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Cape Argus
Zim strengthening ties with China
CHINA and Zimbabwe announced the upgrade of ties to an “all-weather community with a shared future,’ following talks between President Xi Jinping and President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week.
1 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Country desperate for good government
THE GNU is dying. Like most of Cyril Ramaphosa’s big and brave ideas, it was bound to go this way. Slowly strangled to death by his performative sincerity laced with toxic incompetence, we can all hear its death rattle. The two main parties entered the GNU for very different reasons. The DA was there to begin its grip on power, contrasting its organisational efficiencies with the ANC's organisational malaise for voters. The ANC was there to desperately cling onto power in an election it had lost.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Barebones MMA 5 delivers thrills in Milnerton
THE Western Cape played host to a handful of coronations last night as the Barebones MMA Championship returned for its fifth installment at the Sunningdale Sports Complex in Milnerton.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Verstappen halts McLaren's dominance
Max Verstappen slowed McLaren's Formula One dominance on Sunday with a phenomenal display of driving on his way to victory at the Italian Grand Prix, the fastest race in the sport's history.
1 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Suspended officer’s girlfriend defends him
THE current girlfriend of a suspended law enforcement officer, who was accused of assault against his previous partner, has spoken out to give their side of the story.
1 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Boy (14) faces bail hearing in murder case
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy is currently applying for bail in the Atlantis Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder and attempted murder.
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September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Khanyisa Mayo signing piles pressure on Nabi to deliver
KAIZER Chiefs’ capture of Khanyisa Mayo on loan from Algerian giants CR Belouizdad may be a signal of ambition, but it also turns up the heat on head coach Nasreddine Nabi to deliver more than just glimpses of progress this season.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Koesister competition highlights culinary heritage
UP-AND-COMING chefs celebrated Kaapse food icon — the koesister - to kick off Heritage Month and mark World Koesister Day yesterday.
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September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Bok Women taught a lesson by slick French
THE Springbok Women received a sobering dose of reality at the World Cup in the form of the fleet-footed French, who ran up a 57-10 score in the final match of Pool D in Northampton on Sunday evening.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
A murder mystery set in the literary world
ANY aspiring writer who has submitted an unsolicited manuscript to a publisher knows the anxiety of waiting for a response. Mostly rejections or a deep silence! But what if someone takes that rejection so badly that they resort to murder?
1 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Murder of insolvency lawyer in office sparks outrage
“IT WAS a deliberate hit”
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September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Shivambu's new party slams ANC's failures
FLOYD Shivambu, who broke ranks with his former political home, and launched a new party, the Afrika Mayibuye Movement (AMM), has lashed out at the ANC for its failure to deliver change.
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September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Court overturns sanctions for learners caught vaping
THE Western Cape High Court declared two disciplinary actions against two learners who were vaping in the school’s hostel unlawful, as the school’s governing body twice punished them for the same offence, which amounts to double jeopardy.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Romance, murder and a dash of wit
AH, LOVE in the modern age - matching apps, awkward first dates, and the occasional ex-boyfriend with a penchant for murder.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Draft credit regulations heighten student debt fears
THE Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has moved to calm fears that its proposed National Credit Regulations could harm students, insisting the reforms are aimed at boosting small business finance.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Hooker relishes first Test against All Blacks
LEIGHTON KOOPMAN
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September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
How SA slang reflects our cultural roots
SOUTH Africa has 11 official languages, each with its own rich history, but that hasn’t stopped ordinary South Africans from creatively inventing new words that have become part of our daily lives.
1 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
CITY PAUSES DIAL-A-RIDE CUTS FOR DISABLED RESIDENTS
The municipality reaches agreement with disability rights group
3 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Bolsonaro supporters called to streets ahead of coup trial verdict
FORMER Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was expected to test his political strength yesterday with demonstrations in the country’s main cities, days before the Supreme Court decides whether he is guilty of attempting a coup.
1 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Nkota: From bicycle injury to Bafana star
MOHAU Nkota survived a trauma that could have stopped him from living his dream — which is why he remains mindful of everything that has happened in the past few months.
3 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
A tale of friendship amid revolution
ON MY BOOKSHELF
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
No World Cup guarantees for Bafana Bafana
BAFANA Bafana’s hopes of reaching a fourth FIFA World Cup remain on course, but uncertainty over Teboho Mokoena’s eligibility has cast a shadow over their qualifying campaign.
1 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
'Pessimist patriots': hard-right Reform UK widens appeal
Joanne Woodhouse and Henry Godwin live at opposite ends of England and used to sit on opposite sides of the political fence - until both decamped to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
'Correcting The Map': reshaping perceptions of Africa
THE Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the EU appear almost as large as Africa.
2 min |
September 08, 2025
Cape Argus
Climate change behind deadly Iberian fires
HUMAN-caused climate change made the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled deadly wildfires in Spain and Portugal last month 40 times more likely, researchers said yesterday.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Cape Argus
Tryon hails The Hundred as vital prep
PLAYING in leagues like The Hundred in the UK is not only valuable experience but also vital for understanding the minds of the world’s best cricketers, Proteas Women all-rounder Chloe Tryon believes.
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September 05, 2025
Cape Argus
Kefilwe Mabote’s journey from luxury to faith
SOCIAL media influencer and reality TV star Kefilwe Mabote has once again captured public attention, this time by confirming that she is legally married ~ her fourth marriage - after sharing wedding pictures with her 1.6 million Instagram followers.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Cape Argus
Boks, Bafana face crucial matches this weekend
SOUTH Africa is braced for a blockbuster sporting weekend, with Bafana Bafana hosting Lesotho in a crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Friday, the Springboks chasing a first win in Auckland in 88 years against the All Blacks on Saturday, and the Springbok Women continuing their historic World Cup run against France on Sunday.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Cape Argus
Judge overturns Trump funding cuts to Harvard
A US JUDGE ordered the Trump administration this week to overturn deep funding cuts to Harvard University that froze more than $2 billion over allegations of antisemitism and bias at the Ivy League institution.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Cape Argus
Broos still learning hard truth about mistrust in SA football
TRUST is a rare commodity in South African football. When you have been in the game long enough, you know that backstabbing is par for the course. And it happens all round, often within the same club.
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