News24

Cape Town to honour its best
News24, South Africa - 8 hours ago
Cape Town - What would Cape Town be, without Capetonians? People make a city, and the time has come to give ordinary Capetonians the appreciation they …
Families invade Ceres to see snow Independent Online

Guards injured in Cape Town cash heist
Independent Online, South Africa - 5 hours ago
Two security guards were injured and three cash boxes were taken in a cash-in-transit heist in Cape Town on Monday, police said. …

ArtslinkNews

Cape Town’s Got Talent™ opens up one extra audition day
ArtslinkNews, South Africa - 3 hours ago
Due to the overwhelming public response to CAPE TOWN’S GOT TALENT ™, the organisers at Canal Walk Shopping Centre have added in one extra round of auditions …

Cape Town winter: it’s not all bad
Thought Leader, South Africa - 7 hours ago
Now on to cooler things, namely the Cape Town winter. Yes, last week was disastrous — more than a week of flooding that devastated homes and gave everyone …

Cape Town to host Joomla! Day
Tectonic, South Africa - 8 hours ago
Day Cape Town. The day-long event includes a range of speakers including: Brendon Hatcher of Brilliantweb, Rob Clayburn of Fabrik and Ryan Demmer of JCE. …

Police seek ’sex favours’
News24, South Africa - 5 hours ago
Cape Town - More than a quarter of the Mother City’s 250 street sex workers (28%) who have been arrested, were offered their freedom in exchange for sex …

Floods and forewarnings on Western Cape coast
Business Day, South Africa - 12 hours ago
MIND//SHIFT, a high-brow magazine launched by the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business and now published by ITWeb, once printed a Western …
South Africa: City Wants to Lead the Way in Rehab Drive AllAfrica.com

Maternal Health: The Countdown to 2015
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
From Cape Town, Voice of America English to Africa Service reporter Unathi Kondile looks at the work of the effort called Countdown to 2015: Maternal, …

Cape Town Hosts Olympics of Business Ethics
Cape Business News, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Africa hosts the International Society of Business Economics and Ethics (ISBEE) for the first time from 15 – 18 July at the Cape Town Convention Centre. …

Reporter mugged on taxi
Independent Online, South Africa - 6 hours ago
… will forever be deeply etched into my memory and I continue to kick myself for not trusting my instincts after boarding a taxi at the Cape Town rank. …

Cricketnext.com

The blog from the boundary
BBC Sport, UK - 42 minutes ago
… spent while a rejuvenated South Africa responded by inflicting a heavy defeat on England in the New Year Test starting in Cape Town three days later. …
England’s momentum hits the wall CricInfo.com

How effected by crime is your suburb?
Independent Online, South Africa - 10 hours ago
By Devin Hermanus Police have released the number of incidents reported to each police station in Cape Town for the 2007/08 financial year. …

‘Jobs for pals stumbling block to diversity’
Independent Online, South Africa - 7 hours ago
The study, published by University of Cape Town academic Andre Hofmeyer on behalf of the finance department, blamed social networks for the concentration of …

Sunny skies for Reds’ match
News24, South Africa - 6 hours ago
Cape Town - Provided the weatherman’s predictions are correct, Cape Town soccer fans can expect perfect conditions at Newlands Stadium on Saturday when …

TopNews

FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF NELSON MANDELA
e-Travel Blackboard (press release), Australia - 16 hours ago
Rennies Travel’s exceptional “Follow In The Footsteps of Nelson Mandela” programme has been designed to not only showcase contemporary Cape Town, …
Engage with the people, says Johnson-Sirleaf Pretoria News (subscription)

NZ junior cyclists increase medal haul
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 19 hours ago
… won her second medal, adding a bronze to the silver medal she won yesterday, while the men’s teams pursuiters also picked up a bronze in Cape Town. …
Gold star Dunn up to scratch in juniors The West Australian

