Rebuilding seared lives

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Residents of Imizamo Yethu have monumental tasks ahead

Robbing the disabled of a better life

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Disabled customers have paid thousands to MobilityOne for equipment to help make their lives more comfortable, but have yet to receive anything.

'Future wars will be fought over water'

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As the Western Cape prays for rain, Stellenbosch University's Water Institute predicts the next major wars will be fought over access to water.

Jobless fall prey to scammers

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Callous con artists fleece desperate jobs seekers, leaving them out of pocket and in tears

Crew saved near end of long voyage

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A couple who left Simon’s Town to circumnavigate the world for 12 years on a yacht ran into trouble just kilometres away from their journey’s end.

Desperate work seekers are easy prey for scammers

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Callous con artists fleece desperate jobs seekers, leaving them out of pocket and in tears

Cheating farmer's sexcapades

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Scorned wife lays prostitution charges against husband accused of hiring prostitutes

ICYMI: Cheating farmer's sexcapades

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The adage hell has no fury like a woman scorned rang true for a cheating farmer when his wife laid charges against him of engaging in prostitution.

‘Rescue angels’ show their mettle

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WHEN the captain of the 25m fishing trawler Iron Maiden suffered a heart attack off ...

Woman’s mystery death at Spier Estate

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The “suicide” of the wife of a top businessman at a luxury winelands estate is being investigated as a murder.

Vagrant ‘pulls knife’ on dean inside church

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Father Michael Weeder says he fears he will be attacked by the same vagrant, who still sleeps on the church property with his girlfriend.

Poaching syndicate earned a fortune

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Divers who poached for a Gansbaai abalone syndicate earned an average of R24 000, but could earn up to R84 000 for a single diving excursion.

‘All that was left of one diver was a pelvic bone’

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A police officer has testified how hundreds of abalone poachers risk their lives off Gansbaai, which is also home to great white sharks.

Abalone poachers’ network spread far and wide

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Five policemen are standing trial with 20 others accused in a racketeering case involving one of the biggest abalone syndicates in the country.

How to spot child abusers

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Hotel and tourism staff in Cape Town are being trained on how to spot potential child abusers and their victims.

Family man, food lover. . . random victim

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It’s been two years since Philip Weber’s death, but Western Cape police are no closer to catching his killer.

Serial killer who terrorised sex workers

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While one policemen faked crucial evidence another devoted himself to solving the case that 'just fizzled out'.

Road rage killer arrested for assault

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Graeme Eadie, who beat a motorist to death with a hockey stick in 1999, has again been accused of attacking a motorist.

Hijack horror for Skwatsha

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ANC heavyweight Mcebisi Skwatsha describes being held up at gunpoint, robbed and locked in his aunt's house.

Prosecution of poo protesters to continue

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The Directorate of Public Prosecutions is pursuing its case against the alleged ringleaders of Cape Town’s so-called “poo protests”.

Mandla’s grave violation

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Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla, has been charged by the police with grave violation, the NPA said.

15 statements obtained in grave tampering case

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Police have obtained 15 statements in their investigation of a grave tampering charge laid against Mandla Mandela.

Affidavit points out Mandla’s ‘master plan’

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Mandla Mandela has prepared part of his homestead as a place of pilgrimage for those keen to see Madiba's grave.

Fateful route that led to brutal death

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HENRIËTTE GELDENHUYS retraces the journey Professor Luis Heyns took the night he died.

Moving tributes for murdered prof

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Prof Louis Heyn's widow appealed for people not to "repay evil with evil" and never "stop praying for this beautiful country of ours".