City dwellers push up country property prices 2005-12-25 08:37:39
The phenomenon started in small Western Cape towns, now quaint country villages in the Eastern Cape are experiencing a surge in property values as South Africans show a growing interest in buying homes in quieter towns.Full Story...
Fury as state signs new border rule 2005-12-24 02:23:42
Legislation to end cross-boundary municipalities has been signed into law but was immediately slammed by detractors who say the move is a "deliberate" attempt by the government to stop further protesting.Full Story...
Illegal occupation of Gateway 'unacceptable' 2005-12-23 11:16:33
The City of Cape Town has warned that would-be occupiers of the incomplete national housing project, the N2 Gateway complex, will be violating the law if they carried out their threat of occupying the units.Full Story...
A different Christmas for Shobashobane 2005-12-23 04:56:13
Even after 10 years the people of Shobashobane look over their shoulders at Christmas in fear of a similar attack to the one that claimed 19 lives in 1995.Full Story...
No electricity for Pietermaritzburg families 2005-12-22 07:19:25
For many Pietermaritzburg families living in the Copesville area, there will be no sparkling of Christmas lights and no mouth-watering aroma of turkey roasting in the oven this festive season.Full Story...
Seaside villages hit by power outages 2005-12-22 11:13:59
Western Cape communities are still being subjected to sporadic power failures, with the holiday villages of Scarborough and Misty Cliffs and the popular tourist town of Hermanus becoming the latest victims.Full Story...
Experts slam changes to historic Cape manor 2005-12-22 03:59:36
Heritage specialists are outraged at the apparently illegal alterations being carried out on the historic manor house at Grand Provence, one of Franschhoek's oldest and finest buildings.Full Story...
Lethabong residents barricade street 2005-12-22 07:23:04
Residents have barricaded a street in Lethabong near Rustenburg in a protest against the condition of roads in the area, police have said.Full Story...
Cape officials raking in R10m in salaries 2005-12-21 06:51:04
Cape Town ratepayers have forked out almost R10-million towards the salaries of the Ikhwezi top management officials over this financial year.Full Story...
Fathers in arrears flock to pay maintenance 2005-12-20 01:24:56
Since the launch of Operation Isondlo, more than a hundred maintenance defaulters have handed themselves over to justice and police authorities to avoid warrants for their arrests being executed at roadblocks and blitzes across the Western Cape.Full Story...
Munitoria will rise again 2005-12-20 04:13:12
Pretoria's city council building, Munitoria, is to receive a R1,5-billion facelift as part of a plan to create a vibrant new Central Business District for the city.Full Story...
Claims of financial abuse haunt gender body 2005-12-20 03:11:02
An investigation into allegations of mismanagement and financial abuse within the Commission for Gender Equality is expected to be wrapped up by the Public Protector by March.Full Story...
Party disputes ruin KZN's R180m housing plans 2005-12-20 00:31:10
More than five thousand impoverished families are still waiting for houses in KwaZulu-Natal, where 36 housing projects have been blocked.Full Story...
Exposed cables are fatal, concerned mom says 2005-12-19 09:31:55
A Cape Town mother, whose seven-year-old son was electrocuted while drinking from a tap almost two years ago, fears that another child may be killed if nothing is done to cover exposed electricity cables.Full Story...
Khutsong meeting closely guarded by police 2005-12-19 10:20:15
Police kept a close watch on Khutsong residents as they gathered at a public meeting on the redemarcation of the Merafong municipality from Gauteng to North West.Full Story...
Rent saga may mean curtains for Cape theatre 2005-12-18 05:50:17
The Theatre Royal in Longmarket Street, which has been dogged by controversy since it opened in Cape Town last year, looks set to be closed for good.Full Story...
Durban rethinks its 2010 stadium plans 2005-12-18 06:04:20
Durban's Strategic Projects unit is considering demolishing King's Park Soccer Stadium in order to build a new one for the World Cup finals in 2010 - but sustainability has yet to be established.Full Story...
Family's farm home flattened by bulldozer 2005-12-16 04:56:27
A family from Philippi, Cape Town, has been left homeless after their rented house, home to 12 people, was flattened by a bulldozer.Full Story...
'Jewellery City consultant is no expert' 2005-12-16 02:31:34
Thabo Mokwena, the consultant paid R1 200 an hour by the City to manage the jewellery city project, was never a direct adviser to Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka when she was minster of minerals and energy, it has emerged.Full Story...
Court sanctions Cape's Du Noon evictions 2005-12-15 07:55:25
Families from a fire-ravaged area in Cape Town, who moved into another area in protest against the government's alleged failure to house them, will soon be evicted.Full Story...
