Two men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman outside a nightclub in Claremont, Cape Town, and raping her, Western Cape police said on Monday. They were caught in the early hours of Saturday morning after a taxi driver who saw it happen contacted police, Colonel Tembinkosi Kinana said.[…]
A total of 57 people who had protested in a Woolworths store in Killarney Mall were arrested on Saturday, Johannesburg police said. The group was charged with public disturbance, said Constable Thabo Malatji. “They went to Woolies and started disturbing customers inside the shop,” said Malatji. The protests are linked[…]
Former National Prosecuting Authority head Vusi Pikoli is set to become the police ombudsman for the Western Cape, the Saturday Star reported. The appointment of a provincial police ombudsman would be a first for the country. Pikoli, who also headed the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry which looked into complaints related[…]
A member of Tunisia’s security forces has been killed in a shootout with an armed group at its hideout in a town near the capital. Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui said the exchange of fire on Thursday came after two counterterrorism operations in the south of the country in[…]
Athlone, like most other areas on the Cape Flats has been plagued by an ever increasing use, abuse and peddling of drugs. It has been reported that over 200 houses in the area alone are being used as drug dens. Authorities will now embark on joint operations to evict tenants[…]
Supermarket chain Pick ‘n Pay has expressed concern over the safety of staff, after a security guard was fatally shot during a robbery at its Waterstone Village branch in Somerset West on Sunday. “We are very sad to report that a security guard from G4S was shot and killed during[…]
Although the community has a major role to play in preventing the spread of gangsterism in the province, Operation Combat leader Major-General Jeremy Veary believes cutting gangs off from their recruitment base may cripple them in future. At the 35th Crimestoppers International Conference in Cape Town this week, Veary said[…]
A man was arrested after he alleged shot dead a police officer in Nyanga, police said on Saturday. The 38-year-old police detective constable was shot around 6.30pm on Friday, while pursuing the man, who was wanted in connection with several murder cases, Captain Frederick van Wyk said. “The member died[…]
A police officer has been killed during an investigation in Khayelitsha, Western Cape, the department of community safety said on Friday. MEC Dan Plato said in a statement the 37-year-old officer — who was stationed at Lingelethu West, in Khayelitsha — was shot on Thursday night and succumbed to his[…]
The police’s gang strategy is not stopping the scourge of gang and drug related crimes, says provincial MEC for Community Safety Dan Plato. The minister was commenting on a recent spate of gang violence on the Cape Flats, which has left communities with little faith in the police force. Over[…]
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