Cape flood damage to cost millions
FreshPlaza, Netherlands - 2 hours ago
"It is quite difficult to quantify the damage but it is worth many millions of rands", said Gerald Wolman, president of the Cape Town Regional Chamber of …

We Have Done Nothing to Them
New America Media, CA - 5 hours ago
Cynthia Chitongo is a writer and secretary for a company in Cape Town with legal refugee status in South Africa. CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Every year as I …

Refugees say they feel unsafe
The Times, South Africa - 19 hours ago
… more than R100-million to assist them, refugees at five temporary sites around Cape Town have labelled conditions inside them unliveable and “insane”. …

Football365.co.za

Igesund: Maritzburg’s new coach
Football365.co.za, South Africa - 4 hours ago
Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Ajax Cape Town boss Gordon Igesund has been named as the new manager of recently promoted PSL side Maritzburg United. …
Palmer too pricey for Maritzburg United The Times

Respect ConCourt, says ANC
News24, South Africa - 4 hours ago
Cape Town - Reacting to the storm that has been raised by the attacks made on Constitutional Court and high court judges, and accusations that ANC leaders …
Judges ‘must uphold judiciary’s independence’ Business Day

Eagles set to soar
Keo.co.za, South Africa - 9 hours ago
… of becoming the closest thing to a privately owned South African franchise after negotiating a R4 million investment deal with a Cape Town company. …

UCT law faculty appoints first woman
The Times, South Africa - 19 hours ago
The University of Cape Town has for the first time appointed a woman as dean of its law faculty. Professor Pamela Schwikkard will assume her duties in …

Fraud suspect fails to turn up in court
Independent Online, South Africa - 3 hours ago
He added: "Last Saturday, she informed me that she had no money to come down to Cape Town." On the first charge, prosecutor Jacques Smith alleges she …

Brown to replace Rasool?
News24, South Africa - 8 hours ago
Cape Town - Everything points to Lynne Brown, Western Cape Minster of Finance and Tourism, replacing Ebrahim Rasool as premier this week. …
Appointment of Brown is ‘political suicide’ Independent Online
Act soon on premiers, Mbeki urged Business Day
Rasool won’t be missed - Carlisle Politicsweb
News24

Rebuilding communities after xenophobia
www.sagoodnews.co.za, South Africa - 5 hours ago
Paarl, 60km from Cape Town, is one of just a handful of stories of successful reintegration. Attacks against foreign nationals in the Drakenstein …

South Africa: Backyard-dwellers of Gugulethu, Nyanga and Langa to …
Anarkismo.net - 10 hours ago
Informal settlements are not the only places in Cape Town affected by the rain each winter. The backyard-dwellers in the townships are also flood victims. …

SuperSport

Chiefs aim for bucs
Sowetan, South Africa - 10 hours ago
… the traditional rivalry against Orlando Pirates rather than Manchester United in the yearly Vodacom Challenge that kicks off in Cape Town on Saturday. …
Khenyeza to answer on AWOL today Kickoff
Stage set for Vodacom Challenge Sowetan

Cycling championships forces Artscape to cancel ballet performance
ArtslinkNews, South Africa - 8 hours ago
The cancellation of the performance follows a meeting between Artscape, Cape Town City Ballet (CTCB) and city officials. The only route for patrons and …

Thai woman wins battle to become attorney
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 3 hours ago
A Cape Argus report says Tangkuampien studied law at the University of Cape Town in 2001. She said in court papers that she was never advised that she may …

Bumpy ride ahead on bad US earnings news
Business Day, South Africa - 12 hours ago
“Trying to predict the market is like looking into a crystal ball,” said Darryl Owen, chief investment officer at BOE Private Clients’ Cape Town office. …

Winelands awash after 7-day deluge
The Times, South Africa - 9 hours ago
In Cape Town, disaster relief organisations were battling to provide relief to 35112 people who had been displaced from their homes in 70 informal …

Rand-Air Geared for Offshore
Cape Business News, South Africa - 19 hours ago
“In the last few months we have seen an increase in the demand for our services in terms of air and power that we supply to Cape Town’s marine and offshore …

