African National Congress spokesperson Jackson Mthembu has been convicted of drunken driving following a plea agreement with prosecutors.
President Jacob Zuma likes his Cape Town offices at Tuinhuys, but not so much that he wants Parliament to stay in the mother city.
As premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille should have been party to the JSC’s deliberations on Judge John Hlophe, a court was told on Wednesday.
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/ 26 February 2010
The Western Cape ANC has dropped charges against its former provincial chief whip Max Ozinsky and ANC MP Ebrahim Rasool.
Frustrated claimants are dying of old age while government dithers. Glynnis Underhill reports.
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/ 19 February 2010
The Western Cape African National Congress (ANC) has brought new charges against its "recalled" provincial chief whip, Max Ozinsky.
The Western Cape is to pass a law banning politicians from using blue-light convoys in the province, Premier Helen Zille announced on Friday.
Police spokesperson Zweli Mnisi claimed that Maxwele had "pointed his middle finger" at the president.
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/ 12 February 2010
The ANC task team in the Western Cape has dissolved 10% of its 348 party branches in the province in a move described as "a disaster" for the party.
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/ 15 January 2010
Is Tiger Woods licking his wounds in a Cape Town rehab? <i>Yazeed Kamaldien</i> gets stonewalled trying to find out.
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/ 14 January 2010
The City of Cape Town opened beaches around False Bay on Thursday morning after a man was killed by a shark at Fish Hoek beach earlier in the week.
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/ 13 January 2010
Beaches from Glencairn to Muizenberg will be closed until further notice after a man was attacked by a shark while swimming at Fish Hoek beach.
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/ 17 December 2009
Labour brokers may have been responsible for the tensions that led to last month’s xenophobia at De Doorns in the Western Cape, a study has suggested.
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/ 4 December 2009
After the arrest of three Malawians for the alleged rape of a child, foreigners fear they will be driven out of Hout Bay’s informal settlement.
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/ 1 December 2009
Come this Friday evening and the rugby-mad city of Cape Town will be temporarily transformed into the football capital of the world.
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/ 23 November 2009
Twenty-four people appeared in a De Doorns court on Monday for public violence following alleged xenophobic attacks.
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/ 20 November 2009
Foreigners at the De Doorns informal settlements in the Western Cape were attacked this week. Verashni Pillay reports.
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/ 19 November 2009
The Red Cross has launched a R2-million appeal for emergency support for xenophobia refugees at De Doorns in the Western Cape.
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/ 17 November 2009
About 600 foreigners were forced to flee their homes in informal settlements around De Doorns on Tuesday after angry residents destroyed their shacks.
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/ 10 November 2009
The ”public spats” that were played out in the media by Ebrahim Rasool and Max Ozinsky have led to their temporary suspension from the party.
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/ 6 November 2009
Ebrahim Rasool has found himself relieved and vindicated by the admission that there had been some collusion between the DA and some ANC members.
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/ 6 November 2009
The first phase of Cape Town’s integrated rapid transit system will cost almost R3-billion more than anticipated, writes Glynnis Underhill.
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/ 23 October 2009
Despite attempts to evict victims of last year’s xenophobic violence from a Cape Town safety camp, their future remains uncertain.
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/ 20 October 2009
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday called for a major rethink on the role and functions of municipalities.
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/ 17 October 2009
Senior police deny knowledge of books being manipulated saying documents are fake. Glynnis Underhill reports.
Brent Meersman gives his pick of the Cape Town restaurants joining this weekend’s festivities.
Finding good Thai food in Cape Town is often a hit-and-miss affair, but there are one or two places that consistently get it right.
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/ 26 September 2009
Fourteen Hawks are implicated in cases involving murder and torture, but the Western Cape police commissioner hasn’t taken any action.
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/ 25 September 2009
The ANC says it is to conduct an audit of all its Western Cape branches as a first step to regaining control of Cape Town and the province.
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/ 23 September 2009
Life in the last white bastion means having to explain how you got there in the first place. Palesa Morudu reports from Cape Town.
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/ 21 September 2009
The National Department of Housing has guaranteed Thubelisha Homes R241,5-million to help it close down "on a voluntary basis".
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/ 10 September 2009
A response to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> article of August 14, "Gateway never had a chance"