Crime
Philippi gangsters say they’ll only stop killing if government pays them
Two security guards escorting City workers were shot dead last week because protection is their business, say extortionists
Feature | 29 April 2024
It took a year but Tafelsig’s streetlights are back on
1,000 residents needing help with service inquiries also went to a pop-up service hub hosted by the City
Brief | 25 April 2024
Learners and teachers march for safer schools in Nelson Mandela Bay
SAPS promises more police visibility around schools
News | 23 April 2024
The Big Issue is secure again
After months of uncertainty the magazine has survived a R600,000 cyber theft
Brief | 18 April 2024
Extortion rackets disrupt work in Cape Town’s townships
We no longer go to some townships without an escort, says waste collection worker
News | 16 April 2024
Student murdered while trying to be early for NSFAS queue
SRC blames the Central University of Technology in Bloemfontein for slow service, forcing students to queue as early as 4am
Brief | 12 April 2024
131 schools in Nelson Mandela Bay robbed, mostly at gunpoint, in five months
Many teachers are afraid to report for duty
News | 11 April 2024
I’m a monster killer, Philippi extortionist tells GroundUp
A member of a criminal syndicate explains how they operate
News | 10 April 2024
Toddlers electrocuted by illegal electrical wires
Thembelihle Ndlela and Kwenzakonke Gazu, both aged 3, were playing near their homes in Zwelisha, north of Durban, on Wednesday
Brief | 4 April 2024