Crime

Fraud probe at Durban old age home

KwaMashu Christian Care Society has not been paying bills. Now water has been cut off.

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News | 29 August 2024

Western Cape government calls for harsher penalties for attacks on social workers

There has been one attack a week on social workers since the beginning of the year

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Brief | 23 August 2024

King promises to help as extortion hits Mthatha schools

Syndicate closing down businesses and schools

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News | 21 August 2024

Project to make taxi criminals easier to identify

Sticker campaign launched in Kariega

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Brief | 19 August 2024

Protesting residents shot outside KZN ward councillor’s house

Injured protestor said he was shot by one of councillor’s bodyguards

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News | 16 August 2024

Bail denied for Cape Town attorney charged with attempted murder

Court rules attorney Rael Kassel is a flight risk

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Brief | 15 August 2024

Cape Town lawyer charged with attempted murder

Rael Kassel is alleged to have attacked his partner in June

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News | 7 August 2024

Kidnapped shop owner found murdered

“We did the negotiations by ourselves because the police made it very clear that there’s nothing they can do to help us.”

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News | 7 August 2024

Extortion war shuts down schools and businesses in Cape Town

A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals

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News | 7 August 2024

Police torture case: delay over CCTV footage

Three officers are accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, at his workplace, in Mowbray on 7 November 2023

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Brief | 25 July 2024

Man found dead after arrest: family demands answers from police

Western Cape SAPS have opened an inquest docket

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News | 25 July 2024

Lawyer accused of racially motivated vandalism wants case to be dismissed

Gary Trappler is on trial in the Cape Town Magistrates Court, charged with slashing the tyres of his neighbour’s car

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News | 19 July 2024

Vandals and gangs have ruined Cape Town sports field

The City says it spent more than R2.5-million on repairs and maintenance for Avonwood Sports Ground in the 2023/24 financial year

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News | 18 July 2024

Islamic Relief hijacked in Philippi while helping flooded residents

The organisation has nonetheless continued to provide humanitarian relief

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News | 17 July 2024

Hermanus magistrate messed up in domestic violence case, judges rule

The High Court set aside the conviction and sentence of a man accused of breaching a protection order

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Law | 25 June 2024