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England's Stokes blow ahead of Test series decider
ENGLAND captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the fifth and deciding Test against India with a shoulder injury in a devastating blow for the home side.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
Thousands of rough sleepers in city assisted
SOME 5073 people were helped off the streets in 2024/25, compared to 4409 the previous financial year, through shelter placements, reunification of families, and other forms of reintegration, the City of Cape Town said.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
Kicking off nostalgia: ‘Bend It Like Beckham' sequel set to score big
DIRECTOR Gurinder Chadha has announced that a sequel to the iconic 2002 movie, Bend It Like Beckham, is in the works.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
PSL Awards 2025: a night of glory for Costa
LUCAS Ribeiro Costa was the standout star at the 2024/25 PSL Awards, walking away with an impressive four accolades, including the prestigious PSL Footballer of the Season.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
Trump's ex-lawyer now US judge
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer was confirmed by the Senate this week to become a federal appellate judge in a 50-49 partisan vote.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
'Councillors cannot be allowed to disrupt proceedings'
THE DA Western Cape declined to comment, stating it was a matter for the City to respond.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
Chiefs must fine-tune season readiness outside of the MTN8
KAIZER Chiefs will once again have a “grandstand view” this weekend when the Top 8 teams from the Betway Premiership compete in the MTN8.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
City's new water and sanitation tariffs explained
CAPE Town residents and businesses are facing the challenges posed by new water and sanitation tariffs that took effect from July 1.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
Judgment reserved in challenge over police minister appointments
JUDGMENT has been reserved in the Constitutional Court matter between the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and President Cyril Ramaphosa over the suspension of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and the appointment of Firoz Cachalia in an acting position.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
Sky is the Limit for Basadien at Sundowns
WHEN the Soweto giants Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs come calling, there are few players who can deny the temptation.
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July 31, 2025
Cape Argus
Jacobs steps in as Kenny Kunene quits amid controversy
NEW COUNCILLOR
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Key players remain silent on George building collapse
THE director of Neo Victoria Development, Carel Swanepoel, has gone dark as findings into the George building collapse are revealed, with his legal team also reserving their silence on the police investigation.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Global warming accelerates glacier loss in Turkiye's Cilo
KEMAL Ozdemir looked up at the bare peaks of Mount Cilo in Turkiye's Kurdish majority southeast: \"There were glaciers 10 years ago,\" he recalled under a cloudless sky.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Afghans show solidarity as returns surge
AT THE border with Iran, Fatima Rezaei distributes food and hygiene products to Afghans forced to return, unable to passively stand by as the deportation crisis grows.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Fraud revealed in R800m oxygen plant tender
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Markram ready to tap into Conrad's competitive edge
WHEN Aiden Markram faced up to a 10-year-old KFC Mini-Cricketer charging in at the Langa Sports Complex last Friday, it was the first time he had picked up a bat since that fateful Saturday morning at Lord’s.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Russian strike on Ukraine prison kills 16
A RUSSIAN strike on a prison in central Ukraine overnight killed more than 16 people and wounded dozens others, Kyiv said this week, after Washington pressured Russia to end its war.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Thailand's pet lion problem
BEHIND a car repair business on a nondescript Thai street are the cherished pets of a rising TikTok animal influencer: two lions and a 200kg lion-tiger hybrid called “Big George.”
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
PSL's blunders compromise league kick-off amid City drama
JUST days before the 2024/25 Betway Premiership season is set to begin, South African football finds itself lurching into yet another administrative crisis — and the credibility of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) is once again in the spotlight.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Coetzee’s gamble pays off with stunning world title
SOUTH Africa’s young swim sensation Pieter Coetzé’s impressive recent spell in the pool continued with a gold medal in the 100m backstroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore yesterday.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
'SA's foreign policy needs to adapt to economic shifts'
SOUTH Africa and the African continent must confront current global economic shifts head-on with a clear-eyed, values-driven, and pragmatic foreign policy that repositions Africa at the centre of global trade and diplomacy, said Mcebisi Jonas, special envoy to the United States.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
‘Ode to the River’ flows with poetry, visual magic
WITH her latest release, Ode to the River, award-winning author Emily House invites young readers - and the young at heart - on a captivating journey that flows through poetic storytelling, ecological facts and stunning illustrations.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Four years later, chief instigators of July unrest remain at large
JULY marks the 4th anniversary of the shameful, horrific and disastrous 2021 riots and unrest - a time of great pain and anxiety. South Africa was mired in shame and criminality and fear gripped many.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
US tariffs will test SA's economic resilience
ON AUGUST 1, the US will impose a 30% tariff on select South African exports, a move the Trump administration frames as a corrective to “trade imbalances” but which South Africa decries as a unilateral overreach.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Bumpy road lies ahead for the nation
SEPTEMBER, a month synonymous with renewal and new beginnings, will be the most challenging period in South Africa's political and economic landscape due to actions likely to be taken by the US against the country.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Trauma, memory and the search for belonging on stage
This play tells the harrowing story of a man known only as “The Bra”, who wakes up in a stranger's apartment after a traumatic sexual assault.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Boland adds dessert to club rugby’s bread and butter
CLUB rugby is more than just a casual pastime in the Boland. In these parts its more like a religion, and Saturdays are when supporters fill their spiritual cups.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Burger sees green shoots of exciting partnership with Markus
WESTERN Province midfielder Luke Burger feels like his centre partnership with rising star Damian Markus has the potential to blossom into something special during the Currie Cup.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Suspects arrested after burnt body found in bakkie
POLICE have apprehended two suspects in connection with a badly burnt body - believed to that of missing 41-year-old Malcolm Pather - found in Melkbosstrand.
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July 30, 2025
Cape Argus
Police are crying for help
REPORTS of police officers killing family members or others before taking their own lives are common in this country. Over 300 police officers have lost their lives over the past seven years.
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