Which party wants the Western Cape to secede from South Africa? Hint: it’s not the DA.
Western Cape premier Helen Zille says she has appointed ex-Cape Town mayor Dan Plato as the minister for community safety in her provincial cabinet.
Coalition rule in Cape Town was the first major step in the DA’s move into government. But the party is treading more carefully this time around.
A new species of cockroach, the world’s only known jumping cockroach, has been discovered in the middle of Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park.
A 53-year old voter died of a heart attack while waiting in a queue to vote in Tafelsig on the Cape Flats on Wednesday afternoon.
A small ANC-led district municipality in the Western Cape has many satisfied residents, writes <b>Lynley Donnelly</b>.
Mineral Resources official in "close personal relationship" with controversial mine bids businessman.
Disgraced ANC politician, Ebrahim Rasool, lands on his feet in his new role as ambassador to the United States.
The ANC is not likely to win Cape Town in the coming elections, but will look to do well elsewhere in the Western Cape, it said on Wednesday.
The threat of mass evictions has been lifted from residents of Cape Town’s Joe Slovo informal settlement.
Changes to ward councillor lists are a growing headache for the ANC in the Western Cape.
Disgruntled members of the ANC stormed the party’s provincial offices on Tuesday over selection of candidates in 16 wards.
The DA’s newly nominated candidate for mayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille, was not surprised when she heard Jimmy Manyi’s comments.
Cosatu’s Western Cape provincial secretary, Tony Ehrenreich believes the Democratic Alliance has reason to be concerned.
Attention to detail, self-discipline and good teaching
add up to a good academic record, writes <b>Yazeed Kamaldien</b>.
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/ 28 February 2011
The weekly Kuli Roberts column in <em>Sunday World</em> will be discontinued with immediate effect, the newspaper’s editor said on Monday.
Bidder got it for R65-million less than the best offer but nothing has been done for five years.
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/ 25 February 2011
Teachers trained at huge state expense could be lost to public education if the WCED does not find them teaching posts by Monday.
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/ 25 February 2011
Cape Town officials accused of downplaying a ‘growing’ crisis in poor areas.
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/ 24 February 2011
Government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi was under fire on Thursday for saying that the Western Cape has too many coloured people.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s state of the province address on Friday lacked vision and the ability to inspire people "to a new deal".
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/ 13 February 2011
Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel on Sunday again criticised "slates", or separate lists of candidates, for election to positions in the ANC.
In a confidential document circulated ahead of its provincial conference, the ANC in the Western Cape says it neglected the coloured vote.
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/ 8 February 2011
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is targeting potential untapped shale gas reserves in South Africa where landowners are readying for a showdown.
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/ 28 January 2011
Internal party politics conjure up images of smoke-filled rooms and the flash of blades as they sink into an opponent’s back.
The ANC has beefed up its trouble-shooting Western Cape task team by sending five national leaders to assist the temporary leadership body.
Identifying three trends evident in 2010 should help legitimise the pass rate for those who remain sceptical, writes <B>Martin Prew</b>.
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/ 12 January 2011
The City of Cape Town has commissioned a legal review of its new liquor by-law before any amendments are gazetted.
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/ 10 January 2011
A total of 151 people were treated for food poisoning in Cape Town over the weekend, the city’s Disaster Risk Management Centre said on Monday.
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/ 30 December 2010
Cape Town firefighters were still battling late on Thursday afternoon to control a veld fire on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city.
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/ 17 December 2010
Luthuli House is pushing for Marius Fransman, the deputy international relations minister, to become the ANC Western Cape leader.
The Justice Department is expected to receive extradition papers this week for Shrien Dewani, the British tourist accused of having his wife murdered.