Crime
Justice department fund loses millions through “fraudulent transactions”
Payouts from the fund have been suspended leaving people unable to access their money
News | 8 June 2023
Philippi community and City seek ways to end no-go zone status
Residents hold meeting while City launches specialised policing units to protect its workers and infrastructure
News | 6 June 2023
Only four police vans for 57 villages in Tsomo, Eastern Cape
Community marches to police station and magistrate court to demand better policing
Brief | 2 June 2023
Ficksburg community leaders arrested during clashes over land occupation
The Setsoto Local Municipality has obtained an interim order preventing any new shacks from being erected
Brief | 1 June 2023
R26-million Lehae Library opens seven years after construction started
Concerns over safety remain after armed robbery weeks before opening
By Chris Gilili
News | 26 May 2023
Motsoaledi rubbishes Dr Nandipha’s court bid to have her arrest in Tanzania declared “unlawful”
Thabo Bester finally added to Home Affairs’s data system after three decades as “an unidentifiable person”
News | 22 May 2023
City of Cape Town to launch new unit to protect workers in Philippi
Reward offered for information leading to arrests of anyone targeting City staff
News | 17 May 2023
Thabo Bester escape: lawyer asks court to “satisfy itself” that the man in the dock is indeed Bester
Bail hearing of five alleged conspirators to continue on Friday
By Becker Semela and Daniel Steyn
News | 16 May 2023
Victims shot by gangs using “Prinsloo Guns” launch class action
Guns stolen by two police officers killed more than 1,000 people, Gun Free SA and nine families claim in court papers
News | 10 May 2023