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Tributes stream in for ‘fearless’ rights champion

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

Tributes have streamed in for political activist Rhoda Kadalie, 68, who died at the weekend. Ms Kadalie died at her home in Los Angeles, America, where she had been ...

Firefighters battle Parliament blaze

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

Smoke billowed across the city centre skyline as Parliament caught fire on Sunday morning January 2. Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo confirmed the fire started ...

Lifting curfew ’a win for tourism industry’

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

The City and the hospitality industry have welcomed Cabinet’s decision to lift the curfew, calling it a win for the tourism industry. The City and the Federated ...

Arch Tutu ‘bent the arc of history’ - Mayor

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

City of Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis paid a moving tribute to the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at his interfaith memorial on Wednesday December 29. ...

Traffic officers net R8m in fines in seven days

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

The Western Cape traffic services recorded 279 speeding offences and dished out 5 873 fines in a matter of seven days. Officers manned 190 road blocks, vehicle check-points ...

Tributes pour in for the Arch

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 90, died on Boxing Day, Sunday December 26. The death of the Arch, as he was fondly referred to, was announced by Cape Town Anglican ...

Brackengate Covid hospitalisations up, ’Plain on standby

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

The Brackengate field hospital might have to transfer some of their Covid-19 patients to Mitchell’s Plain field hospitals as they record a rise in hospitalisations. ...

Mayor unbundles ‘unwieldy’ water and waste; rings administration changes

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has unveiled a plan to unbundle ...

City appoints committee chair, ANC cries ‘cadre deployment’

Soyiso Maliti|Published 3 years ago

The City has appointed Fabian Ah-Sing as new corporate services portfolio committee chair, a move the opposition views as a “duplication” and “cadre deployment” ...

On the trail of 15 killers. . .

Soyiso Maliti|Published 4 years ago

Ace detective Lieutenant Colonel Bambelela Ngxaki, who helped to close the Uyinene Mrwetyana murder case, speaks to SOYISO MALITI about how the 15 Joostenbergvlakte ...