Crime
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
Charges withdrawn against man accused of starting Cape Town fire
Representations by Frederick Mhangazo’s defence team convince State to drop case
Brief | 16 July 2021
Brakpan community members protect immigrant-owned spaza shops
What will our children eat if this looting does not stop? asks resident
News | 15 July 2021
Transport department to shut down “problematic” ranks and routes if taxi violence continues
More people killed and several others injured this week in ongoing feud over taxi routes
Brief | 15 July 2021
“It’s hunger, my sister,” says Brakpan looter
Most Tsakane shops have been gutted
News | 14 July 2021
Gauteng clinics looted and destroyed
“What was not taken, was broken,” says doctor
News | 13 July 2021
Eastern Cape taxi bosses vow to stop looters
Gqeberha residents mobilise to protect shopping mall
By Mkhuseli Sizani, Joseph Chirume and Loyiso Dyongman
News | 13 July 2021
“I don’t know what I did to deserve this” says looted shop owner
Sporadic looting and protests continue in Alexandra, Johannesburg
News | 12 July 2021