Car keys linked to a Cape Town man who was allegedly hijacked before being murdered have been found by detectives. A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the case. Police also seized an unlicensed firearm with ammunition. The arrest comes after police detectives and Crime Prevention members followed[…]
A 27-year-old police constable committed suicide with his service pistol after firing a fatal shot at a man while on duty in Khayelitsha at the weekend. The circumstances are now under investigation by detectives. The shooting incident occurred at about 2.30pm on Saturday in Site B, Khayelitsha. The constable had[…]
Police have confirmed they are looking for a man caught on CCTV in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town at the time a French woman was mugged, robbed of her backpack and stabbed in the neck. In CCTV footage of the attack around 09:58 on Tuesday, which has been circulated on social media,[…]
The police are urging Bo-Kaap community members to come forward with any information that could lead to tracking down the suspect responsible for stabbing a French woman in Bo Kaap earlier this week. The suspect was caught on the City’s CCTV cameras stabbing and robbing the victim. He can be[…]
Western cape Community Policing Forums (CPFs) face many challenges – both internally and externally – within their mandates and domains. However, the Elsies River CPF (which is a CPF in one of the more dangerous communities within Cape Town) has been experiencing a significant increase in the challenges experienced, due[…]
Police Minister Bheki Cele is to meet with Western Cape government officials within the next month to discuss failures relating to policing in the province. The provincial government has declared a formal intergovernmental dispute with the Police Minister, citing the shortage of police officers in the Western Cape as a[…]
Former Ipid head, Robert McBride, has detailed a system of patronage in the police service. He’s told the State Capture Inquiry that staff are promoted so they can please their seniors. McBride says unless patronage is dealt with, the exploitation of the police will continue unabated. “They have the willingness,[…]
By Anees Teladia The United States of America’s Consulate in Cape Town recently invited the city of Chicago’s Deputy Chief of Police, Eric Carter as well as District Commander, Ernest Cato III, to Cape Town. The aim of the visit has been to attempt to expand and increase the partnerships[…]
By Anees Teladia The taxi industry in South Africa has become known as one of the most dangerous and unruly industries to nearly all South Africans. Taxis are regularly implicated in reports on violence and unlawful road conduct. Recently, Hout Bay has found itself to be at the centre of[…]
Mystery shrouds the gruesome discovery yesterday of a man’s mutilated body propped up in a grocery shopping trolley in Lavender Hill. “The circumstances surrounding an incident where the body of an unknown male was found in a trolley in Hilary Drive, Lavender Hill, at about 7am are under investigation by[…]
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