Two foreign nationals were arrested after they were found in possession of a large quantity of illegal abalone in Bellville in Cape Town, the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Western Cape said on Saturday. On Thursday, vigilant members of the SAPS Bellville crime prevention unit (CPU) acted on[…]
A number of current and former students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) have alleged that they were asked for sexual favours by some staff members in return for a residence placement. Nkululeko Mangweni, who works in Parliament but used to be an SRC chair at the university,[…]
Kyle Ruiters, the man accused of murdering and mutilating Bellville woman, Lynette Volschenk, appeared at the Bellville magistrates court on Monday and the case was postponed for 2 September 2019. Ruiters court appearance postponed During Ruiters appearance in court, a group of protesters from the South African Women Fight Back[…]
The Voice Of the Cape radio station (VOC) wishes to inform its listeners that a woman has been collecting money from a couple in Belville under the pretence of collecting donations for an orphanage in Paarl. Joel Booysen said he was contacted last week after the women called his dad[…]
What started out as an investigation into the printing of illegal abortion ads has instead led the Metro Police Tactical Reponse Unit to uncover a massive forgery ring in the city. The ring was bust in Bellville’s central business district on Thursday. Various counterfeit goods were discovered at the premises[…]
Two women were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a block of flats in Boston Street, Bellville. About 120 people had to be evacuated from the 10-storey building, Cape Town fire and rescue spokesperson Theo Layne said. “The fire has been extinguished, and firefighters have inspected[…]
Final exams for CPUT students at the Bellville campus, which were scheduled to commence on Monday, have once again been brought to a halt after examination venues were vandalised. The institution said the destruction happened on Sunday night. “The venue is being cleaned up and we are determined to have[…]
A man was killed and six others seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in lost control on the N1 near Bellville in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon. The vehicle crashed into the barrier near the Jip de Jager offramp, said Cape Town traffic spokesperson Maxine Jordaan. Officials closed[…]
A man has been left seriously injured after a roof collapsed on top of him on Robert Sobukwe Road on Wednesday morning, emergency services said. ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said in a statement paramedics, along with Metro and fire services, arrived on the scene and found that the roof of[…]
Ten Western Cape police officials, based at the Parow police station in Cape Town, appeared in the Bellville District Court on Monday.The officials, who were arrested at the weekend, face eight charges of corruption each, with the amounts involved totalling in excess of R10,000. State advocate Max Orban, of the[…]
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