Crime
Philippi police station is only open during daylight
Station only certifies documents and executes protection orders in an area where 67 people were murdered last year
News | 25 July 2022
Murder victim’s friend storms out of Khayelitsha court as case is postponed yet again
Trial of man accused of killing Phelokazi Mqathanya postponed for sixth time since May
Brief | 22 July 2022
Protests in Limpopo against court “bungles”
Hundreds of Tshikota residents marched to the Louis Trichardt Magistrates Court accusing it of bungling a string of cases
Brief | 21 July 2022
COSATU to strike over lack of action against crime
Union members will march in Cape Town in August to protest about government’s “lacklustre” approach to rising crime
Brief | 20 July 2022
Beware of misleading crime statistics
People in poorer neighbourhoods usually have less incentive to report crime
GroundView | 20 July 2022
Police commissioner and MEC witness mob justice assault in Khayelitsha
The state officials were visiting the scene of a deadly shooting when they came across a man being beaten by residents
Brief | 18 July 2022
GroundUp reporters hijacked and robbed
This was one of many car hijackings in Philippi and Nyanga this past week
By James Stent
News | 8 July 2022
Fire finishes off Motherwell library
The library has been closed since the start of the pandemic
Brief | 7 July 2022
Khayelitsha murder case postponed for fifth time since May
Family and friends of Phelokazi Mqathanya angered by delays in bringing accused to trial
Brief | 6 July 2022