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Paarl Post Paarl Post is a bilingual community newspaper available every Thursday in the Paarl region for R10.

Paarl Post is a weekly sold newspaper which appears every Thursday in the Paarl area of the Western Cape.

Strong winds are fuelling a fast-moving fire in Dunoon, destroying informal structures and threatening vulnerable famili...
09/01/2026

Strong winds are fuelling a fast-moving fire in Dunoon, destroying informal structures and threatening vulnerable families as emergency crews battle multiple blazes across the Cape.

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A senior education official is allegedly at the centre of the 2025 matric exam leak, with 40 Tshwane pupils implicated —...
09/01/2026

A senior education official is allegedly at the centre of the 2025 matric exam leak, with 40 Tshwane pupils implicated — but Minister Siviwe Gwarube insists the examination system remains credible despite breach.

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has limited its image-generation tools to paying users after global backlash over sexualised...
09/01/2026

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has limited its image-generation tools to paying users after global backlash over sexualised deepfakes, with regulators in Europe and beyond stepping in.

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A caring neighbour helped expose the trafficking and repeated r**e of a 13-year-old girl in Durban, leading to a 32-year...
09/01/2026

A caring neighbour helped expose the trafficking and repeated r**e of a 13-year-old girl in Durban, leading to a 32-year-old man receiving double life sentences and the arrest of the child’s mother.

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Powerful winter storms have battered parts of France and Britain, cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes,...
09/01/2026

Powerful winter storms have battered parts of France and Britain, cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes, disrupting transport, and prompting rare red weather warnings across northern Europe.

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A man shot dead in a daylight drive-by shooting in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, has been identified as a former accused in...
09/01/2026

A man shot dead in a daylight drive-by shooting in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, has been identified as a former accused in the Clare Swartz murder case, raising concerns about ongoing gang violence and its impact on justice.

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The Western Cape Department of Education says 96% of Grade R, 1 and 8 learners have been placed for the 2026 school year...
09/01/2026

The Western Cape Department of Education says 96% of Grade R, 1 and 8 learners have been placed for the 2026 school year, with late applications cited as the main challenge delaying remaining placements.

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Chinese and Iranian warships have arrived in Simon’s Town for joint BRICS naval exercises with South Africa, sparking re...
09/01/2026

Chinese and Iranian warships have arrived in Simon’s Town for joint BRICS naval exercises with South Africa, sparking renewed debate over the country’s foreign policy stance and relations with Western allies.

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South Africans Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings held onto the overall lead at the 2026 Dakar Rally despite a tough Stage ...
09/01/2026

South Africans Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings held onto the overall lead at the 2026 Dakar Rally despite a tough Stage 5, as Ford crews dominated the day’s results.

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Humanoid robots dazzled crowds at CES in Las Vegas, but experts warn that beyond the spectacle, years of training and re...
09/01/2026

Humanoid robots dazzled crowds at CES in Las Vegas, but experts warn that beyond the spectacle, years of training and real-world testing are still needed before they become truly useful.

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The Western Cape Government has already spent R15 million on aerial firefighting as widespread wildfires scorch thousand...
09/01/2026

The Western Cape Government has already spent R15 million on aerial firefighting as widespread wildfires scorch thousands of hectares, with authorities warning the fire season could extend beyond March.

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A Western Cape father and son team has set a new Guinness World Record after their custom-built drone reached an average...
09/01/2026

A Western Cape father and son team has set a new Guinness World Record after their custom-built drone reached an average speed of 480 km/h, earning the title of the world’s fastest battery-powered quadcopter.

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Paarl Post is a weekly sold newspaper which appears every Thursday in the Paarl and Wellington areas of the Western Cape, bringing readers all the freshest breaking and community news of the Drakenstein Valley.