Search
Welcome
  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
Not a subscriber? Subscribe here
Register Now
  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
                       
Careers & Tenders
Newsletters
Subscribe
The Mail & Guardian
      SUBSCRIBE / Support independent journalism                   CAREERS & TENDERS / Visit careers.mg.co.za                   WHATSAPP? / Follow the M&G WhatsApp channel here            
Login / Register

LOGIN

  • News
    • Africa
    • Business
    • Editorial
    • Education
    • Health
    • Motoring
    • National
    • Sci-tech
    • Sport
    • World
  • Thought Leader
  • Politics
  • Green Guardian
  • Friday
  • Features
    • Buthelezi, the King’s Hand
    • Cabinet Report Cards 2023
    • Cabinet Report Cards 2012-2021
    • The Fiscal Cliff
  • Research World
    • Submissions
    • Papers
  • 200 Young South Africans
  • Events
    • 200 Young South Africans
    • Greening The Future
    • Power Of Women
      • 2024 Edition
    • Critical Thinking Forum
    • Youth Summit
    • Webinars
  • More..
    • Partners
    • Podcasts
    • Crossword
    • Digital Editions
    • Register
    • WhatsApp Channel
    • Login
    • Lost Password

           

Western Cape

No image available
Article
/ 21 December 2008

Westwood closes on SA Open title as Els slumps

England’s Lee Westwood shot a third-round 68 on Saturday to go 14 under par for the South African Open and lead by two strokes after three rounds.

By James Whitmore
No image available
Article
/ 19 December 2008

SA Open set to end year with a bang

The SA Open is showcasing top local and international players, where defending champion James Kingston is unlikely to keep his title.

By Rams Mabote
No image available
Article
/ 17 December 2008

Strong field for SA Open

The 2008 South African Open, which gets under way at Pearl Valley, near Franschhoek, on Thursday, will boast its strongest field to date.

By Herman Gibbs
Foraging for a convertible
Article
/ 16 December 2008

Foraging for a convertible

Ten years after emigrating to the Mother City from the Eastern Cape, I still can’t quite get used to the gulf between the "haves" and the "have nots".

By Leonie Joubert
No image available
Article
/ 13 December 2008

ANC whacked in the Cape

The results were made more humiliating for the ANC by the fact that the breakaway Congress of the People won 10 wards in its debut electoral test.

By Pearlie Joubert Author and Niren Tolsi
No image available
Article
/ 12 December 2008

ANC chief whip to go on trial in June

ANC chief whip Mnyamezeli Booi is to go on trial for fraud in June next year, not in February as had been expected, it was reported on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 11 December 2008

ANC takes by-election gripe to court

The ANC on Thursday asked the Constitutional Court to invalidate the 12 by-elections their candidates were excluded from in the Western Cape.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 11 December 2008

Cope wins 10 seats in Western Cape by-elections

The Congress of the People (Cope) won 10 of 27 contested municipal by-elections in the Western Cape, electoral officials said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 10 December 2008

I’m afraid of my dustman

The relationship between consumer and clean-up man is an intimate one. He knows things about me I wouldn’t tell my closest friends.

By Nic Dawes Author
No image available
Article
/ 9 December 2008

Gordon’s Bay fire tamed

The Gordon’s Bay fire was under control on the edges of the residential area by Tuesday afternoon, but still raging on the mountain above the town.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 9 December 2008

Firefighters battle Cape blazes

Firefighters were on Tuesday battling a blaze on national park land just north of Cape Point.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 7 December 2008

How phones nailed Najwa

Captain Joe Dryden, investigating officer of the case, said they were suspicious of Najwa ”from very early on”.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
No image available
Article
/ 5 December 2008

Yengeni acquitted on drunken-driving charges

Former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni was on Friday found not guilty on a drunken-driving charge by the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 5 December 2008

Former SA cricketer gets jail sentence for fraud

Former SA fast bowler Garth le Roux and his accountant, Deon van Heerden, have each been sentenced to an effective four years in jail for tax fraud.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 2 December 2008

Court finds Najwa guilty of murder

Najwa Petersen and two of her co-accused have been found guilty of the December 2006 murder of her entertainer husband, Taliep.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 2 December 2008

Police nab suspected abalone thieves

Western Cape police have arrested eight suspects for the possession of abalone worth R7,5-million, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 1 December 2008

Court queries Najwa’s evidence

On Monday, a judge repeatedly cast doubt on Najwa Petersen’s version of the events surrounding the murder of her husband, Taliep.

