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‘As the Khayelitsha community we are devastated’: Police and soccer officials killed
In one of the bloodiest weekends, four people, including two police officers, were killed in Khayelitsha in separate incidents on Sunday 11 June.
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Sports complex killings in Khayelitsha ‘not related’ to games
Local football authorities have confirmed that the killing of two sportspeople in Site C Sports Complex in Khayelitsha at the weekend was unrelated to the ongoing Coke Cup games.
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Community reeling after body is discovered in Lwandle
The Lwandle community is reeling after the discovery of a body of an unknown man along Onverwacht Road with stab wounds to his body on Monday 12 June.
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Residents fear for their lives as floods continue
“We are going to die here,” that is how Mavis Novoyi summed up her fears as torrential rains continue to wreak havoc in several parts of the province. She says every household on Great Dutch Street, in Gxalaba, Nyanga, is…
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Two men burned beyond recognition in Philippi
Following the torching of two men at Malema informal settlement, the Nyanga Community Policing Forum (CPF) has called for calm, citing the killings as barbaric.
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Mitchell’s Plain crash victim laid to rest in emotional service
Following weeks of grief, mourning and uncertainty, one of the families who lost children in a tragic incident in Mitchell’s Plain bade farewell to their child on Saturday 10 June.
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Officers narrowly survive attack outside a Cape Town mall
Four police officers were admitted to hospital after coming under attack from armed robbers at Junxion Mall on Monday 12 June.
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Rehab centre in Cape Town ‘collapses’ amid infighting
Infighting is threatening to throw into disarray efforts to rehabilitate addicts receiving assistance from the Ilisolakhe Rehabilitation Centre, following the death of one of its “founding members”.
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Families of the learners who died in an accident in Mitchells Plain showered with gifts
Families of the learners who died in an accident while on their way to school in Mitchells Plain have received gifts from officials from the City of Cape Town
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One of the children who died in a learners school transport accident in Mitchell’s Plain laid to rest
Lilitha Rehema Eiman was one of the learners who passed away in a car accident while on their way to school