Firearms licence renewal date extended 2005-12-15 09:09:40
The Minister of Safety and Security has extended the deadline for the renewal of firearm licences in order to accommodate the volume of people who still need to do so.Full Story...
DA slams provincial border changes 2005-12-15 10:09:58
The Democratic Alliance has accused the state of not properly considering the implications of resizing provinces and redrawing provincial boundaries.Full Story...
Mfeketo asks Mbeki for more housing cash 2005-12-15 00:26:06
Cape Town mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo has asked President Thabo Mbeki to increase the council's budget to more than R1-billion in order to accelerate the city's housing delivery.Full Story...
Cosatu lambastes Khutsong house burning 2005-12-15 10:13:09
The Congress of SA Trade Unions says it cannot condone the burning of houses during cross-boundary municipalities protests in Khutsong.Full Story...
MEC calls for calm in Khutsong 2005-12-14 13:16:22
Khutsong has been plagued by violent protest since the proposal of the town's incorporation from Gauteng to the North West province - but the violence has escalated after the decision was confirmed.Full Story...
Cape plans to shatter the apartheid mould 2005-12-14 13:01:50
The Western Cape executive council has approved a comprehensive new planning strategy that aims to shatter the apartheid mould.Full Story...
Houses torched in Khutsong protest 2005-12-14 07:40:31
Two houses have been burnt as thousands of Khutsong residents protested the the incorporation of Merafong municipality into North West instead of Gauteng.Full Story...
Mfeketo 'was aware' of jewellery project deal 2005-12-14 03:56:36
Executive mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo has acknowledged that she knew that Thabo Mokwena of TMC Consulting was appointed in a closed bid process to manage the development of jewellery city in Cape Town.Full Story...
Clampdown on Cape's quick-buck developers 2005-12-14 03:40:02
The Western Cape government has launched four hard-hitting policies to ensure that future work done by developers out to make a fast money does not damage the province's natural environment.Full Story...
Mbeki lends an ear to Cape's housing woes 2005-12-14 08:24:25
President Thabo Mbeki is in Cape Town to listen and give advice to the provincial government on how to eradicate slums around the city by 2014.Full Story...
'Illegal' Khutsong night vigil goes ahead 2005-12-13 23:35:06
A night vigil led by the South African Communist Party in Khutsong outside Carletonville has gone ahead, despite police declaring it illegal, news reports say.Full Story...
Confusion hits 'African Jewellery City' deal 2005-12-13 03:50:40
Potential bidders have expressed surprise that the development of an African Jewellery City has been approved, while a member of the steering committee has denied any knowledge of the project.Full Story...
Huge queues dog housing verification 2005-12-12 06:40:49
Cape Town Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo says that the deadline for people awaiting state-funded houses to verify their details will have to be extended.Full Story...
Thousands wait as immigration battles backlog 2005-12-12 06:07:38
An estimated 17 000 foreigners are waiting for their permanent resident application papers to be processed by the department of home affairs.Full Story...
Cape mental hospital 'in sorry state' 2005-12-12 05:53:45
"Unstable state patients" have been released back into the community prematurely because of Valkenberg's chronic shortage of beds, a psychiatrist at the Cape Town mental institute has revealed.Full Story...
Housing list project fails to get off ground 2005-12-12 02:40:29
The government's pilot project which aims to formulate a single housing waiting list for Cape Town failed because of poor communication and shoddy planning, organisers of the three-day campaign said.Full Story...
Khutsong residents protest border change 2005-12-12 06:02:03
Khutsong residents have handed over a memorandum of their grievances to chief magistrate Howard Raath, expressing their dissatisfaction against their municipality's incorporation from Gauteng to the North West.Full Story...
Cash shock for Cape Town ahead of World Cup 2005-12-10 04:41:46
The city of Cape Town needs to spend a staggering R3-billion to be ready for the 2010 soccer World Cup, but observers say time is running out for upgrading the city's public transport system and getting sport stadiums ready.Full Story...
Fundraiser dons hotpants and wig for charity 2005-12-09 06:53:05
Andrew Delport is on a mission in pink hotpants to get money for the charity organisation Ikamva Labantu (the future of our nation) and welcomes the attention he gets in the streets.Full Story...
Food parcels bring happiness to unemployed 2005-12-09 07:02:24
Thousands of people have gathered outside a hall in Khayelitsha to collect government-issued food parcels, the first phase of a project to provide food to poor families in the Western Cape.Full Story...
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