It looks like it's all over
There were no power cuts in Cape Town last night, and if everything goes right, there would be no further load-shedding today, city public lighting manager Charles Kadalie pledged. Kadalie said that by 6.30pm yesterday Koeberg's Unit 2 was generating sufficient power to keep the Western Cape fully supplied.
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 We have the power, stadium bosses say
The cents in daylight saving
Hunt for child after police clerk shoots wife and himself
A police clerk shot his wife dead during an argument near his Mfuleni home and fled with their three-year-old daughter in the family car. Early today he turned up at the Mfuleni charge office, near Kuils River, where he shot himself dead in front of horrified colleagues.[Full
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 | | Bright idea: Cyril and Ruth de Villiers of Fairways are not about to let the minor matter of random power outages stop their regular enjoyment of the Cape Argus. Their son Michael took this picture at their home on Wednesday night. Photo: Michael de Villiers |
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Magistrate under fire over warrant 
The senior magistrate who signed the arrest warrant for accused Zanethemba Gwada in the Dina Rodrigues murder trial was the same person later asked to take down his confession statement. [Full
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Row over a fez was over the top
When customer Moosa Valli walked into a Brackenfell timber firm, he was greeted with a demand that he remove his fez. Valli, a Muslim, was further taken aback when the offending employee said wearing the traditional headgear in the shop was like a Christian wearing a pork chop around his neck in a Muslim area.[Full
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