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Millionaire accused: I’m being victimised 2006-01-06 15:55:50 A Sea Point millionaire facing multiple charges of indecently assaulting a teenage boy says he feels “victimised” by his strict bail conditions. Bring her back, pleads mom of snatched teen 2006-01-06 15:29:32 Johannes Moweres has been terrorising the residents of the Hemel en Aarde Valley near Hermanus for years. Now a distraught mother says Moweres has kidnapped her 13-year-old daughter. Unfinished jail term awaits murder suspect 2006-01-06 10:40:53 The state is to apply for a 41-year-old man, arrested in connection with four murders and two rapes in Philippi while out on parole, to be sent back to prison to serve the rest of his sentence. Woman sues after tripping over rod... twice 2006-01-06 11:35:04 An unemployed machinist is suing the City of Cape Town after twice tripping over a rod sticking out of a pavement and being injured. |
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Cultural exchange firm hits back 2006-01-06 09:47:36 A cultural exchange programme has lashed out at an exchange student and her mother who accused the organisation of placing the 17-year old German girl in an unsafe area in Cape Town. Talk of split in ANC is speculation - Ngculu 2006-01-06 07:52:24 James Ngculu, the Western Cape chairperson of the ANC, has vehemently denied there is a split in the party's provincial leadership and says talk of one is "stale". Woman sues Golden Arrow after fall on bus 2006-01-06 11:39:59 A 43-year-old Cape Town woman is suing for R678 000 in damages in the Cape High Court after she fell while travelling on a bus in Kensington. DA head 'won't take instructions from branch' 2006-01-06 09:33:34 Da Provincial leader Theuns Botha will take disciplinary action against the party's Good Hope branch - but not Helen Zille - for challenging the electoral college's ward candidate list. Dissent in our ranks resolved, DA says 2006-01-06 13:44:48 The Democratic Alliance says the contentious Simon's Town and Fish Hoek ward issue, which saw two councillors resign from the party because of unhappiness with a new ward candidate, has been resolved. Thousands left homeless after fire in Langa 2006-01-05 19:33:54 About 4 000 people have been left homeless and 800 shacks have been destroyed after a fire ripped through the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa in the early hours of the morning. Racism, says De Lille after drinks incident 2006-01-05 10:07:05 Prominent politician Patricia de Lille claims she was barred from having a drink at an exclusive international hotel in Cape Town because of her colour. Spear gun victim 'lucky to be alive' 2006-01-06 06:51:51 A mere 2cm is all that saved Judian Bruk from fatally wounding himself in a speargun accident in Buffels Bay. Drivers face dismissal after bus trip 2006-01-05 13:07:30 Two drivers of a Translux bus have been suspended and could face dismissal after the girlfriend of one of them apparently fondled him while he was driving, allegedly causing him to break the speed limit and swerve dangerously across the road. Family in race against time to save their son 2006-01-05 10:06:01 Cape Town parents Tania and Bruce Gerber are in a desperate race to raise R2,3-million to try to save their four-and-a-half-year-old son, Connor, who is dying of cancer. Needy lose livelihoods due to crayfish quotas 2006-01-05 13:06:53 Buddy Pendlebury of Sun Valley, Cape Town, has been fishing most of his life. But because he hasn't obtained a crayfish quota, he will need to find another way to earn a living, writes Melanie Gosling. Firestarters will have to pay up 2006-01-05 11:26:19 As fires at Franschhoek continued to burn for an 11th day running, the people suspected of starting some of them may have to cover the cost of firefighting, which has already reached R800 000. Schoolboy electrocuted on river 2006-01-05 11:14:50 A fun day on the Breede River for a Noordhoek family ended in tragedy when their Hobie Cat sailed into overhead powerlines, electrocuting a 15-year-old boy and seriously injuring his father. Zille backs DA's rebel faction 2006-01-05 11:04:19 Helen Zille, the DA's candidate for executive mayor of Cape Town, has come out strongly in support of the rebel faction in South Peninsula who are defying the party's provincial leadership. 'Rowdy' wedding party evicted 2006-01-04 19:43:07 A party of wedding guests was thrown out of a Hout Bay restaurant for apparently causing havoc although the guests say the service at the restaurant was poor. New Boland blaze destroys young vegetation 2006-01-04 14:44:12 Yet another fire has broken out in the Boland area, destroying 5 000 hectares of young fynbos. Bus passengers speak about 'trip from hell' 2006-01-04 12:27:06 Passengers aboard a luxury bus are indignant at the behaviour of a driver who allegedly took them on a nightmare ride from East London to Cape Town. Storm shuts George airport 2006-01-04 21:09:15 South African Airways, SA Airlink, 1Time and Kulula.com have suspended all flights to and from George because of bad weather. R1,8m claimed after death from shower burns 2006-01-04 11:21:29 A Paarl caterer and entertainer is suing a Cape Town clinic for more than R1,8-million in damages