Scores of people in Valhalla Park looted stores and a butchery on Monday, sparking anger on social media. Videos of the incident clearly show looters making away with whole carcasses, packs of meat and other goods – including a freezer. Some also appeared to fight over the loot. The incident[…]
Smashed glass on the pavement and rubbish bags acting as temporary covers for car windows are common sights in central Cape Town, which remains the precinct worst hit by theft out of or from motor vehicles around the country. The police station in Buitenkant Street recorded 3 710 cases for[…]
The University of the Western Cape is launching a new DNA profiling system to help with sexual offences. The new DNA kit targets will help in sexual offence cases, a crime that is plaguing South Africa. The kit targets DNA that is only carried by men – the Y-Chromosome. Head[…]
A total shutdown has been planned for the Western Cape on Wednesday by various shutdown committees in the province. Community leaders are saying that government refuses to recognise the situation for what it is and that accordingly, they will shut the province down for five hours as a form of[…]
Addressing questions around crime, gangsterism and general governance in an interview with VOC, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has said that he is focusing his efforts on reducing crime and improving public transport. Winde has implied that the Western Cape and South Africa can be argued as being considered a[…]
Cape Town police say their Operation Lockdown on the Cape Flats has resulted in 125 arrests this weekend. Police Spokesperson, Andre Traut says the offences include the possession of drugs, illegal firearms and protests. Traut says their operations are ongoing . “During the deployment of the joint forces attached to Lockdown, 12[…]
The two men arrested for the murder of three children and a teenager at a house in Elsies River earlier this week became emotional in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court on Friday, crying as they were led to the court’s holding cells. “It wasn’t me. I didn’t kill those children!” Rowan[…]
PART TWO By Anees Teladia This is the second of a TWO-PART feature on the death penalty in South Africa. PART TWO will explore three more key themes in the death penalty debate: the prevailing theories of justice in South Africa and how these theories relate to the death penalty,[…]
Social media and instant messaging platforms such as Whatsapp are becoming increasingly filled with reports of attempted human trafficking incidents and kidnappings. South Africans are being urged to exercise more caution in both day to day living and where employment or potential income opportunities arise. Just days ago, an elderly[…]
JOHANNESBURG – A Democratic Alliance councillor in the West Rand municipality has been arrested. He was one of three men arrested for the robbery of a Pep Store in Hillbrow this week. Police spokesperson Captain Musa Shihambe says police officers patrolling Pretoria and Catherine streets on Wednesday spotted a suspicious-looking Mercedes which[…]
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