Islamia College unveiled two public landmarks commemorating the lives of Imam Abdullah Haron and all others who died in apartheid detention as well as those who rebelled against the unjust regime. The landmarks have been erected in Cape Town as commemorative boards at both the Islamia College, located in Imam[…]
The Cape Town nurse alleged to have kidnapped and forced her boyfriend’s mistress to eat dog faeces will hear on Thursday whether her bail conditions will be relaxed to allow her to return to work. Elizabeth Williams, 38, appeared briefly in the Goodwood magistrate’s court on Wednesday, when she made[…]
Smashed glass on the pavement and rubbish bags acting as temporary covers for car windows are common sights in central Cape Town, which remains the precinct worst hit by theft out of or from motor vehicles around the country. The police station in Buitenkant Street recorded 3 710 cases for[…]
The University of the Western Cape is launching a new DNA profiling system to help with sexual offences. The new DNA kit targets will help in sexual offence cases, a crime that is plaguing South Africa. The kit targets DNA that is only carried by men – the Y-Chromosome. Head[…]
An application has been filed to the Western Cape High Court to halt the renaming of Keizersgracht Street to Hanover Street. As celebrations were held on Heritage Day yesterday at the official renaming ceremony in District Six, a sudden application was submitted by Achmat Williams of the District Six Reference[…]
Two-thirds of people who commented on a plan to erect a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Cape Town objected – but the city council is going ahead anyway. One of the objectors, who said the Indian nationalist leader was “a person who expressed extreme racial views against black people”, said[…]
As South Africa marks Heritage Day 2019 on Tuesday, residents and descendants of the famous District Six community will celebrate as the renaming of Keizersgracht Street to Hanover Street is set to take place. The renaming means a lot more to the people of District Six than being a street[…]
Cape Town police say their Operation Lockdown on the Cape Flats has resulted in 125 arrests this weekend. Police Spokesperson, Andre Traut says the offences include the possession of drugs, illegal firearms and protests. Traut says their operations are ongoing . “During the deployment of the joint forces attached to Lockdown, 12[…]
Four months after her son, John Bothma, disappeared without a trace in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Coleen Bothma has finally managed to secure a flight from South Africa to Vietnam where she hopes to get answers. John and another South African teacher, Mushfiq Daniels, were both reported missing in Vietnam[…]
The two men arrested for the murder of three children and a teenager at a house in Elsies River earlier this week became emotional in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court on Friday, crying as they were led to the court’s holding cells. “It wasn’t me. I didn’t kill those children!” Rowan[…]
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