Kickoff

Rector uncertain over future
Kickoff, South Africa - 12 hours ago
KickOff.com met the player at his house in Parkwood Estate this weekend, with the 26-year-old exclusively revealing his desire to play for Ajax Cape Town …

Teams brace for more rain
Independent Online, South Africa - 8 hours ago
The flooding this year had severely affected 36 000 people in Cape Town, and 3 000 on the West Coast and in the Winelands and Central Karoo, she said. …

Visit the world’s best cities
TravelBite.co.uk, UK - 32 minutes ago
Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and Sydney are the world’s best cities to visit for 2008, as voted for recently by Travel and Leisure magazine readers. …

Zimbabwe: Engen Acquires Shell Assets
All Africa Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe - 5 hours ago
The Cape Town-based fuel company swooped on Shell Petroleum’s local downstream businesses and those in Lesotho. Engen did not release the financial details …

Feeding schemes warn of looming crisis
Independent Online, South Africa - 4 hours ago
Morne Oosthuizen, a researcher at the University of Cape Town’s development policy unit, says the country’s dire poverty situation means there are always …

iAfrica.com

Accessories for men
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 6 hours ago
Go to the Zoppini Store in Johannesburg (Bedford Centre) or Cape Town (V&A Waterfront) for the best selection for men. Stainless steel is the metal of …

Neotel launches WiMAX
TeleGeography, DC - 6 hours ago
The firm has completed trials with seven WiMAX base stations around Gauteng and is now deploying a further 100 base stations in Johannesburg, Cape Town and …

Ice escapades
Health24.com, South Africa - 7 hours ago
To find out more about ice skating lessons in Cape Town visit www.icerink.co.za , in Johannesburg contact Northgate Ice Skating Arena (011) 794 8706.

Reclaiming Flankers - Peace centre seeks to rescue troubled community
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 8 hours ago
Bernard, a UWI graduate now pursuing a PhD at the University of Cape Town, described Flankers as a community with inner-city features which include violence …

Kites, naval parade, marathon mark the end of Oyster Fest
The Herald Eastern Cape, South Africa - 11 hours ago
The Cape Town Kite Festival is in its 14th year and is one of the world‘s longest-running. The kites, which can cost up to R30000 each, were brought in from …

DANCE POWER
Electric New Paper, Singapore - 19 hours ago
… called Club4Climate, which was set up by an enthusiastic entrepreneur who wants to open more eco-clubs in New York, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro.

Cheats Won’t Cost Everyone Else
Cape Business News, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Santam, the Cape Town-based short-term insurer, has assured its clients that each policy will be reviewed on an individual basis prior to any premium …

Enemies of the poor: Is this what Hani fought for?
Thought Leader, South Africa - 7 hours ago
… dissolved: the economy in rural areas is stagnant, forcing thousands of people to go to Cape Town and other urban centres in the hope of employment. …

Manuel replaces Xingwana in Land Bank salvage bid
The Herald Eastern Cape, South Africa - 11 hours ago
Cape Town – Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is to take over the reins at the troubled Land Bank from Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana, …

Restaurants under siege as customers feel the pinch
eProp.co.za, South Africa - 9 hours ago
Widespread rumours that Cape Town Fish Market, also at the King‘s Court Mall, is in hot water were this week dismissed by owner Mike Mallett. …

Celebrity chef faces court action over debt
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 11 hours ago
Cape Town-based Irish chef Conrad Gallagher is being hauled to court over a debt of almost R2m. Gallagher is the group executive chef of Sun International, …

Maq gives Unilever a run for its money
Business Report, South Africa - 12 hours ago
By Tom Robbins Cape Town - Bliss Chemicals, the owner of the Maq washing powder brand, had increased its market share by volume from zero to 24 percent in …

Social justice versus food output
Business Report, South Africa - 12 hours ago
By Tom Robbins Cape Town - Prioritising farm workers as prime beneficiaries of the land reform programme could compromise commercial agriculture, …

Swanepoel puts life back in Village
Business Report, South Africa - 13 hours ago
By INGI SALGADO Cape Town - Almost a year after he suddenly quit the top job at Harmony Gold Mining, Bernard Swanepoel re-emerged publicly on Friday with a …

iAfrica.com

A R500mn accident
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 9 hours ago
… driving on the wrong side of the road, crashed into Schoss, who was on a hired Harley-Davidson between Cape Town and Stellenbosch while on holiday.

