betrayal,” Ebrahim Rasool told about 800 family, staff and supporters gathered for a surprise birthday party in Cape Town.

By Staff Reporter and Nic Dawes Author
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/ 18 July 2008

Waiting in the wings

The ANC has proposed a number of possible candidates to replace Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Eastern Cape Premier Nosimo Balindlela.

By Nic Dawes Author and Mandy Rossouw
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/ 17 July 2008

Fancying a Fiat

The latest Fiat shares little with its predecessor of 50 years ago except, to some extent, its styling. It’s also nowhere near as cutesy-wutesy.

By Gavin Foster
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/ 16 July 2008

Cricketer’s tax affairs above board, court hears

There was nothing unlawful about the way former SA cricketer Garth le Roux dealt with commissions for property sales, his lawyer has told a court.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 July 2008

Mantashe defends criticism of judiciary

The ANC’s Gwede Mantashe has defended his criticism of the Constitutional Court’s handling of its complaint against Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

By Sapa, Mg Online Reporters Author, Sapa Afp and I Net Bridge
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/ 15 July 2008

State wants guilty verdict for cricketer on tax charges

A prosecutor has asked the Wynberg Regional Court to convict former Springbok cricketer Garth le Roux and his accountant on tax-fraud charges.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 July 2008

Sex workers need access to the law

A recent study recommends that prostitution be decriminalised. Chandré Gould explains the study’s purpose and its conclusions.

By ChandrA© Gould
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/ 14 July 2008

The R600m inheritance that never was

A warrant was issued on Monday for the arrest of a woman who allegedly duped people into believing that she had inherited R600-million.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 July 2008

Manuel threatens media over arms trial

Finance minister Trevor Manuel has issued a stern threat of legal consequences for journalists over his court battle with Terry Crawford-Browne.

By Staff Reporter and Nic Dawes Author
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/ 13 July 2008

Secret Joe Slovo rezoning plans

Western Cape housing minister Richard Dyantyi has applied to rezone land occupied by the informal settlement, despite residents opposing evictions.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 July 2008

Zille: Zuma and co the real counter-revolutionaries

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday lambasted the African National Congress for itself being counter-revolutionary.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 July 2008

No place called home

Refugees want to tell Ebrahim Rasool that they are terrified of being forced to reintegrate, despite camps being scheduled to close on July 23.

By Staff Reporter and Pearlie Joubert Author
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/ 10 July 2008

‘I’m tired of this country’

A DRC woman wept quietly on Thursday as she described how her family were hounded as they tried to return to their shack in a Cape Town settlement.

By Ben Maclennan
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/ 10 July 2008

‘Police not liable for child crimes’

The Western Cape has been singled out by police as having one of the highest incidences of child murder.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 9 July 2008

Blue skies beckon for flood-hit Western Cape

Skies showed signs of clearing over the Western Cape on Wednesday afternoon, offering a respite to communities hit by days of driving rain and floods.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 July 2008

Thousands displaced by Cape floods

Thousands of people have been displaced by flooding in Cape Town, the city said on Monday as the SA Weather Service predicted more rain.

By Staff Reporter
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