A joint intelligence driven operation on Tuesday 31 October 2017, by members of the Hawks’ Marine group, Department of Agriculture Forest and Fisheries (DAFF) and Dog unit resulted in the arrest of two suspects aged 39 and 42 for running an illegal abalone processing facility. The team followed up on information about a suspicious vehicle..
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Rape of resources, R5 million of abalone recovered, Brackenfell
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UCT, CPUT students to descend on Parliament over Fees Commission report
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University of Cape Town (UCT) and Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students are set to march to Parliament on Wednesday to demand that President Jacob Zuma release the Fees Commission report. This comes as Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba delivers his medium-term budget statement to the legislature. – Mini Budget site Zuma received the Fees..
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Kaap ontsoutingsproses verloop nie vlot
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Kaapstad sal hul eerste ontsoutingsaanleg gereed hê net voordat damme in die stad gaan opdroog. Dit aldus Xanthea Limberg van die stad se burgemeesterskomitee rakende water en energie sake. Verbruikers sal egter moet saamleef daarmee dat water nie meer ‘n goedkoop kommoditeit gaan wees nie. Die skielike bekendmaking dat die ontsoutingsaanleg binnekort gereed gaan wees,..
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Kaapstad wil Metrorail-treinstelsel oorneem
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Kaapstad wil die bestuur van die Metrorail-treinstelsel in die stad oorneem uit vrees dat die hele openbare vervoerstelsel, wat grootliks op treindienste staatmaak, in duie kan stort. Brett Herron, burgemeesterskomiteelid vir vervoer en stedelike ontwikkeling, het op ’n mediakonferensie gesê al hoe minder pendelaars gebruik die treindienste omdat treine laat is, mense onveilig is en..
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Philippi Community Threatens To Take Matter Into Own Hands After Fatal Shooting
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This follows the fatal shooting in the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East last week in which 11 people were killed. Some Philippi and Nyanga community members say they will take matters into their own hands to fight crime. This follows the fatal shooting in the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East last night in..
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KAAPSE DA HET GROOT PROBLEME – RAADSLID BRYNARD DRAAI HAAR RUG OP PARTY
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Raadslid Carin Brynard van die DA in Kaapstad het haar rug op dié party gedraai en in die middel van haar derde termyn as Raadslid bedank. Brynard sê sy is moeg vir die nepotisme en diktatoriale manier van Patricia de Lille en die toksiese atmosfeer in die koukus. Bowenal sê sy dat sy as Christen..
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Kleinmond word spookdorp agv voortslepende betogings en protesoptogte
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Na ‘n dag van geweld en brandstigting en ‘n rustelose nag, met vrese dat die polisie nie die situasie kan beheer nie, is Kleinmond vandag ‘n spookdorp. Skole en besighede is gesluit en verkeer het tot stilstand gekom. Die inwoners van dié vreedsame Overbergse dorpie is vir alle praktiese doeleindes gyselaars in hulle eie huise…
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AfriForum versoek dringend inligting oor Matiesgrondwet
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AfriForum Jeug se Stellenbosch-tak het onlangs sowel klagtes as ’n regsmening by die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (US) se studentehof ingedien waarin inligting rondom die wettigheid van die huidige studentegrondwet versoek word. Die klagtes spruit uit inligting wat die jeugorganisasie bekom het wat daarop dui dat die huidige dokument moontlik nie wettig is nie. Talle navrae rakende..
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Premier Helen Zille’s colonialism tweets forced her out of the Western Cape legislature on Thursday
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During a debate on the impact of gang violence on service delivery in the Western Cape‚ Zille protested to speaker Sharna Fernandez when EFF MPL Bernard Joseph said gangsterism was a result of colonialism‚ “which the premier says is a good thing”. The premier said: “No one may wilfully and knowingly mislead this house. And..
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Stellenbosch University is likely to become an English medium institution
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The University of Stellenbosch is likely to become an English medium institution after years of struggle to retain it as an Afrikaans university. It appears that a confidential conversation about the university’s language policy between the already controversial rector, Prof. Wim de Villiers, and a councilor leaked and can now end up in the courts…
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