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Zimbabwe humble Sri Lanka ahead of Super Eights in T20 World Cup
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (544+ words) Zimbabwe fired a warning shot towards the heavyweights who have reached the Twenty20 World Cup Super Eight stage as they beat co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets to top Group B on Thursday, chasing down a target of 179 with three balls…...
WATCH | Worker shot at Mugabe home in Hyde Park, Joburg: 2 questioned
5+ hour, 48+ min ago (142+ words) Two people were taken in by police for questioning after a worker was wounded in a shooting at the Mugabe family home in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, on Thursday. One of those taken in for questioning is believed to be a…...
Muslim religious leader gunned down in Cape Town
13+ hour, 15+ min ago (205+ words) Story audio is generated using AI Moulana Mustaqeem Wanza was fatally shot during prayers on the first night of Ramadan in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain, on Wednesday night. He was shot outside the Salaamudien Masjid shortly after Taraweeh prayers. "At this…...
Agony uncorked: Cape Town protest highlights link between alcohol, GBV and poverty
15+ hour, 28+ min ago (599+ words) For Sonwabo Lumko, the fight against alcohol abuse is not a policy debate, it is a daily struggle inside his own home, where he says he has had to raise his toddler largely on his own. Standing among about 100 protesters…...
Gunman invades N2 to try to rob motorists in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
20+ hour, 13+ min ago (386+ words) A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle held up motorists on the notorious N2 in Cape Town on Wednesday afternoon, despite heightened law enforcement patrols on the highway. Images which appear to depict the man dressed in black with at least two…...
Limpopo CA found dead in Cape Town Airbnb only two weeks after new start
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (368+ words) Only a fortnight into a promising new chapter in Cape Town, Khutso Madiga's life came to a tragic end. A chartered accountant and qualified data scientist from Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, Madiga had recently relocated to the Western Cape after securing a…...
College of Cape Town placed under administration after governance failures
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (211+ words) Higher education and training minister Buti Manamela has appointed Robert Nkuna as administrator of the College of Cape Town after findings of serious governance failures at the institution. Earlier, a stabilisation and governance support team (SGST) was tasked with assessing…...
Proteas barely break sweat in easy win against UAE
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (447+ words) The Proteas followed a messy bowling and fielding performance with a thunderous batting display to finish the first group phase of the T20 World Cup with a comfortable win against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Delhi. Wednesday's match was rendered…...
Cape Town has biggest metro jobs gain amid employment boom
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (613+ words) Cape Town has recorded the largest year-on-year jobs gain among South Africa's major metros, adding 113,000 jobs in the past year and pushing total employment to an all-time high of 1.895-million people. The figures, drawn from Statistics South Africa's Quarterly Labour…...
Cape Town rolls out digital learner’s licence testing at 18 locations
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (319+ words) The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and the Western Cape government have announced the start of computerised learner's licence tests this week. The rollout began in 2025 and this week all the city's 18 driving licence testing centres (DLTCs) will come online,…...