By: Aneeqa du Plessis Days after the provincial crime stats were released for the third quarter of 2022, yet another mass shooting has rocked Wallacdene, Kraaifontein, where four men were gunned down in an informal settlement on Tuesday evening. According to SAPS, officials were called out to an informal[…]
The body of a 48-year-old man was found off Imam Haron Road in Landsdowne last night. According to SAPS, local police responded to a complaint after 20h00 and upon arrival the victim was declared deceased by medical personnel. Lansdowne police registered an inquest for further investigation. Anyone with information that[…]
The body of a 21-year-old female was found buried in a shallow grave in Delft at the weekend. According to SAPS, the discovery was made after officials responded to a tip-off on Sunday evening. The deceased was found with stab wounds to her body. “The unknown suspect/s fled the scene[…]
By: Aneeqa du Plessis A 26-year-old man was shot and killed in Manenberg last night. According to SAPS Spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg, officials attended to the crime scene where they found the man with several gunshot wounds to his body. The victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical[…]
The Hawks’ National Priority Violent Crimes (NPVC) team arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of Sergeant Sithembiso Mnatwana. The police official who was attached to Cape Town Central police station was shot and killed in September last year in front of his residence in Samora Machell. The case[…]
The bodies of two couples were found fatally wounded in an Mfuleni informal settlement yesterday. According to SAPS Spokesperson Novela Potelwa, a vehicle entered the Covid-19 informal settlement at 23h00 on Wednesday evening and shortly after gunshots were heard. Subsequently, residents found the four bodies on Thursday morning in two[…]
On December 17, members of the public flagged down Law Enforcement Anti Land Invasion Unit police on patrol to inform them of an armed robbery in Parklands. The getaway car’s description and the fact that it was driving in a direction that would directly take them past the officers were[…]
The South African Police Service on Sunday said it was preparing to parade 10,000 newly trained police officers this week. The group of “fully-fledged constables” is reported to have successfully undergone and completed the basic police learning development programme. “The nine-month programme is a combination of theory and practice which[…]
Police minister Bheki Cele will deliver the eulogy at the funeral service of Const Ashwin Pedro who was killed while on duty in Grassy Park, Cape Town, last week. Pedro and his partner had responded to a tip-off about an armed suspect in the area on December 1. An altercation[…]
The brutal killing of children in South Africa remains a huge concern. Statistics by the South African Police Service (SAPS) show that more than 500 children were murdered between April and September this year. As the country observes 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, children’s rights[…]
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