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More boots have been put on the ground after more shootings occurred at the Cape Flats in the past week. (David Harrison/M&G)
ANTI GANG UNIT

Cape Flats shootings keep residents locked indoors for a second week

Two suspects have been arrested for attempted murder, and a key suspect for various shootings remains at large

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Premier Alan Winde called for the investigation after a court judgment indicated senior police officer had worked with members of the 28 gang. (PIETER BAUERMEISTER/AFP via Getty Images)
ANTI GANG UNIT

Reinforcements sent to Cape Flats gang hotspot after multiple murders

Five people, including an alleged gang boss, have been killed in Manenberg

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Intelligence-driven operations in Cape Town’s suburbs have led to wanted suspects being arrested and illegal drugs confiscated in a pre-festive season police clampdown.
ANTI GANG UNIT

Cape Town police confiscate illegal drugs in pre-holiday crackdown

Drug abuse trends upward during the festive season

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Premier Alan Winde called for the investigation after a court judgment indicated senior police officer had worked with members of the 28 gang. (David Harrison/M&G)
ANTI GANG UNIT

Cape Flats gangsters, children die in fight over turf

Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates

  • Eunice Masson
6 min read
ANTI GANG UNIT

Kilian heads to supreme court to appeal bail dismissal

The high court and the magistrate’s court have rejected bids for bail by Zane Kilian, one of the accused in the murder of top cop Charl Kinnear

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Captain Edward du Plessis, who is part of the investigation team into the assassination of Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear, was told by the security manager of alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack there was a R1-million “hit” on his life. (Photo by David Harrison/M&G)
AMAAL JANTJIES

Modack charged with Kinnear murder

Nafiz Modack is the second person to be charged with killing Charl Kinnear and five others are accused of conspiracy to commit murder, among 61 other charges

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
ANTI GANG UNIT

Zane Kilian, the man accused of top cop’s murder, has been denied bail

The Bellville regional court in Cape Town has denied bail for murder-accused Zane Kilian, as he failed to prove he is an honest person

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Working conditions, personal circumstances and the ‘militaristic manner’ in which SAPS is managed have a detrimental effect on mental health, say experts. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANDRE LINCOLN

Man accused of top cop’s murder is back in the dock

Bail application proceedings into murder-accused Zane Kilian are expected to resume today after many delays last year.

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
ACE MAGASHULE

Eusebius McKaiser: What’s worse than corruption? Complacency

Corruption isn’t just about unethical accounting practices. It is a direct and total attack on society. The stakes are that existential and that visceral.

  • Eusebius McKaiser
7 min read
Not feeding gang culture: Mark Nicholson is providing daily meals to hundreds of children in the Lavender Hill area in Cape Town. (David Harrison)
ALCOHOL

Gangs profit though guns are silent

The lockdown has seen fewer incidents of gang violence in some dangerous Cape Town areas, but the criminal underworld is still hard at work

  • Lester Kiewit
5 min read