Crime

Paramedics protest in Mfuleni, following attacks

“We are now working closer with the police and the community to make sure that the emergency services workers are protected at all costs”

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Brief | 2 June 2025

Calls for safety at Gugulethu clinic

After two recent armed hijackings, staff and patients are demanding CCTV and heightened security

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News | 22 May 2025

Health workers traumatised after being hijacked on duty

One to One Africa provides critical health services to about 100 underserved villages in Ngqeleni

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News | 16 May 2025

Alarming increase in attacks on social workers

“It was a calling for me, but the calling didn’t include me being in danger”

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Brief | 29 April 2025

Understanding the court ruling on apartheid-era crimes

Landmark ruling in Johannesburg High Court paves the way for prosecutions

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Law | 22 April 2025

Thousands march across the country to demand justice for Cwecwe

There has been no significant progress in the seven-year-old’s case

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News | 8 April 2025

NPA fails family of murdered teenager falsely accused of stealing cattle

Abulele Kwindana was killed in 2020. No-one has been charged with his murder.

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News | 8 April 2025

Crime hits sanitation services in Khayelitsha

City of Cape Town teams can only come out when security is available

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News | 3 April 2025

Extortionists close down informal businesses in Cape Town

SAPS says fighting extortion is a priority, but won’t provide details on its response

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News | 26 March 2025

Eskom suspends services in part of Khayelitsha after hijacking

Employees were robbed at gunpoint in Makhaza

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Brief | 18 March 2025

Former PRASA boss pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

Mthuthuzeli Swartz and his co-accused plead after six years of court delays

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News | 12 March 2025

KZN activist shot dead

Vusi Banda – Mondlo Township Civic Organisation chairperson – was murdered on Thursday

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Gugulethu housing project delayed by extortion rackets

Over 570 houses “on hold” in Cape Town

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News | 20 February 2025

Rape of 7-year-old child: mother accuses police of being slow to act

Police blame delays on “a shortage of manpower”

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News | 13 December 2024

Waste collection services resume in parts of Philippi

Service was suspended for two weeks after four guards escorting workers were shot and injured

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Brief | 5 December 2024