Crime
R26-million Lehae Library opens seven years after construction started
Concerns over safety remain after armed robbery weeks before opening
By Chris Gilili
News | 26 May 2023
Motsoaledi rubbishes Dr Nandipha’s court bid to have her arrest in Tanzania declared “unlawful”
Thabo Bester finally added to Home Affairs’s data system after three decades as “an unidentifiable person”
News | 22 May 2023
City of Cape Town to launch new unit to protect workers in Philippi
Reward offered for information leading to arrests of anyone targeting City staff
News | 17 May 2023
Thabo Bester escape: lawyer asks court to “satisfy itself” that the man in the dock is indeed Bester
Bail hearing of five alleged conspirators to continue on Friday
By Becker Semela and Daniel Steyn
News | 16 May 2023
Victims shot by gangs using “Prinsloo Guns” launch class action
Guns stolen by two police officers killed more than 1,000 people, Gun Free SA and nine families claim in court papers
News | 10 May 2023
Freedom Day in Philippi: gunshots, robberies and piles of rubbish
Crime has free rein in one of Cape Town’s poorest suburbs
Feature | 27 April 2023
Loyiso Nkohla shot dead during political meeting
Former ANC councillor killed during a meeting over the future of the families living along the railway line in Cape Town
News | 17 April 2023
Family demands justice after fruit vendor shot dead in hair salon
Witnesses say private security guards shot dead 37-year-old Zimbabwean Lloyd Bhebhe
News | 17 April 2023
Witness in case of officer accused of murder of homeless man fails to come to court
Dumisani Joxo died in January 2022 after he was shot during an altercation in Rondebosch
Brief | 13 April 2023