Crime
Criminalising cannabis use by children is unconstitutional, court rules
Court hears children are languishing for months in detention for trivial offences
Law | 3 August 2020
Twenty arrested after shops of foreign nationals looted and torched
Human rights groups have criticised government’s inaction to deal with xenophobic attacks
News | 31 July 2020
Khayelitsha business owner caught in “rain of stones” during protest
Nelly Tom has scratches and bruising on her face and her work vehicle is severely damaged
News | 31 July 2020
Cape Town residents close bridge to reduce crime
Pedestrian walkway connecting Mandalay to Lower Crossroads cut off
News | 30 July 2020
Two schools torched in protest for land
“They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19” says matric student
News | 23 July 2020
Mob burns Covid-19 facility and community hall
Ward councillor’s family moved to safehouse after their home was also attacked
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 July 2020
Residents destroy home of man accused of sexually assaulting five children
“We demolished his house because the justice system has failed us”
Brief | 9 July 2020
New Brighton residents launch community patrols as crime runs riot
“Our children no longer care to see a dead body”
News | 6 July 2020
Court finds JHB “clean up” “cruel, humiliating, degrading and invasive”
Police raids in 2017/18 were unconstitutional and done with ulterior motives
News | 3 July 2020