Guilty Verdict in Joshlin Smith Kidnapping Case: Sentencing Procedures to Begin

Guilty Verdict in Joshlin Smith Kidnapping Case: Sentencing Procedures to Begin

Three convicted kidnappers, Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn, are set to appear in the Western Cape High Court today as preparations...
Interpreters Demand Unpaid Wages from Justice Department

Interpreters Demand Unpaid Wages from Justice Department

Court interpreters are demanding payment for services rendered, with some claiming they have not been paid for months—or even years—by the Department of Justice...
Fifth Suspect Arrested in Wynberg Magistrate's Court Shooting

Fifth Suspect Arrested in Wynberg Magistrate’s Court Shooting

Police have apprehended a fifth suspect in connection with the brazen shooting at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court earlier this month, marking a significant breakthrough...
Lentegeur Residents Demand Action Amid Rising Gun Violence

Lentegeur Residents Call For Military Action Amid Rising Gun Violence

Frustrated residents of Lentegeur in Mitchells Plain are calling on authorities to take urgent action against escalating gun violence, with some even pleading for...
Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies Meet in Cape Town to Tackle Illicit Financial Flows

Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies Meet in Cape Town to Tackle Illicit...

The 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa is underway in Cape Town, with a key focus on establishing an international...
One Year After George Building Collapse: Calls for Transparency and Accountability

One Year After George Building Collapse: Calls for Transparency and Accountability

As the nation marks one year since the tragic collapse of a building in George, Western Cape, which killed 34 people and injured 20...
The Goodwood Correctional Centre in Cape Town is operating at more than 150% capacity. This was revealed in a report by Judge Stuart Wilson of the Johannesburg High Court who inspected the facility on 3 April 2025. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira

Presumed guilty! Years in prison awaiting trial

Goodwood Prison is operating at over 150% capacity, largely due to remand detainees who cannot afford bail. A judicial report released on Monday...
Families living on the rail reserve along Stock Road in Philippi East and those living on the railway line in Langa say the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has been silent on plans to move them to permanent land. Photos: Sandiso Phaliso

Families live in limbo on Cape Town’s railway lines

The relocation of about 1,200 households living on the rail reserve along the Central Line in Langa, Cape Town has been delayed for more...
The Rotary District 9350 Peace Garden is located within the Long March to Freedom exhibition of the procession of 101 bronze statues at Century City.

Peace Takes Root in Cape Town: Rotary Plants Seeds for a...

Peace took centre stage in the Mother City as Cape Town played host to the Second Rotary Intercountry Committee (ICC) Africa Peace Forum from...
Judgment Expected Tomorrow in Joshlin Smith Case

Mother Kelly Convicted in Heart-Wrenching Joshlin Smith Case

In a verdict that has gripped the nation, Kelly Smith, the mother of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, has been convicted in connection with her daughter’s...
Suspensions, disciplinary actions following death at Goodwood Correctional Centre

Suspensions, disciplinary actions following death at Goodwood Correctional Centre

Two Correctional Services officials attached to the Goodwood Correctional Centre have been suspended following the death of an inmate, Quinton Fortuin, in February. Two other...
Charles and Malcolm Jaftha are part of a fifth-generation flower farming family.

Flower farm keeps Constantia’s coloured heritage alive

Hundreds of coloured families were forcibly removed from Constantia in the 1960s and ‘70s under the apartheid Group Areas Act but a fifth-generation flower...