Crime

Seven arrested as taxi protest escalates in Cape Town

Nearly a dozen police vehicles, buses and cars have been torched during violent retaliation allegedly by amaphela drivers

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News | 2 September 2022

Geluksdal school plagued by “racial gangs” and violence, say parents

Metro police asked to maintain a constant presence at Geluksdal Secondary

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News | 25 August 2022

Bring back our police station, say Walmer residents

Satellite station in ruins as shootings rise in township

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Brief | 11 August 2022

Women march to police station after body found in wheelie bin

Nyanga protesters demand visible policing and CCTV cameras

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Brief | 3 August 2022

Two people killed as Tembisa brought to a standstill by protests

Ekurhuleni mayor believes protest is aimed at making the township “ungovernable” for the DA-led coalition

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Brief | 1 August 2022

Cape Town law enforcement officer on trial for murder next month

The officer is charged with shooting dead a homeless man, Dumisani Joxo, in January

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Brief | 29 July 2022

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

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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

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Brief | 22 July 2022