Crime

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

Animal clinic staff beaten and robbed at gunpoint

Mdzananda staff were busy building a fence for Khayelitsha residents who wanted to adopt a dog

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Brief | 13 October 2023

Extortion rings prey on poor communities

An owner of a fruit and vegetable stall in Philippi says he must pay a gang R500 a month not to rob him

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News | 4 October 2023

Court grants interdict against Swellendam protests

This follows chaos and violence during protests in the town in recent weeks

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Brief | 22 September 2023

Family demands answers after teen’s body disappears from state morgue

Department and police fail to answer questions because they are still investigating three years later

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News | 20 September 2023

Officer testifies why he shot homeless man

“I believed they were going to injure me, take my gun and shoot me”

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News | 14 September 2023

Court grants Benoni company final interdict against EFF

Last year an armed group wearing EFF regalia blocked the entrance to Gas Giants after demanding it fire immigrant workers and pay protection money

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News | 13 September 2023

Another Kariega leader shot dead

Two shootings one year apart have unnerved the community

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News | 12 September 2023

Woman “wrongly” sentenced to 16 years for drug dealing must be immediately released

Beaufort West magistrate committed a litany of errors in sentencing says High Court

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Law | 11 September 2023

Protesters support vigilante taxi drivers outside KwaNobuhle court

Five “jikeleza” drivers charged with attempted murder

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Brief | 4 September 2023

Cops cautioned over arresting people for cannabis use and possession

“There is currently no legislation that prescribes what quantities of cannabis may be possessed or cultivated”

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News | 4 September 2023

Uyinene Mrwetyana’s family want Post Office transformed into “a place of healing”

Hundreds marched to the Clareinch post office in Claremont to commemorate four years since her rape and murder

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Brief | 28 August 2023