A PADDED cell and a rudimentary electroconvulsive therapy device are stark reminders of how far Valkenberg Hospital has come in treating mental health illness.
WYNBERG Girls' High boarders are demanding the removal of a hostel employee, the release of a transformation report and an assurance they will not be victimised ...
WAIT for the moon tonight – it's going to rise at 7. 24pm and is billed as a super supermoon, because it will appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter. ...
A RETIRED investigative journalist came across Dr Johan van Rooyen when he was asked to uncover the relationship between the doctor and a former patient.
AT TIMES Zubeida Jaffer felt Charlotte Maxeke’s spirit next to her while she was researching her book Beauty of the Heart.
From Tuesday, residents have to use less water or face paying more from next month.
The head of the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) of the Health Professionals Council of SA (HPCSA), Joan Adams, has distanced herself from the council's bungle ...
MORE than 10 700 people who have been paying rent to the City for years will be able to transfer the properties on to their names.
HIS passion for social justice and equality is what made Cape Times reporter Siyavuya Mzantsi report on people’s different reactions to the brutal murders of two ...
A DEBATE around the South African dietary guidelines versus a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet (LCHF) took centre stage at Professor Tim Noakes’s misconduct hearing ...
CHILDREN should not be on low-fat diets as their bodies need vital vitamins which can only be absorbed by fat, the hearing into Professor Tim Noakes’s conduct was ...
STATINS, which lower cholesterol, are some of the greatest crimes against humanity the pharmaceutical industry has released, Dr Zoe Harcombe said yesterday.
Professor Tim Noakes concluded his testimony on Tuesday , saying there needed to be acknowledgement that what is being taught at medical schools is not cutting edge ...
THE results of a lifestyle intervention in a Canadian community is proof that a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet can reverse metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions ...
A PROPOSED amendment to the Provincial Education Act for schools to be able to sell alcohol at functions as a way to raise funds has been heavily criticised.
TWO pupils from Groote Schuur High School have been suspended, and another, from a Lotus River school, faces disciplinary action after their bullying video went ...
ADVENTURER and fundraiser Greg Bertish has set his sights on giving the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital a facelift.
IT’S always an emotional time for Cariema Isaacs when she comes home to Cape Town, but on Friday it was even more so.
I got a Facebook friend request a week ago and accepted with a smile and a tear.
I am the official taster of the Johns family pickle fish.
A TEENAGER who went running in Tokai Forest was found murdered yesterday afternoon. The 15-year-old, from Kalk Bay, had been with her mother, younger sister and ...
IT was a beautiful day for a cycle race, with the late summer sun shining brightly as 35 000 cyclists went on a tour around the Cape Peninsula.
A VILLIERSDORP farmer is in a stable but serious condition in hospital after being assaulted in his house early yesterday morning.
An armchair, carpet underfelt and a shoe were some of the items collected on Melkbos Beach at the weekend.
Independent Media is looking for the country's most inspiring young trailblazers.