City of Cape Town Speaker Felicity Purchase is urgently scrambling for support from allies, ahead of a crucial council meeting on Thursday, where she faces a vote of no confidence.

Three DA MPs were warned of an attack just moments before the window of their car was smashed in during an oversight visit to the SAPS training academy in Philippi, Cape Town.

Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says the National Prosecuting Authority is still grappling with the long-term impact of state capture, which she believes hollowed out the institution and left it div...

Charges relating to the R1 billion City of Cape Town tender fraud case against former mayoral committee member Malusi Booi, alleged 28s gang leader Ralph Stanfield, his wife, Nicole Johnson, and more ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Washington DC after months of strained relations between South Africa and its second-largest trading partner, the US.

In a bid to make way for major redevelopment, the City of Cape Town is pushing to overturn a provisional heritage protection order granted to protect the defunct Athlone Power Station.

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The ANC had only contempt for its City of Cape Town caucus leader Banele Majingo, who defected to the DA on Thursday, dismissing him as "more of a liability than an asset".

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis will table the City of Cape Town's budget for the new financial year on Thursday, focusing on relief for residents amid high living costs and unemployment.

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The City of Cape Town is backing the upcoming digital nomad week, causing frustration among locals.

After President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his disappointment in the state of Johannesburg, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis asked him to relocate the G20 Leaders' Summit to the Mother City.

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Bergrivier Municipality Mayor Ray van Rooy of the DA was taken in for questioning at his residence on Wednesday afternoon.

Live updates from this weekend's Cape Town Sevens.

The Western Cape government is bracing itself for a tougher financial squeeze after the national government reduced the province's budget, affecting its ability to fully meet service delivery demands.

Residents of the Bo-Kaap in Cape Town have taken to the streets to protest the influx of tour buses in their neighbourhood.

One of Cape Town's most iconic landmarks, the Good Hope Centre, could be up for sale.

Six men who allegedly ran a food manufacturing facility in Mfuleni in Cape Town, where sausages were being processed and packaged, allegedly in unhygienic conditions, appeared in the Blue Downs Magist...

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, has lashed out at his deputy, Sihle Zikalala, for accusing the Western Cape of "exploiting foreign nationals" and turning them into "c...

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered that the mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West, where scores of illegal miners are reported to be trapped, be unblocked.

Two weeks after the sheriff evicted homeless people outside the Castle of Good Hope, the City of Cape Town and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, along with community members, planted ...