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Western Cape

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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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/ 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
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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
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Article
/ 31 October 2008

Shut out and sent home

Despite the obvious need for refugee camps, government plans to close them down this Friday, reports Pearlie Joubert.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
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Article
/ 30 October 2008

Smit: Europe tour can set tone for Lions series

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is leaving no stone unturned to ensure his team is literally fighting fit ahead of their European tour.

By Herman Gibbs
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Article
/ 29 October 2008

Land reform: Dept ‘will not meet its mandate’

The DG of land affairs admitted on Wednesday that his department won’t achieve the target of 30% of agricultural land in black hands by 2014.

By Michael Hamlyn
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/ 29 October 2008

Clinics battle stigma

Although they perform all manner of healthcare services, staff at Marie Stopes are seen as abortionists, writes Nosimo Ndlovu.

By Nosimilo Ndlovu
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Article
/ 28 October 2008

The giant grows

Brent Meersman reports on the progress at Green Point, which will host a semi-final during the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 October 2008

Court to rule on Fidentia boss’s bail bid on Monday

Judgement is to be delivered on Monday in the protracted bail application launched in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court by J Arthur Brown.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 23 October 2008

Rocky start to Parliament debate on Scorpions Bills

The debate on the future of the Scorpions got off to a rocky start in the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon.

By Michael Hamlyn
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/ 23 October 2008

Curating change

Anthea Buys reports on the hits and misses of the fourth Month of Photography festival steered by the South African Centre for Photography.

By Anthea Buys
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Article
/ 23 October 2008

Pecs and the city

There is a growing pressure on the modern man to embody the perfect male images we see around us every day.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 22 October 2008

Judgement in Najwa murder trial on December 1

Judgement in the Taliep Petersen murder trial will be handed down on December 1, Cape High Court Judge Siraj Desai said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 October 2008

Woolworths settles dispute with union

Woolworths and the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union have reached agreement to resolve an organisational dispute.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 October 2008

Doing justice

Enver Surty describes his new job as walking into the eye of the storm. Sello S Alcock caught up with the new justice minister in Cape Town.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 21 October 2008

World fusion miscellany

Contradicting its many detractors, the service at the Mount Nelson has long been casual if not unabashedly familiar.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 October 2008

Najwa was framed, defence tells court

State witness Fahiem Hendricks, not Najwa Petersen, was the mastermind behind the murder of Taliep Petersen, the Cape High Court heard on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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