Crime

Deny bail to dangerous criminals, say Despatch protesters

Residents protest outside court after tavern killing

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Brief | 27 September 2018

Cape Flats communities shut down in protest over lack of policing

“When we call the police, they don’t come, but now they are standing around here just watching us”

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News | 25 September 2018

Township residents march on Parliament as crime statistics are released

“We sleep hearing gunshots and wake up hearing gunshots”

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News | 11 September 2018

“Mass shutdown” planned on the Cape Flats in October

Hundreds expected to march against crime and gang violence

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News | 11 September 2018

“Kensington police station is a museum”

Three avenues closed on Friday morning by residents fed up with gang violence

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Brief | 24 August 2018

Authorities respond after residents shut down clinic

Port Elizabeth clinic is plagued by crime

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Brief | 24 August 2018

Our businesses are collapsing because of criminals, say traders

Informal traders march to Parow police station

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Brief | 24 August 2018

Police claim successes for Operation Thunder

130 illegal guns confiscated in three months, senior police officers tell Western Cape legislature

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Brief | 22 August 2018

Another rape reported at Fort Hare

University promises to “beef up” security and review policy on sexual harassment

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Brief | 21 August 2018

Teachers demand safer schools in Khayelitsha

Protesters vowed to shut down schools if premier does not meet their demands

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Brief | 20 August 2018

Shack dwellers too scared to shit

Access to safe toilets is a daily struggle for Island informal settlement residents

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News | 17 August 2018

Paramedics seen as soft targets by criminals on the Cape Flats

City has 16 “red zones” where ambulances need police escorts

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News | 15 August 2018

Spate of vigilante killings in Dunoon

“We don’t support mob justice but people are sick and tired of crime”

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News | 31 July 2018

Guard murdered for protecting RDP houses from thieves

Tshutsha Daniso was shot dead trying to prevent buildings in Mfuleni from being stripped while they are being built

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Brief | 31 July 2018

DA calls for army to be deployed

Mmusi Maimane leads march from Manenberg to Nyanga

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Brief | 19 July 2018

Walmer residents want satellite police station reopened

Police say they have increased patrols in the area

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Brief | 17 July 2018