Crime
Phoenix “vigilante killings”: dozens march to police station demanding judicial inquiry
“I saw so much hate in people’s eyes as they beat me up”
News | 16 August 2021
Family waits 11 hours at roadside with body of child killed in a hit-and-run
Three-year-old Mtshidzi Ngwenya was killed at a pedestrian crossing on the N1 in Limpopo at 1pm. Pathologists only came after midnight
Brief | 11 August 2021
EFF march in Phoenix: stones thrown and insults hurled at residents
Law enforcement and march marshals were quick to contain the situation
News | 6 August 2021
Unrest July 2021: Grim details of deaths in Phoenix
Bheki Cele gives account of what sparked the violence according to police
News | 3 August 2021
Small traders suffering as a result of Cape Town taxi violence
“When the taxi drivers shoot at each other, we lie on the ground next to our stock”
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 July 2021
Taxi violence: “It is like organised crime trying to take over the economy of the Western Cape”
Negotiations between rival taxi bodies deadlocked
News | 22 July 2021
Duped and desperate loan seekers bring class action against online scammers
“Wily confidence tricksters” shut down in action led by Stellenbosch law clinic
Law | 22 July 2021
When will the taxi violence end, asks Cape Town commuter desperate to get to work
The government must step in and stop the strike, otherwise we will lose our jobs, says store cashier
By Vincent Lali and Ashraf Hendricks
Brief | 21 July 2021
Cape Town commuters terrorised by taxi war
82 people murdered this year and buses shot at
News | 19 July 2021