Fromtheold Cape Town

Letter: Cape Town Townships
New York Times, United States - 8 Feb 2008
To the Editor: I’ve been to Cape Town twice, and the highlight of each trip was two days spent touring the townships. They were the most memorable of all of …
South Africa diary: moved by Mandela AFL
Why Robben Island strategists still miss the boat Business Day

Judge yet to reach a verdict on the secret files
The Times, South Africa - 10 hours ago
Cape Town’s own James Bond, summoned to appear before the inquiry into the city’s spy row, is fighting to keep private items out of the public eye …
Du Toit fails lie detector test in Cape spy saga SABC News
Former NIA agent alleged to have gangster links SABC News
SABC given permission to report CT spy hearing SABC News
SABC News

Antarctic Expedition Provides New Insights Into The Role Of The …
Science Daily (press release) - 6 hours ago
This is one of the results from an Antarctic expedition which has just drawn to a close in Cape Town on February 4, and which was led by the Alfred Wegener …

Cape Town Event Mixes Racing and Fashion
Voice of America - 8 Feb 2008
This year almost 50000 fans were on hand for the occasion, which is held at the Kenilworth racecourse in Cape Town. But the races are only part of the story …
If you are going to be a thief, then be a clever one The Times
Shark tourists ‘are putting lives in jeopardy’ Telegraph.co.uk

South Africa: Nation Looks Beyond Mbeki to Zuma
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 2 hours ago
South African political commentator Zubeida Jaffer reflects from Parliament in Cape Town on the challenges facing the ruling African National Congress as …
S.Africa’s Mbeki vows quick end to power crisis Reuters
Subdued mood at Mbeki speech as his power wanes Reuters South Africa
Mbeki dismisses economy fears amid power crisis AFP
Aljazeera.net - Africasia

South Africa: “We Are Just Helping Desperate People Here”
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 18 hours ago
“I don’t have problems with these makwerekweres, but they cause crime and take all our jobs here,” said Kuselo Tini, a minibus taxi driver in Cape Town. …

Black cloud over Cape Town
Independent Online, South Africa - 8 Feb 2008
The Cape Argus has been inundated with calls from readers touched by the tragedy. Zwelakhe and Ntombovuyo Moyeni’s three children, Sikelelwa, Sinoxolo and …

CT film studios to become reality
South Africa.info, South Africa - 8 Feb 2008
Cape Town’s economy and burgeoning film industry has been given a major boost with, with the formation of a public-private partnership that will see the …
Former Cape film official in fraud trial Legalbrief (subscription)

Ackermann moves to Cape
The Times, South Africa - 9 Feb 2008
Springbok lock Johan Ackermann has accepted a job in Cape Town, but will not be available to play for the Stormers. Ackermann said he will still represent …
Bulls with every reason to bleat Keo.co.za
De Villiers boost for Stormers FOXSports.com
Grant on his own at flyhalf The Times
Independent Online

Party leaders line up questions for Mbeki
Business Report, South Africa - 4 hours ago
By Donwald Pressly Cape Town - The national assembly will debate President Thabo Mbeki’s state of the nation speech this week with the focus falling on the …
SA to set up call centre to speed up investment applications Engineering News (press release)
Mbeki calls for business unusual Business Report
SA not lost at sea Fin24

2 die, 10 hurt in accident - report
Independent Online, South Africa - 22 hours ago
Two people have died and ten others were injured in an early morning road accident on Sunday near Cape Town, the SABC reported. A traffic spokesperson said …

Emirates set to begin daily Cape Town flights next month
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 8 Feb 2008
CAPE TOWN (South Africa) — Emirates fever is set to hit Cape Town as the Dubai-based airline thrusts itself into a series of awareness-building events ahead …

Cape Town adopts shifty camera tricks
Independent Online, South Africa - 6 Feb 2008
By Anel Powell The City of Cape Town is upping the ante in the offensive against speeding motorists, by moving some fixed cameras to new locations, …

Devastating Red Hill fire reined in
Independent Online, South Africa - 10 Feb 2008
“However, we are still keeping an eye as anything is possible with Cape Town’s windy weather. “Seven fire trucks are on standby. …
Union warns of collapse of emergency services Mail & Guardian Online

