Madonsela subpoenas Cabinet as part of state capture probe

Cabinet has agreed to comply with a subpoena by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to supply her with declarations by ministers relating to the naming...

University of Cape Town activities disrupted as Students protest

Student protest disrupts UCT acitvities. Protest centred on the student disciplinary tribunal. Today, more than 150 students and workers marched from the Belmont Square...

Clickety-click choo choo here comes the gravy train

And the Democratic Alliance (DA) mayor gets on, no doubt. It has just emerged that Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lile, has embarked on...

Dishonest tax consultants bust as Hawks arrests suspects

Western Cape, the Hawks’ Commercial unit has on Tuesday arrested two suspects. The arrests followed lengthy internal SARS investigations relating to unclaimed Input VAT...

Affordable housing out of reach for many poor families

Most people can’t afford "affordable" housing. Less than 10% of new Conradie development set aside for the poor. What is described as affordable housing is...

Paramedics frequently assaulted in black townships

The union of health workers, Hospersa is very concerned about the situation around ambulances and paramedics who are frequently attacked when they are called...

Man arrested for brutal murder on Cape Town teen

A 19-year-old man appeared in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning on charges of murder and attempted murder. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk...

Shots fired at police during robbery at Browns Farm

Western Cape: Two suspects were caught last night, 12 September 2016, minutes after they and four accomplices had allegedly robbed a house in Lambata...

Truck carrying agricultural poison caught fire in Franschhoek, Cape Town

Last Monday, September 5, a truck carrying highly hazardous and dangerous Agricultural Poison caught fire on the Franschhoek Pass after a wheel bearing seized....

Dunoon fire causes devastation and death

One dead and 120 displaced in Dunoon fire. Thirty homes were destroyed on Sunday morning in the blaze. In the early hours of Sunday morning...

19 Year-old brutally murdered – Valhalla Park Cape Town

Another brutal murder at Valhalla Park, Cape Town. 19 year-old Lekita Moore was found dead yesterday in a pool of blood. Her genitals and...

‘Fortification’ of Parliament undermines democracy, says DA chief whip

Proposed draconian security upgrades to Parliament will not only undermine democracy but its exorbitant cost will also threaten the effective functioning of Parliament, the...