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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Look: Durban pupil raises funds for leukemia awareness

Skye Meaker is not your average teenager - last year he won the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his portrait of a leopard.

The Post News
Catherine Rice|Published

Pete Mihalik murder accused denied bail

Three men, accused of murdering prominent lawyer Pete Mihalik, were denied bail in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Monday.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

Bail judgment expected in Pete Mihalik murder case

Judgment in the bail application of three men accused of carrying out a hit on top advocate Pete Mihalik is expected to be delivered in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court.

News South Africa
Catherine Rice|Published

New insulin pump has hugely helped this SA family deal with type 1 diabetes

The latest Medtronic insulin pump is streamlining diabetes management, and lessening the burden on families trying to cope with type 1 diabetes.

Cape Argus News
Catherine Rice|Published

State wants life sentence for convicted wife killer Rob Packham

The State has called for a life sentence for convicted wife killer, Rob Packham, describing his actions as cold-blooded, callous and selfish.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

Daughter describes wife murderer Rob Packham as kind and caring father

The 28-year-old daughter of convicted wife murderer Rob Packham told the Western Cape High Court that her father is a kind and caring man.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

Defence to consult with wife killer Rob Packham ahead of sentence proceedings

Sentencing procedures of convicted murderer Rob Packham will start on Wednesday to give him time to consult with his defence.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

'Liar' Rob Packham found guilty of murdering his wife

Western Cape High Court Judge Elize Steyn described Constantia businessman Rob Packham as an "accomplished liar" who had led a double life.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

Winde confident DA will retain Western Province

Democratic Alliance Western Cape premier candidate Alan Winde is confident the party will retain control of the province.

News Politics
Catherine Rice|Published

Voters will give Ramaphosa a strong mandate, says Rasool

Ebrahim Rasool cast his vote in Pinelands, confident that voters would give President Cyril Ramaphosa "a strong mandate".

News Politics
Catherine Rice|Published

WATCH: De Lille among early voters as Cape Town rain makes for slow voting start

GOOD Party leader Patricia de Lille cast her ballot at Pinelands Primary School in Cape Town as heavy rains hit the Mother City.

News Politics
Catherine Rice|Published

WATCH: Bo-Kaap residents describe horror knife attack on French UCT student

A 20-year-old French woman studying at UCT is recovering in hospital after she was stabbed and mugged in the historic Bo-Kaap.

News South Africa
Catherine Rice|Published

Bo-Kaap safety in spotlight after French tourist's brutal stabbing

Residents of Cape Town's historic Bo-Kaap say muggings in the famous suburb, formerly known as the Malay Quarter, have become a daily occurrence.

News South Africa
Catherine Rice|Published

French tourist stabbed in neck in Bo-Kaap

A French tourist was mugged, robbed of her backpack and stabbed in the neck on Tuesday morning in Bo-Kaap.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

#Elections2019: Magashule book could cost ANC dearly in Free State

Gangster State, which alleges large-scale graft by former Free state premier Ace Magashule, is likely to have an impact on voters in the province, an analyst says.

News Politics
Catherine Rice|Published

'Fantasy' and 'pure coincidence' - Packham continues to deny involvement in wife's murder

Murder accused Rob Packham peppered his responses to cross-examination in court with the words "fiction", "fantasy", "pure coincidence" and "speculation. "

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

Court hears Packham didn't want to 'hound' cops on progress of murder case

Constantia businessman Rob Packham has on Tuesday, defended "unwittingly" missing an appointment with the investigating officer in his wife's murder case.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

I was not inclined to share my PIN with cops, Rob Packham tells court

Murder accused Rob Packham told the Western Cape High Court that he was "not inclined" to share the PIN of his work iPhone with police

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

'Composed' Packham attempts to explain movements on day of wife's disappearance

Constantia businessman Rob Packham was composed and articulate as he tried to explain his movements on the day of his wife's disappearance.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

'I guess she was killed in random attack': Rob Packham takes stand

A composed Rob Packham took to the stand where he emphatically denied any involvement in the murder of his wife Gill Packham.

News South Africa
Catherine Rice|Published

Cape pastor sentenced to 50 years behind bars for rape, murder

A former Cape Flats pastor convicted of murder, rape, crimen injuria and theft was sentenced to an effective fifty years in jail on Monday

News
Catherine Rice|Published

Victim's mom weeps as rape, murder accused pastor's plea agreement postponed again

A plea and sentence agreement was expected to be finalised in the Western Cape High Court but the judge postponed the case to March 25

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

Neighbourhood watch volunteer saw Packham driving wife's car, court hears

A Neighbourhood Watch volunteer has told the Western Cape High Court, that he saw Rob Packham driving his wife's car on the day of her disappearance.

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published

WATCH: Rob Packham asked a colleague to lie for him, court hears

Murder-accused Rob Packham allegedly asked a work colleague to lie about his whereabouts on the day his wife disappeared

News
Catherine Rice|Published

Daughter knew of Rob Packham's affairs 'several years' before mom found out

The youngest daughter of Rob Packham, who is accused of murdering his wife, testified in the Western Cape High Court o about her parents' troubled marriage

News South Africa Western Cape
Catherine Rice|Published