Crime
Western Cape health services paint bloody picture of gun violence
“We are doing battleground medicine,” says minister
By Elsabé Brits
News | 8 August 2019
Land occupiers say they paid R150,000 for plots, but where is the money?
Hundreds of people from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth demand answers from ward committee
Brief | 8 August 2019
“No one was going to believe me” says rape survivior
Eastern Cape women struggle with prosecution of rapists
News | 8 August 2019
Spike in vigilante killings in Port Elizabeth
Police say communities resist investigations
Brief | 7 August 2019
Mothers of slain children march in Cape Town
Protest commemorates children killed by crime and gang violence
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 August 2019
Somalian shops in Khayelitsha looted after shooting
“It was no longer about the shooting anymore but hatred towards us Somalians” says shop owner
Brief | 29 July 2019
Man set alight in scuffle over municipal tender
Small business owner Vuyani Zinto says a ward committee member poured petrol over him when he tried to stop a fencing and flooring project
Brief | 26 July 2019
Students lay charges of fraud against NSFAS
They allege that funds deposited by NSFAS are fraudulently withdrawn from their bank accounts
Brief | 25 July 2019
Shelters for abused women protest outside Parliament
More funds needed to implement the recommendations of the Commission for Gender Equality
By Candy Chan
Brief | 23 July 2019