Niknaks brings the mother of all rap-offs to the Mother City
Tonight, South Africa - 10 hours ago
First up is Cape Town on 26th July, two free shows will take place at the Thusong Centre in Khayelitsha – one at 10am, and another at 2pm. …

Spring heralds Melua gig
Tonight, South Africa - 11 hours ago
She stops off in Port Elizabeth on Monday, September 22, and ends her tour in Cape Town, at the Grand West, on Wednesday, September 24. …
Katie Melua returns to SA iAfrica.com
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Clothing deal links pay to productivity
Business Day, South Africa - 12 hours ago
Employees in the metro areas, including Durban, Johannesburg, Cape Town and other main cities, would receive 9% of the total labour cost increase, …

Profile: Father Cyril Axelrod
Independent Catholic News, UK - 18 hours ago
… he established a multi-racial school for deaf children in Soweto, a hostel for deaf homeless people in Pretoria, and an employment centre in Cape Town. …

Cycling: Juniors grab silver, bronze
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 23 hours ago
… in the women’s 7.5km scratch race and Jason Christie a bronze in the men’s 3000m individual pursuit at the Bellville covered velodrome in Cape Town. …

Wits strike force looks tame
The Times, South Africa - 5 hours ago
Absa Premiership winners SuperSport United scored 40 goals while runners-up Ajax cape Town netted 44 and the dearth of strikers in South Africa forced the …

Graphic Repro

Onyx Press chooses Magnus 800 CTP
Graphic Repro, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Onyx Press in Cape Town, a small, family-owned printer has installed a Kodak Magnus 800 computer-to-plate system with Prinergy Evo workflow to bring its …

Chiefs face huge challenge
The Times, South Africa - 7 hours ago
… physical test when they face English and European champions Manchester United in the opening Vodacom Challenge match at Newlands, Cape Town on Saturday. …

Twin Falls Times-News

Anthem set off Small’s tears
News24, South Africa - 9 hours ago
The team assembled for the first singing lesson one evening in May 1995 at a hotel in Cape Town. Anna Munnik, a friend of Morné du Plessis, …
Mandela at 90: fading away but still revered The Associated Press

Santos team profile
Football365.co.za, South Africa - 2 hours ago
The Cape Town outfit have lost a number of key players in the off-season with Thando Mngomeni, Thembile Kanono and Jean Sebastian Bax all leaving the club. …

SA firms tough it out in hostile market
Dispatch Online, South Africa - 12 hours ago
Johan Rossouw, chief economist at Cape Town-based Vector Securities and Derivatives, said: “I believe that the decision by companies to stay in Zimbabwe is …

Stuff.co.nz

Boks rock, and the All Blacks roll
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 16 hours ago
And this South African victory has set up the Cape Town rematch as an absolute peach. The winner of that clash may well take out the Tri-Nations title. …

Sydney, Dubai make biggest strides in fashion-study
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 12 hours ago
Stockholm in Sweden was also new and the only Nordic city on the list, while Cape Town in South Africa also made an appearance. Tokyo remained the capital …

South Africa’s Rand Rises to Six-Week High Against US Dollar
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
“The rand is the main driver of the bonds today,” said Deon van Zyl, head of fixed-ncome investment at Metropolitan Asset Managers in Cape Town. …