after his wife, who had been admitted to the clinic for alcohol abuse, died of burns when she fell in the shower. Exchange students cry foul 2006-01-04 08:31:50 What should have been an exciting high school exchange for a German student on the Cape Flats has turned into a slanging match, with allegations of racism made by the host organisation against the 17-year-old's mother. Fugitive sought after rape and abduction 2006-01-04 08:48:47 A fugitive from justice who has apparently been terrorising the Hemel and Aarde Valley residents near Hermanus for two years has struck again, allegedly raping a woman and abducting a young girl - and continues to evade police. Heat still on for firefighters battling fires 2006-01-04 08:42:56 Fires in Franschhoek continue to rage out of control and weary firefighters, pitted against "terrible weather conditions", are battling the blazes for the 10th day. Protest as alleged killer appears in court 2006-01-04 11:43:24 Scores of holidaymakers and Garden Route locals staged a silent demonstration outside the magistrate's court in Knysna as Theuns Christiaan Olivier made his second appearance in connection with the murder, abduction and indecent assault of six-year-old Steven Siebert in Plettenberg Bay. DA infighting in Cape gets nasty 2006-01-04 11:19:05 The infighting in the Western Cape Democratic Alliance has taken a new turn after senior member Mark Wiley accused the party's leadership of "disgraceful governance". 'State can be charged after boy's murder' 2006-01-04 11:36:52 The parents of Steven Siebert - the 6-year-old Sandton boy murdered in Plettenberg Bay - probably have good grounds on which to sue the government for negligence, according to Alix Carmichele, who succeeded in a similar case against the state. Cape fires caused by negligence - official 2006-01-04 14:38:48 The major Franschhoek fires in the Western Cape, some burning since Christmas Day, and another at Simonsberg near Stellenbosch, are the result of human negligence, officials say. It's a death watch on the roads 2006-01-03 15:59:26 Traffic and rescue services are braced for an avalanche of traffic as holidaymakers head for home from the Cape Peninsula. This follows another deadly December, with more than 1 100 road deaths countrywide. Resignations leave DA branch in turmoil 2006-01-03 14:08:13 Unhappiness about the Democratic Alliance's candidate for the Simon's Town ward in Cape Town has sparked the resignation of the executive committee of its Good Hope branch. Shack fires cost Cape millions 2006-01-05 11:16:36 The large number of devastating fires in informal settlements has forced an increase of almost R5-million in the Western Cape social services budget for disasters this financial year. Shark alert after crayfish diver bitten 2006-01-03 15:15:46 A diver who was bitten on his little finger by a shark has been released from a hospital in Fish Hoek. Traffic havoc as blaze closes Cape exit route 2006-01-03 14:12:20 Holiday makers in the Western Cape wanting to return home at the weekend had to contend with severe traffic jams as fires raging in the Boland mountains closed two main exit routes out of the Peninsula. Seals' night attacks drive off island gannets 2006-01-03 12:25:41 Bird Island at Lambert's Bay on South Africa's West Coast, normally home to more than 30 000 gannets, is utterly deserted after seals began attacking the colony at night and eating these endangered birds. Eco disaster looms as fires rage on 2006-01-03 12:45:44 With more than 20 000 hectares of fynbos burnt and fires raging out of control, experts are worried that the Franschhoek mountains are facing an "ecological disaster". Thousands turn up to enjoy minstrels' parade 2006-01-03 10:34:33 Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool has made peace with Cape Town's minstrels as he officially opened the annual parade in the city centre, saying "let bygones be bygones". Two injured as microlight just misses house 2006-01-03 11:36:15 The Phillips family of Lambert's Bay in the Western Cape started the new year with an unexpected bang when a microlight aircraft crashed onto their front lawn. Plett murder accused's case remanded 2006-01-03 12:06:34 The case of the 47-year-old handyman accused of killing a six-year-old Johannesburg boy in Plettenberg Bay has been postponed to March. Plett murder accused possibly not from SA 2006-01-03 12:07:54 Western Cape police suspect that the 47-year-old handyman accused of killing a six-year-old Johannesburg boy in Plettenberg Bay might not be South African. Bush fires out of control in Cape winelands 2006-01-03 09:00:22 Two mountain fires, fanned by a strong south-westerly wind, are burning out of control in the Boland, news reports have said. Fist fights erupt after yellow tail run 2006-01-03 13:52:46 Fist fights between fishermen and members of the public have broken out at Fish Hoek beach outside of Cape Town after a run of yellow tail fish, news reports say. Thousands line Cape streets for parade 2006-01-02 14:30:28 Thousands of spectators have lined the streets of Cape Town to catch a glimpse of colourfully clad dancers, minstrels, and Christmas and Malay choirs during the annual New Year Cape carnival parade. |
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