Crime
Freedom Day in Philippi: gunshots, robberies and piles of rubbish
Crime has free rein in one of Cape Town’s poorest suburbs
Feature | 27 April 2023
Loyiso Nkohla shot dead during political meeting
Former ANC councillor killed during a meeting over the future of the families living along the railway line in Cape Town
News | 17 April 2023
Family demands justice after fruit vendor shot dead in hair salon
Witnesses say private security guards shot dead 37-year-old Zimbabwean Lloyd Bhebhe
News | 17 April 2023
Witness in case of officer accused of murder of homeless man fails to come to court
Dumisani Joxo died in January 2022 after he was shot during an altercation in Rondebosch
Brief | 13 April 2023
I acted in self-defence, law enforcement officer who shot dead a homeless man tells court
State’s witness testified that he was the one having an argument with officers that morning and that the deceased Dumisani Joxo had been defending him.
News | 6 April 2023
Financial services company ordered to pay client more than R800,000 lost in cybercrime fraud
Judge found that PSG Wealth Financial Planning had not complied with its own policy to protect clients against cybercrime
Law | 31 March 2023
Two decades later Khayelitsha community is finally getting a police station - but it’s only temporary
This comes nearly nine years after the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing recommended that a new station be built in Makhaza
News | 29 March 2023
Community protest at court to demand release of local “crime fighters”
At least 16 people linked to a crime-fighting group face charges of assaulting suspected criminals in Butterworth
Brief | 28 March 2023
Family and friends of murdered Phelokazi Mqathanya unveil mural in Khayelitsha
“We cannot continue to be killed by faceless people” says Free Gender leader
Brief | 27 March 2023