A 14-year-old Cape Town boy arrested in connection with the murder of 10-year-old Octavia Swarts has been released from custody after the National Prosecuting Authority sent the murder docket back to …..
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The Birth of Cape Town’s English Daily Press: The Cape Times was founded in 1876 by Frederick York St Leger as South Africa’s first morning daily newspaper. It quickly established itself as a cornerstone of English-language journalism in the Western Cape, covering local, national, and international affairs for over a century. Built to compete with established weeklies and bi-weeklies, the paper adopted a traditional broadsheet style that focused on parliamentary coverage, commercial reporting, and civic news. Over decades of shifting political tides, the Cape Times played a pivotal role in shaping public discourse in the mother city.
