Lifestyle estates and shopping centres are popping up in the Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek areas
The Paarl campus of Green School South Africa uses solar power and climate-smart water management systems.
Miss South Africa 2018 and Miss Universe runner-up Dr Tamaryn Green wants better working conditions for patients and doctors. As a TB and Covid-19 survivor herself, she talks to Denvor de Wee about her competitiveness, her love of nature and her imminent wedding
Three suspects remain in custody following their arrest on charges of attempted murder and assault after eight taxis were impounded
After Easter there was an uptick in domestic violence cases in the country. Shelters have lost income and social workers are having to field as many as 1000 calls a day from women who are now stuck at home with their abusive partners
The South African Open golf tournament will take place at Pearl Valley Golf Estates outside Paarl in the Western Cape from December 17 to 20.
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/ 19 December 2008
The SA Open is showcasing top local and international players, where defending champion James Kingston is unlikely to keep his title.
”A fresh but rich, rounded aroma, full of nuances of fresh salad leaves and nuts,” the judges said.
”We know that the guy who stabbed Mcebisi was standing with a group of people including the Paarl Regional Executive Council”
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/ 22 December 2007
Zimbabwe wrapped up a come-from-behind win against the South African Composite XI shortly before lunch on the third day of the SuperSport Challenge match at Paarl on Saturday. Their bowlers decimated the home team in the second innings as they fell well short of a moderate target of 150.
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/ 15 December 2007
Briton Oliver Wilson joined South Africa’s James Kingston in the lead midway through the third round of the South African Open at Pearl Valley on Saturday. Kingston began the day on two-under-par and a solid outward nine of one-under-par 35 took him to three under.
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/ 14 December 2007
Greg Norman fired a second-round two-under-par 70 at the South African Open on Friday and then criticised organisers for changes to the Pearl Valley course after the first round. The former world number one is on one-over-par for the tournament, three strokes behind leader James Kingston of SA.
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/ 12 December 2007
Ernie Els, still smarting after his final hole collapse at Leopard Creek last weekend, and United States Open champion Angel Cabrera, are among four Major winners in the field for the South African Airways Open beginning on Thursday at Pearl Valley Golf Estate.
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/ 11 December 2007
The South African Airways (SAA) Open, formerly the South African Open, which tees off at the Pearl Valley Golf Estates in Paarl on Thursday, has attracted the strongest field in the history of the championship. The Open will include Ernie Els, Trevor Immelman, Retief Goosen, Tim Clark, US Open champion Angel Cabrera, veteran Greg Norman and Darren Clarke.
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/ 10 December 2007
The SuperSport Series match between the Cape Cobras and the Warriors ended in a fairly tame draw at Boland Bank Park in Paarl on Sunday. In Durban, unfavourable weather meant the match between the Dolphins and the Highveld Lions at the Sahara Stadium was always destined to be a tame draw.
So much for an international race. A strong South African contingent set the tone in the opening stage of the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Giro del Capo and were the dominant force in the prologue in Paarl on Tuesday evening. Quickest on the 5,5km stage was MTN Microsoft’s Daryl Impey (7:23,93).
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/ 5 December 2006
A retired Metrorail passenger-train driver was on Tuesday found not guilty on 10 counts of culpable homicide in the Muldersvlei train-smash case. Paarl Regional Court magistrate Anna-Marie Immelman, with assessor David Klatzow, ruled that the state had not proved negligence on the part of Mervyn Matthee. Matthee’s acquittal followed an application launched on Tuesday by his lawyers.
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/ 22 September 2006
Abdus-Salaam Ebrahim, the former national coordinator of the organisation People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad), was on Friday jailed for four years for his part in an attack eight years ago on the Mitchells Plain home of alleged gangster and drug dealer Mogamat Madatt.
With South African women remaining society’s most vulnerable members, the country still has not achieved the kind of nation the marchers 50 years ago would be proud of, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon said on Wednesday. He said that 50 years onwards, women actually have less to celebrate.
A Spoornet engineer was questioned in the Paarl Regional Court on Thursday about a Metrorail passenger coach that smashed into a goods train near Muldersvlei three years ago, killing 10 people. Hennie Klopper, a mechanical engineer, was giving evidence in the culpable-homicide trial of the train driver.
A commuter train driver was trapped for four hours after his train ploughed into the back of a freight train near the Muldersvlei station in the Boland three years ago, the Paarl Regional Court heard on Tuesday. The driver, Mervyne Matthee (59), is on trial on 10 counts of culpable homicide.
Jean Hugo held his nerve to cap a brilliant fortnight with back-to-back wins at the inaugural SAA Pro-Am Invitational at Paarl Golf Club on Saturday, just a week after breaking a six-year title drought at Arabella. Hugo held off a valiant challenge from overnight leader Chris Swanepoel and his former caddy, Gerlou Roux.
Unheralded Pretoria professional Chris Swanepoel flew to the top of a logjam leader board on Friday to set the stage for a thrilling finale to the inaugural SAA Pro-Am Invitational at Paarl Golf Club. The easy-going 21-year-old capitalised on a hot putter to card an eight-under-par 64 and claim the sole lead at 13-under-par 131.
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/ 19 December 2005
The Warriors piled on the agony for the Cape Cobras as they won their Standard Bank Cup match at Paarl on Sunday. A good comeback by the Cobras almost swung the match back in their favour, but by the end the home side remained rock bottom on the log, still seeking a victory after seven matches.
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/ 31 October 2005
The Supersport Series match at Paarl between the Cape Cobras and the Dolphins petered out into the expected draw on Sunday. With the pitch giving no assistance to the bowlers, and the batsmen on both sides showing absolutely no willingness to take the slightest risk, the result had been on the cards for most of the four days.
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/ 27 January 2004
Four German nationals pleaded guilty to illegally collecting rare stag beetles in the Western Cape when they appeared in the Paarl Regional Court on Monday. The beetles, of the Colophon genus, are reportedly worth thousands of rands on international markets.