Province fines City of Cape Town R200K
The City of Cape Town is being fined R200 000 by the Western Cape provincial government for “unlawful activities”. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town is being fined R200 000 by the provincial...
View ArticleDelft girl in critcal but stable condition
The nine-year-old girl who was set on fire after being raped in Delft, Cape Town on the weekend is still in a critical condition. ||| Cape Town - The nine-year-old girl who was set on fire after being...
View ArticlePolice no-show for promised clampdown
Residents furious as cops blow off long-promised clampdown on Walmer Estate rat run. ||| Cape Town - The Walmer Estate Residents Community Forum has blasted the city for a “no show” in its plan to curb...
View ArticleResidents walk 5km to report a crime
Residents in some Khayelitsha informal settlements walk as far as 5km to report crimes, while police take up to an hour to respond when called out. ||| Cape Town - Residents in some Khayelitsha...
View ArticleBikers ride to protest Against Tolls
Go BATty on Saturday 25 January at the fourth Cape Town Bikers Against e-Tolls protest run ||| As the groundswell of anger over the e-tolling fiasco in Gauteng… er… swells, Bikers Against e-Tolls in...
View ArticleYoung people keen to join SAPS
Young people are showing interest in joining the SA Police Service, the police ministry said. ||| Cape Town - Young people are showing interest in joining the SA Police Service, the police ministry...
View ArticleSAPS commission shown ‘field of death’
The "field of death" was one of Cape Town's crime hotspots the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry was shown during in loco inspections. ||| Cape Town - The "field of death" was one of Cape Town's crime...
View ArticleLiving costs to bite in 2014
According to financial analysts, this year is going to be “much worse” than last year for local consumers. ||| Cape Town - An optimistic forecast for South Africa’s economic growth will not be much...
View ArticleSA surfer set for ‘Big Thursday’
They’re calling it “Big Thursday” – one of the most anticipated waves of the decade. ||| Cape Town - They’re calling it “Big Thursday” – one of the most anticipated waves of the decade, as storm surf...
View ArticleCape cleaners pelted with faeces
Contract cleaning staff were greeted by poo-throwing locals as they returned to work at the Barcelona settlement near Cape Town. ||| Cape Town - City of Cape Town employees and contract cleaning staff...
View ArticleMthethwa: Let’s find the bad apples
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa wants to clean up “the rot” in the police service - and he needs your help to do it. ||| Cape Town - Minister Nathi Mthethwa wants to clean up “the rot” in the police...
View Article‘This is the execution place’
A Cape Town commission investigating the efficacy of police in Khayelitsha got a tour of a notorious “field of death”. ||| Cape Town - The “Field of Death” was one of Cape Town’s crime hot spots that...
View ArticleMore Cape drivers' phones impounded
Mayco member JP Smith in head-on collision with attitude from the southern suburbs. ||| Cape Town - Loquacious motorists who insist on driving and talking had their cellphones confiscated on Thursday...
View Article‘EFF man’ not a ‘political appointee’
A Cape Town council employee reportedly seen at the EFF rally in Khayelitsha "can belong to any party he chooses". ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town says one of its employees, who was reportedly...
View ArticleBig plans for Cape schools unveiled
Four new schools and 17 replacement buildings will be completed in the Western Cape this year. ||| Cape Town - Twenty-one schools – four new and 17 replacement buildings – are to be built across the...
View ArticleResidents concerns jutified, inquiry told
Grave concerns over the failure of Khayelitsha police to do their work are justified, Social Justice Coalition advocate Ncumisa Mayosi said. ||| Cape Town - Grave concerns over the failure of...
View Article‘Normal policing won’t do for Khayelitsha’
It was virtually impossible to adopt conventional policing strategies against crime in Khayelitsha, a lawyer for the police said. ||| Cape Town - It was virtually impossible to adopt conventional...
View ArticleKitchen company manager back in court
A pre-trial conference to expedite the trial of a man accused of defrauding his employer of R1.2 million was set by a cape Town court. ||| Cape Town - A pre-trial conference to expedite the trial of a...
View ArticleMan arrested for Christmas murder
A man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a man to death on Christmas day last year in Thembalethu near George. ||| Cape Town - A man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly stabbing a man to death in...
View ArticlePlea for police visibility in Khayelitsha
More police visibility in Khayelitsha will reduce high crime levels, a clergyman told a commission investigating alleged police inaction in the Cape Town area. ||| Cape Town - More police visibility in...
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