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Cape Argus
Eskom ramps up maintenance, cuts unplanned outages
ESKOM says it has intensified its planned maintenance work and significantly reduced unplanned outages as it seeks to stabilise the power grid ahead of winter.
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April 14, 2025
Cape Argus
Winde: Investigations must remain ‘watertight’
AS THE SAPS investigation into the George building collapse reaches 65% completion, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has indicated that the province’s portion will also remain watertight and not be disclosed publicly.
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April 14, 2025
Cape Argus
Cops hit the sand for fitness and fun in beach battle
MORE than 200 Cape Flats cops descended on Strand beach last week as they went head-to-head in a Beach Battle aimed at improving fitness and camaraderie among officers.
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April 14, 2025
Cape Argus
Nguyen's journey from victim to advocate
IN 2013, Amanda Nguyen was a senior at Harvard University, a high achiever whose parents had fled the communist takeover of Vietnam. She aspired to join the CIA or NASA, and her postgraduation job applications were in process when one night, after a fraternity party, she was raped. The experience shattered her.
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April 14, 2025
Cape Argus
Vapour vision City reviewing fog harvesting plan for Table Mountain
THE City of Cape Town is reviewing its fog harvesting plans, which was first initiated amid the panic of the City and province's water crisis.
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April 14, 2025
Cape Argus
Barker: Stellenbosch showed hunger and desire in Cairo
STELLENBOSCH FC coach Steve Barker has hailed goalkeeper Sage Stephens' brilliant save in the first leg as \"the turning point\" that led to his team achieving a historic first-ever berth in the CAF Confederations Cup semi-finals.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Municipality washes its hands of fatal building collapse
THE George Municipality said while the findings of the National Home Builders Registration Council's (NHBRC) report into the fatal building collapse that killed 34 people last year found their office to be at fault for approving the apartment blocks plan after it was already in construction, no significant findings were made against it during an audit, adding the plans were approved in line with regulations.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Frustrations over driver's licence delays
THERE'S something absurd about how hard it is in this country to do something as basic as renew your driver's licence.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Home advantage: Stormers eye 20 points in final four games to climb URC table
THE Stormers have four home games over the next couple of weeks to claim maximum points as they chase a favourable playoff draw in the United Rugby Championship.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Wheelie bin suspect abandons bail
A TAXI guard from Hanover Park accused of the murder of a Gugulethu woman has been sent to prison after abandoning his bail application at the Athlone Magistrate's Court.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
How the CTIJF became Africa’s Grandest Gathering
THE Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) has a long and storied history dating back to the 2000s, and with this year’s edition being the 22nd, it is lear that through all the unexpected twists and turns, it remains “Africas Grandest Gathering”.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Teenage star Karabo Meso getting better at juggling matric and Proteas’ Women call-ups
CRICKET South Africa (CSA) may soon have to employ an educator to go along on Proteas tours, due to the number of school pupils representing the senior national teams.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Gail Mabalane returns in 'Unseen' Season 2
GAIL Mabalane is set to reprise her role as Zenzi Mwale on Season 2 of the thrilling Netflix series Unseen.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
SA must diversify trade partnerships beyond US
THE sudden hike of import tariffs by US President Donald Trump and his administration to countries across the world is set to reduce the volume of goods traded and affect citizen welfare across the globe.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Nackerdien goes, now for Kemp to take charge at WP
FORMER Proteas allrounder Justin Kemp is being lined up to replace outgoing Western Province head coach Salieg Nackerdien.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Panama hits back on US canal plan
US DEFENCE Secretary Pete Hegseth floated the idea on Wednesday of US troops returning to Panama to “secure” its strategically vital canal, a suggestion quickly shot down by the Central American country’s government.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Master’s Offices rescue plan shows little progress
MORE than a year after the ambitious rescue plan for South Africa’s Master's Offices was approved, mounting frustrations among legal practitioners and industry stakeholders highlight the slow progress being made to address long-standing issues. Approved in November 2023, the rescue plan aimed to tackle significant backlogs and inefficiencies plaguing the Master's Offices.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Seven Ethiopian journalists detained for ‘terrorism’
AT LEAST seven journalists have been detained on terrorism allegations, an international journalism monitor said, after they aired a story accusing men in military uniforms of raping a woman in 2020.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Amnesty: Sudan paramilitaries used women as sex slaves
SUDAN’S paramilitary forces subjected women to sexual slavery and gang raped women and girls as part of their war strategy, rights group Amnesty International said in a report yesterday.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Dealership fined and ordered to refund Cape Town man
THE National Consumer Tribunal has ruled in favour of Fernell Waydon Pretorius, who fought for a refund after purchasing a used car from WP Motor Sales in Cape Town and it breaking down two days into ownership.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
RISING TREND IN TEACHER SEXUAL ASSAULTS
Shocking figure of 29 more cases compared to last year
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Family welcomes new inquest into Albert Luthuli’s death
THE family of the late ANC president inkosi Albert Luthuli has welcomed the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) decision to reopen the inquest into his death.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Concern grows ahead of final after Bavuma's injury flare-up
IN exactly two months, the Proteas will be lining up at Lord's for the national anthems ahead of the World Test Championship final against Australia.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Tariff pause a relief to markets
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump's stunning decision to pause most of the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries brought relief for battered global stock markets yesterday, even as he ratcheted up a trade war with China.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Metal detectors ‘out of order’ at notorious Wynberg court
THE recent security breach at the Wynberg Magistrate's Court which led to the murder of an accused inside the courthouse came amid a broken metal detector at the entrance.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Kelly Smith taken for treatment of head injury
MISSING 6-year-old Joshlin Smith's mother, Racquel “Kelly” Smith, was escorted out of the Western Cape High Court yesterday after arriving with a visible bump to her forehead.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Anna de Koning: From slave to Grande Dame
DURBANVILLE winery, Groot Phesantekraal, is commemorating one of the most intriguing, Cinderella-like personalities in South African history, Anna de Koning.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Macron ally admits dismay
FRANCE’S parliamentary speaker has written of her “immense disappoint-ment” over the methods used by Pres-ident Emmanuel Macron ~ an ally -during his almost eight years in power.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Municipality received 5-storey building plan
She added that National Building Regulations do not require the municipality to verify that the owner has registered their project with the NHBRC prior to commencement.
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April 11, 2025
Cape Argus
Enjoy live music, iconic tributes and vintage ballroom fun this weekend
DON’T miss One Night in Cape Town, featuring a live performance from Youngr and GoodLuck, which comprises Juliet Harding, Ben Peters and Tim Welsh. Youngr will be joined by South Africa’s own GoodLuck, an award-winning electronic trio whose
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