Crime

Cable thieves target Mangaung townships during loadshedding

Power utility has spent more than R50-million to repair and replace stolen and vandalised infrastructure

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Brief | 3 November 2023

Disability group battles to keep going after robbery

The cash-strapped organisation in Musina has 250 members who rely on it

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Brief | 31 October 2023

Communal toilets overflowing with faeces due to extortion

About a month ago, Sanitech workers were held at gunpoint and extortionists demanded several thousand rand

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News | 30 October 2023

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

R2-billion in grants under investigation, but only one looter in jail

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News | 25 October 2023

Children’s parks turned into rubbish dumps

Intimidation has prevented repairs to parks in Delft, Cape Town

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News | 24 October 2023

Cable theft and shootings force Cape Town libraries to close

But the people who work at the libraries in Hanover Park and Bellville are determined to continue creating safe spaces for their communities

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News | 23 October 2023

Cape Town law enforcement officer found not guilty of murder of homeless man

Court finds Luvolwethu Kati acted in self-defence

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News | 18 October 2023

This is how I try to survive crime in Philippi

Living in Samora Machel, Cape Town, you hear gunshots any time of the day

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News | 17 October 2023

KZN teachers march for safety at schools

“Some of our colleagues have been brutally murdered while at the workplace”

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Brief | 13 October 2023