National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said the army would play a supporting role to the South African Police Service
When a group of learners headed out with their cameras to document infectious disease in the time of climate change, many came back with what they see every day — dangerous,…
Teachers, especially those in schools where violence, drugs and gangsterism are a daily reality, need to become ‘trauma informed’
Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon
It is about power, drugs and money for young gangsters who snub ‘traditional’ loyalist rules
Two suspects have been arrested for attempted murder, and a key suspect for various shootings remains at large
Gangs offer Cape Flats youths a way to elevate their status, opportunities for manageable responsibility and to gain access to resources. And they start young
Anita Hermanus offers free walking tours through the streets of Cape Town, the Bo-Kaap and Athlone relating detailed anecdotes of the heroes and history
Cele’s swift action in Soweto has been sorely lacking in other townships plagued by gun violence for years
The city has long had a fascination with South African jazz — and now with its visual artists
Erica verticillata, a plant endemic to an area along the Cape Flats, may have risen from extinction
In a few years the township will ‘disappear’, and Khayelitsha will become a city, believes one local entrepreneur
This is the fourth fire in in the area in recent weeks
‘He was like a loving father,’ says community member of murdered teacher in Philippi, Western Cape
After spending more than 40 years in a life of gangsterism, Ralph Haricombe’s life changed after his son asked him to change his life
A young ice-skating champion has beaten the odds and brought home a national gold medal
Amy Jephta and Ephraim Gordon have written and directed a noir TV series that evokes nostalgia as well as tension and violence
At least 50 more police and other law enforcement officers were sent to the area in response to the spate of violence
Children in the Cape Flats see violence very early in their lives and many end up in jail or killed. One of them, now a reformed gangster, walks us through his early traumatic…
Mia Arderne’s Mermaid Fillet was a lifetime in the making. The author’s vulnerability gives the book superpowers
![A police source working on gang-related activities in Hanover Park and Manenberg told the M&G: “The young ones don’t accept [gang] regulations and jump camp very easily.”
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