National Post

The cryptic globetrotter
National Post, Canada - 3 hours ago
By age three, she had moved to Cape Town, only to be shuttled between Paris, Nanaimo, BC, England and Beirut as she got older. "I think identity almost …

riding high
Dubbo Daily Liberal, Australia - 15 hours ago
Megan Dunn has announced her arrival on the big stage by winning the women’s scratch race at the World Junior Cycle Championships in Cape Town, South Africa …

Eight places to live out your fantasies
MSNBC - 11 hours ago
But the flight doesn’t take off from Florida — you have to get yourself to either Nizhny, Russia or Cape Town, South Africa, to enjoy the experience. …

African Films at the 29th Durban International Film Festival
South African Film News (press release), South Africa - 16 hours ago
… The City That Kills Somalians, Riaan Hendricks’ distinctive look at Cape Town’s poor and dispossessed; and the music documentaries Zulu Meets Jazz, …
Filmmakers Against Racism at DIFF ArtslinkNews

Gay bishop forced to halt sermon after heckler calls him ‘heretic’
Independent, UK - 18 hours ago
Pleading for unity in the communion yesterday, Desmond Tutu, the former archbishop of Cape Town, said: "The Anglican Church prides itself – and this is one …

iAfrica.com

Aces sign six new players
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 3 hours ago
In addition to the above players, ‘Amazayoni’ have also secured the services of left-back Konika Matondo from FC Cape Town, former Ga-Rankuwa United …

TVNZ

Wallabies hope Vickerman will be ready
The Times, South Africa - 19 hours ago
The Cape Town-born lock made a comeback from ankle surgery in club rugby at the weekend, but the Wallabies won’t know until tomorrow whether he is available …
Sharpe homes in on Springbok challenge The West Australian
Wallabies must avoid kill zone Fox Sports
Boks the team to beat, says mentor The Canberra Times
Scotsman - Gulf Times

Is FIFA’s ‘Plan B’ an indication of a crisis of confidence in …
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 8 hours ago
… cities in various parts of the country - Johannesburg, Pretoria, Nelspruit, Cape Town, Durban, Polokwane Port Elizabeth, Rustenburg and Bloemfontein. …

Cycling News

Taylor Phinney blazes a winning trail in Cape Town
Cycling News, South Africa - 11 hours ago
While in Cape Town as part of the US National Team for the 2008 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships, Phinney clocked a winning time of thee …

All Blacks: Hopeful Braid has to survive big week
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 23 hours ago
… the opening test against England but is not expected to be ready for a return to test rugby until at least the game against the Springboks in Cape Town. …

Like Father, Like Son
radiovop.com, Zimbabwe - 7 hours ago
More than 50 musicians traveled to the auditions in Durban from Cape Town , Pretoria , and Stellenbosch, and from countries including Botswana , Mozambique …

Holiday Extras

Hong Kong airport named world’s best
Opodo, UK - 47 minutes ago
… followed by Auckland and Adelaide. San Francisco won the top award in North America, while Cape Town was acknowledged as the best airport in Africa.
Hong Kong Airport named ‘best in the world’ Travel Counsellors

Ticket News

The politically charged Henry Rollins tours through Election Day
Ticket News, CT - 1 hour ago
Meanwhile, IFC recently filmed his performances in Cape Town (South Africa), Belfast (Northern Ireland), and at Tipitina’s in New Orleans for TV specials to …

Volvo Ocean Race Competitors Rely on Standby Power from UPS Systems
Newswire Today (press release), UK - 2 hours ago
En route, the teams will also visit Cape Town, Singapore, Rio De Janeiro, Boston and Stockholm. The worst weather conditions are usually encountered in the …

iAfrica.com

Thrills at UCI Champs
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 4 hours ago
The first day of the 2008 UCI Junior World Championships at the Bellville Velodrome in Cape Town got off to an exciting start as the top juniors in the …

Global Warming - towards Pompey, update #1
Vitalfootball, UK - 4 hours ago
Gandor - Born in Cape Town, lived in Italy, resident in Portsmouth since 1956. Been a Pompey fan for 2 years. My cousin (born in Portsmouth, lives in Burton …

