Crime
If poverty and Covid-19 don’t kill you a gunshot will, says PE protester
Residents are demanding better policing amid crime spike
Brief | 23 November 2020
IPID investigating after police accused of assaulting woman
The woman says that officers in Philippi threatened to kill her and her family if they spoke out about the incident
News | 20 November 2020
Woman doused with spirits and set alight after stealing food worth R25
Shop apologises and suspends two employees implicated in the incident
News | 18 November 2020
Informal traders say the City neglects the town centre in Mitchells Plain
The group says the area “reeks of defecation and urine”
News | 17 November 2020
West Coast mining magnate fails to keep criminal trial secret
Australian court has lifted an interim order barring publication of details of trial of Tormin mines’ Mark Caruso
By John Yeld
News | 16 November 2020
Motorcade through Cape Town to highlight gender-based violence
Police accompany Ilitha Labantu campaign
News | 13 November 2020
Court grants eviction order against alleged housing “hijackers”
Evictees say they were out of options
News | 12 November 2020
Steve Tshwete Stadium collapsing and taking local sport with it
Mayor blames vandals and lack of cooperation from local teams
Brief | 9 November 2020
Police accused of shooting pregnant woman in her own yard
IPID is investigating the case
Brief | 28 October 2020