Crime
Protests in Limpopo against court “bungles”
Hundreds of Tshikota residents marched to the Louis Trichardt Magistrates Court accusing it of bungling a string of cases
Brief | 21 July 2022
COSATU to strike over lack of action against crime
Union members will march in Cape Town in August to protest about government’s “lacklustre” approach to rising crime
Brief | 20 July 2022
Beware of misleading crime statistics
People in poorer neighbourhoods usually have less incentive to report crime
GroundView | 20 July 2022
Police commissioner and MEC witness mob justice assault in Khayelitsha
The state officials were visiting the scene of a deadly shooting when they came across a man being beaten by residents
Brief | 18 July 2022
GroundUp reporters hijacked and robbed
This was one of many car hijackings in Philippi and Nyanga this past week
By James Stent
News | 8 July 2022
Fire finishes off Motherwell library
The library has been closed since the start of the pandemic
Brief | 7 July 2022
Khayelitsha murder case postponed for fifth time since May
Family and friends of Phelokazi Mqathanya angered by delays in bringing accused to trial
Brief | 6 July 2022
Yeoville Market fire was a xenophobic attack, say activists and stall owners
Many immigrant entrepreneurs lost their livelihoods in the fire
News | 24 June 2022
Taxi drivers refuse to go to dangerous Cape Town township
“Community members and safety forums in Philippi must stand up and demand more police visibility” says taxi association
News | 24 June 2022