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Police vetting crisis: Senior officers fail security clearance
THE vetting and security clearance of senior police officers were once again under the spotlight during a meeting with National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola and the Portfolio Committee on Wednesday.
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April 04, 2025
Cape Argus
Williams: Bulls won’t ‘go into shell’ for Bayonne Challenge Cup playoff
SHOULD the Bulls adopt a more conservative approach in Saturday’s Challenge Cup last-16 playoff against Bayonne?
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April 04, 2025
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Warning of ‘generational’ floods as storms hit US
THE National Weather Service warned yesterday of “generational” floods in the southern and Midwestern US, as storms ripped across a swath of the country from Texas to Michigan, flinging down hail and whipping up tornadoes.
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April 04, 2025
Cape Argus
Four Beatles biopics with Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan
PAUL Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn casting as The Beatles have been confirmed.
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April 04, 2025
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Safe space bench unveiled on Table Mountain
\"I FEEL like a celebrity,\" said Tharwah Thomas from Manenberg who helped design and create a mosaic 'safe space' bench which was unveiled on Monday outside Table Mountain Ariel Cableway's lower station.
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April 03, 2025
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Understanding Trump's reciprocal tariffs
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump was poised to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners upending decades of rules-based trade, threatening cost increases and likely drawing retaliation from all sides.
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April 03, 2025
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Amorim feels Man United have to get it right fast
RUBEN Amorim insisted he will not be given much time to turn things around as Manchester United manager, as his team slumped to another defeat at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night.
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April 03, 2025
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Mhlakwana eyes faster time, not podium, in third Two Oceans
THIRD time could well be the charm for Nkosikhona Mhlakwana at the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon this weekend. But the Hollywood Athletics Club star is not putting himself under undue pressure to win the popular Mother City ultra.
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April 03, 2025
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Reign Disick sets record straight on Bieber paternity rumours
KOURTNEY Kardashian’s son Reign has dismissed rumours suggesting that Justin Bieber is his real dad.
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April 03, 2025
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Van den Berg: Staying focused key for Lions in Challenge Cup knockout
SPRINGBOK scrumhalf Morné van den Berg struggled to watch the Lions falter in their last two matches, but the nippy nine is ready to spearhead their attack on Friday evening against Edinburgh in the Challenge Cup.
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April 03, 2025
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Tributes pour in for ‘Batman, Top Gun’ star Val Kilmer
TRIBUTES continue to pour in for iconic Hollywood actor Val Kilmer who died on Tuesday from pneumonia. He was 65.
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April 03, 2025
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Witness contradicts police abuse allegations
THE last witness in the trial within a trial yesterday explained that Steveno van Rhyn admitted to injuries, but not from police.
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April 03, 2025
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Heatwave warning for Western Cape residents
THE South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a heat advisory for parts of the Western Cape, including the Cape Metropole, with soaring temperatures expected from today until Sunday.
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April 03, 2025
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Drunk driver hits joggers in Bantry Bay
A CAPE Town man has appeared in court for drunken and negligent driving after he crashed into two joggers in Bantry Bay, sending one woman airborne into bushes.
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April 03, 2025
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Confronting the scourge of sexual violence against women and children
THE cries of South Africans continue to echo into an abyss of indifference. Women and children are persistently subjected to sexual violence, molestation, and countless other forms of abuse, often at the hands of those who are supposed to protect them: fathers, mothers, teachers, brothers, uncles, and guardians, etc.
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April 03, 2025
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Stellenbosch FC still have a chance in Cairo, says Barker
STELLENBOSCH FC coach Steve Barker feels \"the pressure shifts to Zamalek\" after his team earned a well-deserved goalless draw in their first-leg CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final at Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday.
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April 03, 2025
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Pirates face Polokwane City selection headache
AFTER Tuesday's gruelling outing against MC Alger in the first leg of the CAF Champions League quarter-finals in Algiers, Orlando Pirates' technical team will have to apply some special measures to manage their squad over the next couple of days.
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April 03, 2025
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Impi Visser: Blitzboks mean business in Singapore
AS one of the leaders in the Springbok Sevens team, Impi Visser constantly wonders what went wrong and how they can fix things when the team do not deliver in the World Rugby SVNS Series.
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April 03, 2025
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Shalulile confident Sundowns can win CAF Champions League
PETER Shalulile believes Mamelodi Sundowns have what it takes to go all the way in the CAF Champions League this season, having come so close last year when they were knocked out in the semi-finals.
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April 03, 2025
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Omotoso, co-accused walk free as judge slams State’s case
SCENES of jubilation played out at the Gqeberha High Court yesterday as televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho walked free after a marathon eight-year trial.
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April 03, 2025
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The impact of tobacco and alcohol spending on households
A GROUNDBREAKING study by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has shed light on the economic and health consequences of tobacco and alcohol consumption in South Africa, particularly for lower-income households and children.
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April 03, 2025
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Pressure just too much for Walter, now ODI scene set for Conrad
ROB Walter's sudden resignation as Proteas white-ball coach sent shock-waves through South African cricket on Tuesday afternoon.
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April 03, 2025
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Kirsten: Bulls set for ‘fight until the death’ in Bayonne tie
WITH a partisan home crowd in the stands, the Bulls are prepared for a ‘hostile environment’ in Saturday’s Challenge Cup Last-16 clash against Bayonne in France (1.30pm start).
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April 03, 2025
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ANC SECURES NARROW BUDGET VICTORY
THE ANC has lived to see another day after it narrowly passed the Budget, with a difference of 12 votes last night without their partner in the Government of National Unity, the DA.
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April 03, 2025
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Police Chief blasted for ‘inadequate’ gang violence data
WESTERN Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile has come under fire for his presentation gang violence, which the Portfolio Committee on Police has slammed as misleading and inadequate.
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April 03, 2025
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City refutes promenade taken over by homeless
THE City of Cape Town has refuted claims that the portion of the much-anticipated Sea Point Promenade and Granger Bay R41 million upgrade has been taken over by the homeless.
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April 03, 2025
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Political parties face new R30m donation cap
THE Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has moved to strengthen the framework regulating political donations by recommendation an increase in the disclosure threshold and upper limits for donations to political parties and independent candidates to the National Assembly.
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April 03, 2025
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Grobler back for Sharks’ Challenge Cup trip to France
THE good news for the Sharks is that combative lock Gerbrandt Grobler will make his knee-avowed comeback from injury against Lyon on Sunday in the Challenge Cup.
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April 03, 2025
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Decade-long investigation leads to arrest of farmer
A DECADE-long investigation has culminated in the arrest of a 56-year-old Eastern Cape farmer, Johannes Leonard Muller, accused of burning his own grain harvester to fraudulently claim R700 000 in insurance.
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April 03, 2025
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Deadline looms for Grade 8 placement applications
THE Western Cape Education Department is urging parents to submit their applications for Grade 8 placements for the 2026 academic year.
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