Western Cape, South Africa News

A home affairs department official has allegedly manhandled Cape Argus photographer David Ritchie and forced him to delete pictures off his camera.

A Cape Flats man has asked for forgiveness after confessing to killing a Claremont woman, The Cape Times reported on Thursday.

She has been hopping into a steel cage and diving into crocodile-infested waters at Cango Wildlife Ranch, spending some quality time nose-to-snout with a group of Nile crocodiles.

Main Gallery: Three-and-a-half metres: committee's choice. The 10 AVA committee members - Stacey Adriaans, Matthew Blackman, Caroline Coates, Chantal Louw, Marilyn Martin, Richard Mudariki, James Nilsen, Chad Rossouw, Elgin Rust, Cobus van Bosch - have each selected a work or works by contemporary artists to be exhibited in their allocated ... (more)

Long gone are the days when many South Africans had to carry pass books, but on Tuesday about 80 foreigners, including an Australian tourist, were detained for not having their documents on them.

Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaks to supporters as his wife, Amy Wakeland, offers an encouraging pat at the Hollywood Palladium on Tuesday night.

FASHION FORWARD: Afro-pop duo Mafikizolo are reunited, with Nhlanhla Nciza and Theo Kgosinkwe belting it out as the opening act of this year s Cape Town International Jazz Festival held in the Mother City.

One paradox of TheLast Train to Zona Verde , Paul Theroux's 46th book and his latest about Africa, is that it's also one of the best meditations on Hawaii you'll ever read.

The hit-and-run driver who allegedly killed Cape Town cycling champ Dr Koos Roux 10 days ago has been arrested.

A Durbanville man cycling to work was run over and killed when he apparently swerved to avoid traffic and fell under a bus early yesterday - the second city cycling fatality in eight days.

The ZA Domain Name Authority, custodians of dot-co-dot-za , announced last week that their application for a top-level domain for Durban had passed the initial evaluation phase, beating Cape Town and Joburg to the cyber punch.

The University of KwaZulu-Natal has announced that starting next year, all entering students must study Zulu .

Canada's Governor General David Johnston reviews the honour guard during the official welcoming ceremony in Cape Town May 21, 2013 with Table Mountain looming in the background.

Reba McEntire has physically been in Cape Town, South Africa, but her heart has been with those suffering in her home state of Oklahoma.

At False Bay, South Africa, great white sharks are infamous for their dramatic attacks on fur seals.

Only the third US president to visit South Africa is due to visit Cape Town - more than 15 years since Bill Clinton touched down in the Mother City.

The Western Cape High Court's decision to halt the proposed N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project pending a review was welcomed from various quarters on Tuesday.

The Muslim Judicial Council has ruled that the new and only Burger King branch in Cape Town should retain its halaal certificate despite the owner's business link to gambling.

The Rev. Wayne Dawson, a serene and reflective priest, has become accustomed to gently but firmly leading the parish at St.

Award-winning South African playwright and director Charles J. Fourie's latest play SACRIFICE featuring famed local stage and film actor Peter Butler will be staged at the New Africa Theatre from 29 May to 8 June.