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Deadly: Tiffiney Carolisen (in red) leads a march in Delft after her sister, Aqeelah Schroeder, was killed in 2022. Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images
ACTION SOCIETY

Murder spikes as Delft gangs target child recruits

Gang-related deaths totalled 23 in the first 18 days of September

  • Eunice Masson
6 min read
Place of refuge: Marlene Patterson with a platter of food for the pre-matric exam breakfast in Wilhelmina Heynes’ home in Delft. Heynes, otherwise known as Aunty Mina, has been offering support to children for so long that some of those attending her matric breakfast joined her after-school programme when they were in grade one. Photos: David Harrison
CAPE TOWN

Aunty Mina’s matric breakfasts a boost for Delft’s grade 12s

Learners writing their final exams are motivated by the delicious fare served at an oasis in Delft, Cape Town

  • Eunice Masson
5 min read
AB ISAACS

Shootings on Cape Flats claim 14 lives in less than a week

At least 50 more police and other law enforcement officers were sent to the area in response to the spate of violence

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
DELFT

Evicted SA squatters live on hope alone

Legsaan Levember can only pray for better days as he huddles with 12 family members in a roadside tent, another victim of South Africa’s spiralling housing backlog. The family…

  • Isaac Mangena
4 min read
ANDRE TRAUT

Squatters, cops clash during Delft evictions

Seven people were injured on Tuesday when riot-squad officers fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at squatters resisting eviction from a housing project in Delft near Cape…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read