Crime

Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests

Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town

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News | 24 June 2019

Mother can’t afford to bury her son, found dead days after police arrested him

“There is no evidence that his death was due to police action” says IPID

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News | 21 June 2019

Gang unit not enough for Cape Flats, says Cele

“In the Western Cape, 1,875 people were murdered in the past six months alone,” says MEC

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Brief | 12 June 2019

Teacher shot dead at primary school

Parents fear for the safety of their children at Durban school

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News | 11 June 2019

Community safety volunteers demand jobs in KZN

Department of Community Safety and Liaison has R33 million budget for volunteers

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News | 6 June 2019

Macassar residents collecting complaints against police

“People would rather resolve an issue themselves than wait for police”

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News | 5 June 2019

Families fear graves have been robbed in Langa cemetery

“Back in the day we respected the cemetery and were scared to even point at graves”

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Brief | 30 April 2019

Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City

“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”

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Brief | 24 April 2019

Train arson suspect sent for psychiatric assessment

Court case postponed until 2 May

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Brief | 24 April 2019

Immigrant-owned shop saved by residents, later looted

Owner says this is the fourth time since 2007 he has had to flee. Police stretched to the limit

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Brief | 12 April 2019

Immigrant-owned shops ransacked in Strand

Residents blame land occupiers, but occupiers deny involvement

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News | 12 April 2019

Villagers want authorities to build a wall to divide them

Residents in Zitha and Sicamba in the Eastern Cape have been feuding since last year

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News | 11 April 2019

Langa residents march to police station on Saturday night

“If you go to the police station after midnight, you will find it closed”

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Brief | 8 April 2019

School for deaf burgled four times and set alight twice

“All my colleagues are traumatised. We never expected such a calamity”

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Brief | 2 April 2019

Death penalty debate is a cheap political trick

Politicians are once again trying to use capital punishment to get votes

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Opinion | 1 April 2019

Hundreds arrested in PRASA crackdown

Western Cape Regional Manager says copper theft has reached unprecedented levels

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News | 27 March 2019