The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupert’s remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africa’s violent crime problem
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Calvin Cloete hacked Carmen Gouws to death with an axe and stomped on her back with such force that he left shoe imprints
A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals
Three more alleged gang members from the Americans and Jesters were killed on Tuesday in a Manenberg killing spree
Debate is heating up over the Child Justice Amendment Act increasing the criminal capacity age from 10 to 12 years
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Community members live in fear of possible retaliatory shooting as police suspect the motive was gang related.
‘Squid Game’ is an explicit critique of the current mode of capitalism. But far too much popular discourse has overlooked or neglected its sociopolitical messages.
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
At least 50 more police and other law enforcement officers were sent to the area in response to the spate of violence
Like many community-based projects, Join Bands, Not Gangs has had to rely on donations to teach young children to play instruments to escape crime, gangsterism and drug abuse
Justice minister embarks on parole reform after recent murders of two Western Cape children allegedly by parolees
The prisons department says it has rehabilitation programmes. Others disagree, including an ex-inmate who says the only way to come right is to want to change
Several attorneys and advocates told the Mail & Guardian that their fraternity is now “under siege”.
Long-standing feuds between adults are playing out at schools, with the violence forcing them to be closed for long periods
Shootings and violence did not stop voters in the Cape ganglands from exercising their constitutional rights
They learnt violence at home and in society which is marred by inequality and poverty
Over the years Mihalik has been the go-to lawyer for underworld figures and individuals linked to a deadly turf war
Tuesday’s shutdown is expected to see Cape Flats residents blockading major arterial roads during peak morning traffic
In the early hours of Wednesday morning the community of Bonteheuwel will shut down
The drugs, the bodies, the violence – it’s hard to comprehend how people live in Ocean View
Nommer 37 is a safe film, albeit one that executes well within its limits.
Sporadic gun battles in gang hotspots around the Cape Flats area have increased and prompted authorities to call for an army intervention
Westville jail inmates say they are being unlawfully punished for gang violence
Stolen police firearms are being used in politically-motivated shootings, gang hits and taxi violence.
Readers write in about the auditor witch-hunt, and drug policy
Women and children bear the brunt of drug and gang violence, but help is at hand in the form of the Saartjie Baartman and Women’s Legal centres.
Children who are exposed to gangsterism are at greater risk of becoming perpetrators of violence themselves, according to a study in Mannenberg.
A Westbury activist and the Wits Justice Project debate a recent M&G article about Westbury and the discovery of human remains during a police raid.
Port Elizabeth police are on high alert in the Gelvendale area, after three shooting incidents were reported over two days.
Two teenagers are among those killed in a shooting over the weekend during gang violence in Mitchells Plain.
Reports say DA leader Helen Zille has cancelled her voter registration trip to Manenberg after gang violence resumed in the area at the weekend.
A man has been arrested after an Elsies River boy was shot and wounded while on his way to his first day of grade one.