Infibeam

Find Daily Automobile & Mobile Industry News - Reviews, Reports …
Infibeam, India - 4 hours ago
Athens, Budapest, Copenhagen, London, Milan, Munich, Palermo, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Valencia, Hel, Liège, Zurich, and Cape Town are the chosen …

Danone Clover helps children with cancer
Marketing Web, South Africa - 7 hours ago
To date, Danone Clover CHOC Houses have been created in Bloemfontein, Soweto, Cape Town, and Pretoria, each placed close to a specialist children’s cancer …

Passion turns Lé Looks into multi-million rand homegrown brand
ArtslinkNews, South Africa - 7 hours ago
… for performers and dignitaries at the Union Buildings as well as the closing ceremony of the ten year of democracy celebrations in Cape Town. …

Times Colonist

Paralympians gaining ground
Times Colonist, Canada - 8 hours ago
A top-level athlete who lost the lower part of her left leg in a motorcycle accident in Cape Town in 2001, du Toit stunned the world by making the 800-metre …

newmatilda.com

WYD: Daily Telegraph prays for universal joy and rapture
newmatilda.com, Australia - 15 hours ago
Everyone in Sydney should remember this is a one off event and the next WYD will go somewhere more deserving like Cape Town or Adelaide. …

I do - till economic turbulence do us part
Business Report, South Africa - 12 hours ago
Someone who did not take advantage of the favourable environment was the former wife of Charles, Earl Spencer, who divorced in the Cape Town high court in …

Singing the praises
Tonight, South Africa - 12 hours ago
Cape Town, on the other hand, with only half the number of entries, had more than its share of talented people. Interestingly, the popular choice of songs …

Zimbabwe chains source locally to survive
Business Report, South Africa - 12 hours ago
By Donwald Pressly Cape Town - Retail companies in Zimbabwe with links to South Africa are maintaining a business-as-usual approach as the political and …

Reno Pro Tour Stop - Day 3 of 3
Wake World Online Wakeboarding Magazine - 13 hours ago
… Colo. took down the previously undefeated Nicola Butler, 16, a native of Cape Town, South Africa, who was on the verge of making action-sports history, …

SA’s standardised ARV therapy as good as Switzerland’s tailored …
Cape Times (subscription), South Africa - 13 hours ago
… South Africa should be promoted," said the researchers from the universities of Cape Town, Bern and Bristol and Doctors Without Borders in Khayelitsha. …

International Retail Advertising Conference 2008
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Taking place in Johannesburg on Tuesday, August 12, and Cape Town on Thursday, August 14, these are the most important dates to diarise on your retail …

Graphic Repro

Quest for consistent colour
Graphic Repro, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Pictured above: John Panton of Digital Distributors, Cape Town, at Paarl Print, busy with the Bodoni Press Sign installatin on Paarl Print’s latest …

FT Day 1: Ghostzapper Filly Shines
BloodHorse, KY - 19 hours ago
… which is from a family that has produced grade I winners such as Seaside Attraction, Golden Attraction, Cape Town, and Gorgeous. …

Hong Kong International Airport named the World’s Best Airport in …
Skytrax, UK - 19 hours ago
Best Airport in Africa is Cape Town, which for the first time has entered the World’s Top 10 Airports in 10th position, with Johannesburg ranked 2nd in …

Bomb It!: The Global Graffiti Documentary
Popjournalism, Canada - 23 hours ago
… the graff cultures in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Barcelona, Berlin, Cape Town, São Paulo, and Tokyo, before finishing off in Los Angeles. …

South Africa: Heavy Rains No Help for Karoo
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 3 hours ago
As Cape Town gears up for another cold front on Tuesday, no rain is predicted for the Central Karoo area for the next seven days. The crippling drought has …

‘I gave up drugging at 16′
Health24.com, South Africa - 19 hours ago
Her brother went to one of the top private schools in Cape Town and experimented many times with drugs (he didn’t get sucked in: today he is an incredibly …