SA's child violence time bomb
One in three young people in SA risk becoming victims of sexual assault or physical abuse before the age of 18, an inter-ministerial committee found.
Water guzzlers to feel the pinch from July
Water guzzlers will feel the pinch as the Cape Town city council gears to increase water tariffs by almost 20% from July 1.
Scramble as province declared water disaster area
The Western Cape faces a race against time to boost dwindling water reserves
Zuma, Mbalula to meet over handling of #CourtneyPieters case
President Zuma is to meet the Police Minister over the possibility of investigating the police officers who first dealt with Courtney Pieters' case
#CourtneyPieters: Zuma, Mbalula to meet over case
The police officers who initially handled the Courtney Pieters disappearance and subsequent murder case may be investigated.
Zuma tears strip off #CourtneyPieters's police team
President Zuma has lambasted the Elsies River police for their handling of the Courtney Pieters case when it was reported that the three-year-old was missing.
Zuma slams police for handling of Courtney's case
President Jacob Zuma has lambasted the Elsies River police for their handling of the Courtney Pieters case when it was reported that the three-year-old was missing. ...
'Use water only for drinking, bathing and cooking'
The water crisis the City of Cape Town has been trying to avert has hit with full force and consumers are being told to use water only for drinking, bathing and ...
Legal battles over Tafelberg sale set to continue
Two separate legal battles against the decision to sell the multimillion-rand Tafelberg site to a private entity is set to play itself out in court.
Guzzlers use almost 30 times more water
Water used by Cape Town's top 30 water guzzlers in a month could fill almost five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
#WaterCrisis: Brace for Level 4 restrictions
With dam levels dropping to dangerously low levels, the City of Cape Town could raise water restrictions from Level 3b to Level 4 as of June 1.
PICTURES: Number of cash-in-transit heists triple
While the number of incidents has increased drastically, none of the perpetrators have been caught, according to the SA Banking Risk Information Centre.
R100m police station plan is biased transformation - Mbalula
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said the R100 million police station which was planned for Muizenberg would not contribute to ?radical transformation?.
Zille, De Lille defend eviction decisions
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and mayor Patricia de Lille have seemingly dug in their heels concerning two of their biggest housing headaches.
SAHRC to probe Zille's tweets
Former DA leader Helen Zille has landed in more hot water over her tweets last month in which she defended aspects of colonialism.
City of Cape Town to fight for 'resilient' energy goal in court
The City of Cape Town prepares its legal battle to be allowed to source 20% of its electricity supply from independent producers.
Cape Town CBD’s R30bn property boom
Investments worth more than R16 billion are set to be ploughed into local coffers - boosting property valuations in the CBD to over R30bn.
Mega-upgraded R100m cop shop for Cape mountain-side
An extension of the Muizenberg police station will require large-scale excavation of the mountain, with the estimated cost of R20 000 a square metre.
Outrage over proposed SAPS station upgrade
The Social Justice Coalition demonstrated outside the provincial headquarters of SAPS against the planned upgrade of a Muizenberg police station.
SAPS backtracks on Khayelitsha station promise
Police appear to have backtracked on a promise that another police station would be built in Khayelitsha, where the murder rate is one of the highest.
#KathradaMemorial: Gordhan declares ANC loyalty
Not yet is what former finance minister Pravin Gordhan had to say when asked if he was considering following in the footsteps of ministers who were also given the ...
R100m budget for “super” cop shop in Muizenberg
Forget crime-ridden areas such as Khayelitsha, Nyanga and Vrygrond, a R100 million budget has been approved for a ?super? police station in Muizenberg.
Gang guilty verdicts at 3%
At least 1 886 people have died in gang-related murders in Cape Town in the past five years, but there have only been 61 convictions.
All eyes on van Breda family axe murder trial
The trial of Henri van Breda, 22, accused of killing both his parents and his older brother in 2015, will start in the Western Cape High Court today.
Water drill plan puts environment at risk
The City of Cape Town's desperate plan to drill boreholes into aquifers could turn into an eco-disaster, a UCT professor has warned.