Crime
Crime hits sanitation services in Khayelitsha
City of Cape Town teams can only come out when security is available
By Vincent Lali
News | 3 April 2025
Extortionists close down informal businesses in Cape Town
SAPS says fighting extortion is a priority, but won’t provide details on its response
News | 26 March 2025
Armed gangs target five Cape Town schools, demand 10% of teachers’ salaries
Police have made no arrests
Brief | 19 March 2025
Eskom suspends services in part of Khayelitsha after hijacking
Employees were robbed at gunpoint in Makhaza
Brief | 18 March 2025
Former PRASA boss pleads not guilty to stealing railway line
Mthuthuzeli Swartz and his co-accused plead after six years of court delays
News | 12 March 2025
KZN activist shot dead
Vusi Banda – Mondlo Township Civic Organisation chairperson – was murdered on Thursday
Brief | 21 February 2025
Gugulethu housing project delayed by extortion rackets
Over 570 houses “on hold” in Cape Town
News | 20 February 2025
Rape of 7-year-old child: mother accuses police of being slow to act
Police blame delays on “a shortage of manpower”
News | 13 December 2024
Waste collection services resume in parts of Philippi
Service was suspended for two weeks after four guards escorting workers were shot and injured
Brief | 5 December 2024