The Mango missive
Fin24, South Africa - 3 hours ago
FOR the best part of a year I have commuted between Cape Town and Johannesburg on a weekly basis - a rigorous and time consuming exercise that mercifully …

Supply sector for oil and gas industry in healthy state
Business Report, South Africa - 5 hours ago
By INGI SALGADO Cape Town - South Africa’s supply sector for the oil and gas industry is in a relatively buoyant state, with four drilling rigs currently in …

Mom kidnaps daughter, vanishes
News24, South Africa - 19 minutes ago
Cape Town - A Cape Town mother left a cryptic letter before allegedly kidnapping her daughter, saying she had “no choice” but to flee. …

Mutual Slam Ajax Claims
Football365.com, UK - 20 hours ago
Old Mutual Football Academy have issued a statement in which they categorically deny a number of claims made by Ajax Cape Town boss John Comitis over …

Summer tourism season for Cape Town and Western Cape so far so good
Travel Daily News International, Greece - 8 Feb 2008
All indications are that Cape Town and the Western Cape is experiencing a good 2007/2008 summer tourism season. “Cape Town and the Western Cape saw a record …

Site Review: Cape Grace, Westcliff and 12 Apostles do battle
Travel Wires, South Africa - 21 hours ago
Cape Town - In our inaugural weekly ‘site testing’ we pitted the websites of three top hotels against each other; The Cape Grace, the Westcliff and the 12 …

Web site gives Old Town Cape merchants new outlet
Southeast Missourian, MO - 3 hours ago
By Sam Blackwell ~ Southeast Missourian Merchants within the Old Town Cape boundaries now have a new tool to help market themselves. …

Partnership to promote trade for SMME’s
Cape Business News, South Africa - 11 hours ago
Companies with the potential to expand into the global business arena were identified and invited by seda Cape Town and the Swedish Trade Council to apply …

Cape Town may be ‘Africa’s Barcelona’ in 2010
Independent Online, South Africa - 5 Feb 2008
Cape Town Partnership chief executive Andrew Boraine said after a visit to Barcelona that the former Olympic city held invaluable lessons for Cape Town. …

Tight fuel supply at Cape Town airport
The Times, South Africa - 5 Feb 2008
The Airports Company of SA says it is monitoring supplies of aircraft fuel available in Cape Town after a power outage last week caused a local refinery’s …

Fires in Cape Town under control
The Mercury (subscription), South Africa - 7 Feb 2008
Five fires in Cape Town’s metropolitan area and two fires near Simonstown were still burning but under control on Friday, the Cape Town fire department said …

Girl gangsters flex their muscle
The Times, South Africa - 9 Feb 2008
Humphrey Boughwan, principal of Cathkin Secondary in Cape Town, said a girl had recently held up some of his pupils at knife-point outside the school and …

Vodacom 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
MyADSL, South Africa - 10 hours ago
Vodacom has already enabled 7.2 Mbps HSDPA on some towers in Gauteng, Cape Town and Durban. Here is how the service performs. Vodacom has quietly gone about …

Season of woe for Cape sides
Independent Online, South Africa - 8 Feb 2008
Ikapa Sporting (16 points) and FC Cape Town (17) have at times produced moments of promise in the 13 games to date, only to be let down by inconsistency …

Cape Town blackout could happen again
Independent Online, South Africa - 4 Feb 2008
By Ella Smook Cape Town could see a repeat of the massive blackout that plunged the entire city into darkness on Friday night. “We have to be worried, …

Brace for refugee flood, Cape Town told
Independent Online, South Africa - 4 Feb 2008
“After last week’s raid, Cape Town should brace itself for an influx of refugees who have not been able to get assistance from Home Affairs in Johannesburg …

Hazardous waste fuel option carries its own risks, warns groundWork
Business Report, South Africa - 4 hours ago
By INGI SALGADO Cape Town- Cement producers hope to burn alternative fuels, including materials classified as hazardous waste instead of coal, …

Bok lock moving to Cape Town
News24.com, South Africa - 7 Feb 2008
Cape Town - Veteran Springbok lock forward Johan Ackermann is moving from Durban to Cape Town but he won’t play Super 14 rugby for the Stormers. …