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• Chinese Language Day celebrated

  The Chinese community celebrate International Chinese Language Day today (April 20) and to mark the celebration Iziko Museums, in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, and the China International School, launched an educational programme titled “Ancient Art, Modern Modes: Oracle Bone Script Art Showcase”.

• Business confidence in Western Cape limited, says ActionSA

  While the DA and the Western Cape government are smiling about the latest RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) showing business confidence in the province is higher than in any other provinces, ActionSA says the confidence is not felt in townships and on the Cape Flats.

• Political parties vow to uphold election pledge

  Political parties in the Western Cape have committed to honouring the Electoral Code of Conduct Pledge as they get ready for what is expected to be one of the most contested national and provincial elections since the dawn of democracy.

• Job creation is beyond political parties

  By its own admission, the government is partially responsible for the miserable employment numbers revealed in the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey.

• Thandi Ntuli’s quest for authenticity

  Thandi Ntuli, the South African multi- award-winning and internationally recognised pianist and vocalist, is set to present her original works at the upcoming Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF).

• Rampant crime plagues Table View

  TABLE View on the West Coast, once described as an upmarket suburb, along with neighbouring middle class Milnerton, has descended into a quagmire of crime, with residents at their wits’ end.

• Parties put housing at centre of election battle

  The DA said since 2019 it has created nearly 44 000 housing opportunities in the Western Cape, focusing on affordable housing for the “missing middle” income group, however, the People’s Movement for Change (PMC) and other parties say they are yet to see those houses as many people don’t qualify for the First Home Finance (FLISP).

• Win 1 of 5 five-day passes to Comic Con CT

  Comic Con Cape Town, hosted by the City of Cape Town, is back at CTICC from April 27 to May 1, bringing Cape Town the best in pop culture and gaming.

• British tourists love city

  Cape Town remains the destination of choice for tourists travelling from the UK, Germany and the US and continues to boost our economy.

• Hole-in-one for housing activists

  The battle between the need for social housing and recreational land owned has faced a setback after the City signed a 10-year lease agreement with the King David Mowbray Golf Estate, keeping the land as a golf course.

Featured documents

• ANC’s ‘step-aside’ rule must step aside in favour of honesty

  The ANC’s controversial step-aside rule is back in the spotlight and, as predicted, reached its crescendo in the past two weeks. This was precipitated, in the main, by the election of the likes of Zandile Gumede and Mandla Msibi as chairperson of KZN eThekwini Region and Treasurer of the Mpumalanga ...

• ANC’s ‘step-aside’ rule must step aside in favour of honesty

  The ANC’s controversial step-aside rule is back in the spotlight and, as predicted, reached its crescendo in the past two weeks. This was precipitated, in the main, by the election of the likes of Zandile Gumede and Mandla Msibi as chairperson of KZN eThekwini Region and Treasurer of the Mpumalanga ...

• Devil is in the detail in solving Krugersdorp Killers case

  After a string of police botches, Captain Ben Bliksem Booysen took on the Krugersdorp Killers case in 2016. The State had failed to arrest those responsible for the killing spree which began in 2012....

• Wars, quakes usher in 2024

  Fireworks lit up skies across the world as crowds gathered to welcome 2024, but airstrikes marred the year’s earliest hours in Gaza, Israel and Ukraine, while fear gripped Japan which experienced a powerful earthquake and tremors that triggered tsunami warnings. The shaken nation was next shocked...

• corruption in SA ‘It’s a mistake to think that state capture was only about Zuma’

  PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa could not miss an opportunity to rush to the parliamentary scene of a crime. A less excitable head of state would wait for reports from responsible department officials and ministers before commenting on an unfolding investigation. But that would not be in keeping with a...

• Why Ramaphosa dropped the ball

  FORMER Public Protector (PP) Thulisile “Thuli” Madonsela had become a thorn in the flesh of former South African president Jacob Zuma and some among his key clientelistic supporters over administrative corruption and other self- enriching crimes. On the eve of the 2014 general election, she...

• Sino–African relations West’s paternalistic attitude undermines independent thinking

  Since before the 15th BRICS summit, most analysts in the international and national hegemonic media presented a possible expansion of the group as being in the majority interest of China....

• JACOB ZUMA court verdict Parole ruling ‘out of kilter with our Constitution’

  THE North Gauteng High Court’s ruling which reviewed and set aside former National Commissioner of Correctional Services Arthur Fraser’s decision to place former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole was met with righteous anger, sadness and disillusionment....

• Traditional dishes from the heart

  In this book, Fatima Sydow takes us on a nostalgic journey through the memories of the many important feasts celebrated in her Cape Malay culture, starting with old-school family favourites she remembers from her upbringing on the Cape Flats. There are also stories of Ramadaan, Labarang, a wedding...

• Sinéad O’Connor will be remembered for her ethereal ballads, rebellious anthems

  Sinéad O’Connor, an Irish singer-songwriter who sold millions of records in the 1990s with her ethereal ballads and rebellious anthems, all while defying expectations of how a female pop star should behave – shaving her head, speaking out about her mental health struggles, protesting the Catholic...