Cape Town, South Africa News

I thought I knew Table Mountain. After five years as a foreign correspondent in South Africa, I thought I had rambled and scrambled over pretty much all of this rocky wilderness half a mile in the sky above Cape Town.

Former president Thabo Mbeki on Monday conveyed his condolences to the family of ex-intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils whose wife, Eleanor, died at the weekend.

By Caryn Dolley Despite the persistent rainfall and chilling temperature, 80 percent of this year's 34 015 Discovery Cape Times Big Walk entrants braved the elements and took to the wet streets on Sunday.

By Clayton Barnes Terminal 2010, the multimillion-rand central terminal building under construction at Cape Town International Airport, is to be opened on November 7 - months before schedule, the Airports Company of South Africa says.

South Africa's relations with China are conducive to the country's plan to halve unemployment by 2014, the labor minister said on Saturday.

The City of Cape Town's Electricity Department's Technical Support Services Branch is the first municipal entity with a division, Electrical Support Services, to win the national productivity award for the public sector.

Cape Town, South Africa -- A man joyriding with his South African Air Force friend cut the trip short when he accidentally pulled the eject lever.

South African petrochemicals group Sasol expects to raise its upstream oil and gas production to 55,000 barrels per day oil equivalent in the next three years from 38,000 bpd, a senior official says.

The Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will take place in Cape Town on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre .The entertainment lined up for the 90-minute live show will include the Soweto Gospel Choir, Beninoise singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo and Johnny Clegg.

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has "applied sanctions" against employees implicated in taking part in the unlawful Erasmus Commission that aimed to probe alleged irregularities in the City of Cape Town.

South African Cape Town International Airport's readiness has been put to the test shortly before Terminal 2010 -- the new multi-million-rand central terminal building -- opens, the Cape Argus reported on Sunday.

The interim board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation is contesting a R1-billion contract, the SABC reported on Tuesday.

A passenger enjoying a civilian joyride accidentally cut the trip short when he ejected himself from the plane after grabbing the eject lever while trying to brace himself.

Gallery: Zille at the Chocolate Studio By Nikita Sylvester Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has been described as many things during her political career, but "sweet" is probably not among them.

The National Union of Metalworkers today called for the nationalisation of the wealth of South Africa"s richest man, Patrice Motsepe and ANC struggle hero, Tokyo Sexwale.

As the plane rolled into another stomach-churning manoeuvre, the passenger was probably wishing that he was somewhere else.

The Alwyn Vintcent, the 50-year-old pilot steam tug, was, we thought, on its way to Australia after having been bought and partially refurbished by a tugboat enthusiast.

By Luvuyo Mjekula Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato was confronted by stick-wielding shack dwellers, who threatened him over the city's failure to install electricity in their homes, when he visited Overcome Heights in Steenberg on Sunday.

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille must take responsibility for the City of Cape Town's financial mismanagement of the Bus Rapid Transit system, the ANC said on Sunday.

By Clayton Barnes Obey the law or lose your licence - that's the warning from Transport Minister S'bu Ndebele to motorists ahead of next year's World Cup.