Search continues for 35-year-old Mandalay man missing after swim

Siviwe Melapi|Published

The search for the body of a 35-year-old man from Mandalay in Mitchells Plain continues after he was last seen floating before disappearing at Mnandi Beach on Saturday ...

Khayelitsha stove leak ends with 6 dead in fire

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A family of six, including a nine-month old baby, were killed after their hokkie caught fire from a flame stove.

3 kids die ‘eating poison’

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Three children from Khayelitsha have died after eating a poisonous substance.

Girl raped, mutilated after her dop ‘spiked’

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The family of a murdered schoolgirl from Taiwan in Khayelitsha were left shocked and distraught after her mutilated body was found just a few houses away from their ...

UK tourist dies after Sea Point paragliding accident

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A fifty-eight-year-old tourist from the UK is dead after a freak accident along the Sea Point promenade saw two paragliders collide in mid-air, one of them managing ...

‘Corrupt’ Cape Town cop bust

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A Lentegeur cop is expected to appear in court on July 12 after he was arrested by the provincial Anti-Corruption Unit.

Malikah the Wunderkind: Cape Flats teen signs for top hockey club in Germany

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Congratulations to Cape Flats hockey star Malikah Hamza, who has signed up to play for the first team of a top women’s hockey club in Germany.

Man who pointed a knife at his cat as a ‘joke’ has been issued with a warning

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Aspiring comedian Jayden Faans, who posted a picture on Facebook showing himself strangling his cat and pointing a knife at its throat, was issued a warning by Cape ...

Khayelitsha: A hot spot area for hijacking company cars

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Khayelitsha has been identified as one of the hot spot areas where Western Cape Government workers are being hijacked.

Delft tavern owner gunned down in front of his wife and children

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Bukile Ndandani, 42, was gunned down at his home tavern by the two men, who fled afterwards with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Couple survive attack by Marketplace cons in Philippi

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A couple from San Michel, Noordhoek, survived an attack in Browns Farm, Philippi last week after they were lured into the area by online marketplace opportunists. ...

[WATCH] Cruel by the pool: Man accuses woman of stealing phone and nearly drowns her

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Cops are investigating a fight at a posh Franschhoek restaurant, where a Philippi woman is believed to have nearly been drowned by a man.

Cop crashes into family home

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Family members had to play security guards at their home on Saturday after a police officer crashed into their home almost killing a nine-month-old baby.

Pit bull bites laaitie, 8

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Mense in Bardale in Mfuleni are demanding that the SPCA comes to their aid after an eight-year-old boy was bitten by a pit bull.