By Ben Maclennan
No image available
Article
/ 1 December 2008

Witness in Najwa trial described as being ‘frank’

The state notched up an important victory in the Najwa Petersen trial on Monday when a key witness was found to have been ”frank” in his testimony.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 29 November 2008

Camp stops food for refugees

Baby formula and food are being smuggled into the Bluewaters refugee camp after volunteers were stopped from bringing supplies to the 600 refugees.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
No image available
Article
/ 24 November 2008

Court rejects attempt to delay Zuma hearing

A court has struck from the roll an attempt to delay the hearing of the NPA appeal against the scrapping of Jacob Zuma’s corruption charges.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 21 November 2008

Court hears of alleged request for Yengeni cover-up

A senior police officer claimed Commissioner Mzwandile Petros ordered a cover-up in Tony Yengeni’s drunken-driving arrest, a court was told on Friday.

By Ben Maclennan
No image available
Article
/ 21 November 2008

Against all odds

Two months into his new job as ANC chair in the Western Cape, Mcebisi Skwatsha is confident that the ANC will win the province in the next election.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
No image available
Article
/ 20 November 2008

‘Drunks’ disrupt ANC meeting

An ANC meeting has been called off after a reportedly drunk group of outsiders caused a disruption.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Analysis
/ 19 November 2008

Robben Island rabbits on the run

Bottom line is: We’ve changed the world around us, sometimes disastrously and irreparably. Someone has to take responsibility for the mess we’ve made.

By Leonie Joubert
No image available
Article
/ 14 November 2008

Yengeni trial: Cop tells court of making false statement

A cop who arrested former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni for drunken driving has told a court how he made a false statement changing the time of arrest.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 12 November 2008

Residents spurn aid

A housing project in the Western Cape has been stalled because residents don’t want help from ‘makwerekwere’, writes Pearlie Joubert.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
No image available
Article
/ 12 November 2008

‘Forgive my strangeness,’ he said

The Radisson Hotel, on Granger Bay, is right on the seaboard with sweeping views facing Robben Island.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 10 November 2008

Move to consolidate Fidentia charges

An application is to be brought before court for all charges in the massive Fidentia investigation to be consolidated into one case.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 8 November 2008

Zuma moans about sex, violence on TV

African National Congress president Jacob Zuma has spoken out about sex and violence in television programmes, saying there is too much of both.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 7 November 2008

Swirling the antelope

Whisky is not, in my narrow mind, a drink to be sipped from a petite flute, critiqued like flowers or sniffed at such and such an angle.

By Linn Davis
No image available
Article
/ 5 November 2008

Court grants sequestration order against Fidentia boss

The Cape High Court on Wednesday granted a final order of sequestration against ”hopelessly insolvent” former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 31 October 2008

Chaaban went berserk in his office, court hears

Badih Chaaban went berserk at an early morning meeting in his office, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
← Older posts
Newer posts →

MAIL & GUARDIAN

ABOUT

About
Contact
Advertise

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Subscribe
Newsletters

FOLLOW

WhatsApp Channel
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
LinkedIn
TikTok
Threads

FLAGSHIP EVENTS

200 Young South Africans
Power Of Women
Greening The Future

LEGAL & CORRECTIONS

Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Ethics & Social Media Policy

RESOURCES

Mail & Guardian Careers
Property for sale


Mail & Guardian

© 2025 The Mail & Guardian. All rights reserved.

  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }