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Cape Argus
Legal battle centres on what defines a valid marriage
WIDOWS’ DISPUTE
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September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Ex-Heathfield principal fights to overturn dismissal
A NARRATIVE that former principal of Heathfield High School, Wesley Neumann, is “defiant, deviant, and that he displayed insolent behaviour” was snubbed by his legal counsel during arguments at the Labour Court sitting in Cape Town yesterday.
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September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
THOUSANDS OF JOBS AT RISK AS MCKENZIE PULLS ARTS FUNDING
FROM Cape Town to Makhanda, and Potchefstroom to Bloemfontein, the curtain is falling on SA’s biggest arts festivals as government funding is withdrawn.
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September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Madrid right-back dilemma as Mbappe reaches half century
ENGLAND international fullback Trent Alexander-Arnold suffered a hamstring injury in Real Madrid’s Champions League victory over Marseille, the club said yesterday.
2 min |
September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
PROBATION AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Probation means that an employer may require a newly hired employee to serve a period of probation before the employees appointment is confirmed.
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September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
MK Party challenges Madlanga Commission in court
THE uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and Jacob Zuma will argue before the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, today that the functions of the Madlanga Commission will usurp the powers that are constitutionally and exclusively conferred on both the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) and the Magistrates Commission.
1 min |
September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Bail denied for Pretoria businessman Cat Matlala
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the decision by the Alexandra Magistrate's Court, which on Wednesday denied the bail application brought by attempted murder accused, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.
1 min |
September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Bonteheuwel initiative delivers 42 homes to families
THE City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements Directorate handed over 42 homes in the R140 million Bonteheuwel Infill housing project.
1 min |
September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Mchunu faces backlash over disbandment of political killings team
IT CAME to light that a letter penned by Mchunu dated January 2, pointed out that the task team was not adding value to the policing work.
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September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Has ANC lost touch with its core principles?
IN A MOMENT that many are calling a significant turning point in South African politics, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent comments at the Roll Call for councillors in Johannesburg have ignited fierce debate across the nation.
1 min |
September 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Witness in Gumede fraud case accused of misleading the court
A STATE witness in the R320 million Durban Solid Waste (DSW) tender fraud case has been accused of misleading the Durban High Court by claiming that the Hawks requested assistance from a forensic company, when it was allegedly the witness who made the request.
1 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Is the US sliding into dictatorship?
QUESTIONS exist about the long-held belief that the United States is a democratic nation.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
City takes action on Brooklyn squatters
AFTER more than four years of illegal squatting in Vasco Park, Brooklyn, the City has stepped in with a cleanup operation targeting nearby Kuala Street, where many of the displaced people have relocated in recent months.
2 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Why degrees fail to protect South African women from unemployment
FEMALE university graduates in South Africa face nearly double the unemployment rate of their male counterparts, highlighting how deeply entrenched gender bias remains in the job market despite educational achievements.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Community voices 'ignored' in Shell's exploration rights extension process
SUSTAINING the Wild Coast (SWC) NPC claims Shell and Impact Africa will be allowed to ignore community voices in their exploration rights extension process and the current litigation before the Constitutional Court.
2 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Spike in sexual violence at Manenberg schools
MANENBERG police have reported an alarming rise in incidents of sexual violence within schools situated in their precinct, urging action and heightened attention from the community.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Proof 'Tony-ball' and Boks' 'skop, skiet and donner' can coexist
FIVE minutes before the end of the Springboks’ record-breaking win over the All Blacks, I told my wife I wasn't going to bother hanging up the washing.
3 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Court rules against organisation in Ramaphosa theft case
PHALA PHALA
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Mokonyane's candidacy for ANC presidency causes rift within party
ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane finds herself potentially at odds with the party’s leadership after publicly declaring her candidacy as president for the ANC’s 2027 elective conference.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Dolf spearheads Bok Women to record-breaking World Cup
THE Springbok Women are celebrating a landmark achievement at the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup, completing their campaign with unprecedented success and rising to a historic 10th place in the World Rugby rankings.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Millions count on 100 ambulances in mega-city
STANDING outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still “traumatised” from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother who was found unconscious by her neighbours.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Legal action looms after leopard tragedy
CAPENATURE has confirmed that a summons has been issued by the courts relating to two gin traps used to ensnare animals after a young leopard was killed in Heidelberg in July.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Infill project fast-tracks housing for residents
THE City of Cape Town says that its takeover of the Gugulethu Infill housing project has fast-tracked the delivery of more than a thousand new homes for families who have waited years for formal housing.
1 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
‘It’s rape, not pregnancy’, say the youth
THE South African community has become desensitised to the ongoing crisis of teenage pregnancy, despite alarming statistics.
3 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
US-Venezuela tension mounts with strikes on ‘drugboats’
VENEZUELAS President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to resist Washington’s “aggression” after US president Donald Trump said a new US strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat from Venezuela killed three people on Monday.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Protesters chain themselves to Parliament gates
IRATE residents from Overcome Heights chained themselves to the gates of Parliament yesterday in the hopes that their plight will be heard due to the ongoing gun violence and murders in their communities.
1 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Europe stumped by Trump's demands over Russia sanctions
UNITED States President Donald Trump has demanded that allies stop buying Russian oil before he moves on punishing Moscow, and told them to hit China with tariffs.
2 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Justice minister explores infrastructure, technology improvements for court safety
DEPUTY Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Andries Nel, in collaboration with the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security(JCPS) Cluster, is exploring technology-based and infrastructure solutions as regular oversight visits are set to continue at vulnerable courts.
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September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
How to manage conflicting personalities
MANAGING a team with clashing personalities can be one of the toughest challenges for any leader but it is entirely possible to navigate interpersonal conflict and build cohesion among team members with different points of view.
3 min |
September 17, 2025
Cape Argus
Ozone lay ‘healing’
THE Earth's protective ozone layer is healing and the hole should disappear in the coming decades, the UN said yesterday, hailing the success of concerted international action.
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