Crime
“I’m scared to be among my own brothers and sisters” says gay Zimbabwean activist
A week ago a man living in Langa was assaulted by two other Zimbabwean men
News | 25 August 2021
Slain UCT student remembered
Memorial held at Cape Town post office for Uyinene Mrwetyana who was raped and murdered two years ago
Brief | 25 August 2021
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