Three suspects remain in custody following their arrest on charges of attempted murder and assault after eight taxis were impounded
According to the annual report, there is a shortage of 548 detectives in the province, and one detective deals with between 40 and 60 cases
While the community is seeking permanent lifeguards, the municipality contends it cannot afford such
The solicitor-general said state legal assistance for the embattled Western Cape judge president ended when the JSC confirmed that he was guilty of misconduct for trying to compromise Concourt judges
Mbongeni Songo is facing four counts of murder and one of attempted murder. A fifth person was wounded in the same incident
Research finds women and girls act as recruits, drug dealers and armed gangsters in the ‘deeply ingrained’ gang culture in the Western Cape
Suspects still at large following the execution-style killing of three women aged 17, 20 and 21
Three young women have been shot dead execution-style in one of Cape Town’s gang-riddled communities
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
Three members affiliated with taxi association Cata have been gunned down at the Joe Slovo minibus taxi rank in Cape Town
The arbitration hearing in which former cop Jeremy Vearey was challenging his dismissal concluded its proceedings on Monday 13 September
Changes in agriculture will affect blue cranes and heat stress will harm Cape rockjumpers that are already found at higher altitudes
Even in hardship Nama blooms.
Evidence at the arbitration hearing into the dismissal of high-ranking cop Jeremy Vearey reflects major battles at the very top of the SAPS
The fired cop’s arbitration hearing was postponed to next month just as police put forward video material
The use of the phrase ‘lighting up the shadows’ was a deliberate application of mind on Jeremy Vearey’s part targeted at the SAPS, police counsel argues.
Eastern Cape police commissioner Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga told the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council on Tuesday 17 August that discipline was the cornerstone of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and that former Western Cape detective head Major General Jeremy Vearey had undermined it with derogatory Facebook posts Ntshinga was appointed by national […]
The national commissioner did not call me privately and say ‘I want Jeremy Vearey out’, investigating officer tells arbitration panel
Mobile sites are a national initiative to take Covid-19 vaccines to rural communities. The Mail & Guardian visited one such site
for farmworkers in the Western Cape
Adam Damons argues he has faced unfair discrimination, and that the City’s promotions policy did not make provision for discrimination based on disability
Gabriel Klassen, who grew up on Cape Town’s Cape Flats, is one of the many young climate activists in South Africa who are reaching out
to their peers and pushing for change and action
Children have accounted for a relatively low number of coronavirus cases, but other facets of their healthcare and wellbeing have suffered
But key route remains closed and affected areas halt issuing of operating licences
Pfizer will deliver 1.5-million doses on Sunday and a further 5.6-million doses by Wednesday and 1.4-million J&J vaccines will arrive by Monday
The flare-up of the taxi war in the Western Cape has again shown the industry’s ability to hold commuters, the state and the local economy to ransom
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But despite the calm, rival taxi associations have not yet made peace in their turf war
Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates
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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
Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says 120 private pharmacies were destroyed and 47 500 vaccines lost in KwaZulu-Natal
The closure of the Mbekweni/Paarl and Bellville route comes as negotiations between taxi operators fail and will affect thousands of commuters
Several vaccination sites were forced to a standstill on Monday, with healthcare workers unable to attend work because of limited public transport