Crime

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PRASA attempts to hire Eskom’s security

Investigators have already found irregularities involving some of the companies

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Analysis | 27 November 2019

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PE school fears further vandalism and theft during holidays

School says it has spent thousands of rand to repair damages

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News | 25 November 2019

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Community volunteers try to keep Gugulethu safe

Some Asijiki neighbourhood watch patrollers have been shot at

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News | 13 November 2019

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Townships organise private security to do police work

Households contribute R150 each for neighbourhood watches in Musina

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News | 8 November 2019

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Study shows targeted interventions can reduce gender violence

Results from a programme run in urban informal settlements in eThekwini look promising

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News | 30 October 2019

Family in Brakpan terrorised for laying rape charges

“They always break the door and enter with guns, pangas, golf clubs and sticks. They beat us”

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News | 28 October 2019

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Thousands march in Gugulethu against gender-based violence

“Until we fix ourselves as men, then nothing will come right”

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News | 24 October 2019

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“When we hear our neighbours screaming, we have an obligation”

Forum hears recommendations to fight gender-based violence

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News | 23 October 2019

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Teenage gang fights erupt between villagers

Community leader says parents don’t want to involve the police

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Brief | 18 October 2019

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After fatal stabbing, parents demand end to “bombing ritual” at school

Hershel Fynn was stabbed to death on Tuesday at Eastwood Secondary

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News | 17 October 2019

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Don’t rob us, plead ambulance drivers

Emergency services workers protest in PE townships

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Brief | 7 October 2019

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Customer assaults pregnant Shoprite cashier

Video footage shows man hitting eight-months-pregnant Zimkhitha Xhalabile

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News | 2 October 2019

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March against crime in Khayelitsha

Residents demand better policing to combat gender-based violence

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Brief | 26 September 2019

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Constitutional Court to rule on “common purpose” in rape cases

Can an accused be convicted of rape for being part of a group with a common intent to rape?

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Law | 26 September 2019

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Gang violence: Mother of slain Bishop Lavis woman doesn’t have much faith in the army

Police use rubber bullets during protest against violence

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News | 25 September 2019

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The village where women can’t afford to report rape

Nearest police station is 120 kilometres away

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News | 23 September 2019