Peter trial: Constable’s competence called into question
Defence attorney William King expressed concern yesterday at the lack of memory and of competency of the detective constable who led investigations into the kidnapping and murder of Rowan du Preez.
Barbara Maregele
News | 19 August 2014
Women who beat the odds: Lydia Ntonga
Lydia Ntonga, 25, will not allow the loss of her eyesight to hold her back. With courage and help from Cape Town Society for the Blind and The League of Friends of the Blind she is determined to get what she wants from life.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 19 August 2014
Wine farm eviction leaves family homeless
When eight-year-old Jessica Jordaan returned home from De Villiers Primary yesterday afternoon, a pile of bricks lay in place of the house where she had lived all her life.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 19 August 2014
From backyard to Rolihlahla Park
Nosiphiwo Lali built her shack in Rolihlahla Park in Philippi East three weeks ago. She is one of hundreds of people who have moved out of backyards into the Philippi area recently, in spite of the eviction of families in neighbouring Marikana settlement.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 18 August 2014
Weekend crime sweep in Delft
Bad street lighting, poor numbering of streets and bushes affect policing in Delft, according to Brigadier Hendrik Jansen, who is the Acting Cluster Commander.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 18 August 2014
Women who beat the odds: Masiphumelele’s Kwa aunty
If you live in Masiphumelele you will know Nongoloza’s Braai Place, or Kwa aunty, as some call it. You probably know the owner and she probably knows you too by name.
Zintle Swana
News | 18 August 2014
Sex work, crime & the working class
All who sell their labour in order to survive are workers. And all workers are, to one or other degree, exploited in that they are paid less than the final value of the work they do. Within a profit-driven system it could hardly be otherwise.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 18 August 2014
Marikana massacre remembered in city centre
About 50 members of several social movements marched on Parliament and the Cape Town police station today in memory of the 34 miners killed by police at Marikana two years ago.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 15 August 2014
Mfuleni constable too sick to testify in Peter case
The case against activist Angy Peter and four others including her husband was postponed on 14 August as the Mfuleni detective constable was “too sick” to testify.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 15 August 2014