Crime
Commuters left stranded by Metrorail in Cape Town
“Every day when I arrive at work I am already exhausted because of the shoving and standing inside the overcrowded trains.”
Brief | 19 August 2019
Women neighbourhood watch members lead crime fighting in “most dangerous” communities
“We decided that we couldn’t depend on the police to do everything”
News | 19 August 2019
Prayer meeting held for shot teenager
Sinazo Kleinbooi, 14, was shot and killed on her way home from school
Brief | 15 August 2019
Western Cape health services paint bloody picture of gun violence
“We are doing battleground medicine,” says minister
By Elsabé Brits
News | 8 August 2019
Land occupiers say they paid R150,000 for plots, but where is the money?
Hundreds of people from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth demand answers from ward committee
Brief | 8 August 2019
“No one was going to believe me” says rape survivior
Eastern Cape women struggle with prosecution of rapists
News | 8 August 2019
Spike in vigilante killings in Port Elizabeth
Police say communities resist investigations
Brief | 7 August 2019
Mothers of slain children march in Cape Town
Protest commemorates children killed by crime and gang violence
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 August 2019
Somalian shops in Khayelitsha looted after shooting
“It was no longer about the shooting anymore but hatred towards us Somalians” says shop owner
Brief | 29 July 2019