Crime
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Chamber warns against Metrorail’s ‘free-for-all’ ticking time bomb
The chamber raised the alarm in a statement, saying it had been informed by taxi and bus stakeholders that “non-paying passengers are barging onto trains en masse at key stations…
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Human traffickers target ‘vulnerable individuals’ for business
The recent three life-imprisonment sentences of people accused of trafficking and kidnapping six-year-old Joshlin Smith has put the spotlight on human trafficking. World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is observed…
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Amapolisa alumkisa abantu ngemigewu egqugqisayo kuthotho lweevenkile
Amapolisa ase Lingelthu -West, eKhayelitsha, alumkisa abahlali ngemigewu egqugqisa kudederhu lweevenkile (iKhayelitsha Mall) nehamba ilahla imali ngenjongo zokukhuthuza abantu. Le migewu, nehamba ingamaqela ohlukeneyo, omnye wabo uye awise phantsi isiphampa…
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Samora Machel learner, 15, fatally shot in ambush near school
Samora Machel police are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old learner, the second such incident in two weeks. Community leaders urge unity against crime.
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Cape Flats gang violence
remains a worry for policePolice announce three new stations in Mfuleni, Brown’s Farm, and Delft to combat crime. Delft has highest murder rate in Western Cape, with gang violence as a significant factor driving…
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Sinethemba High School learner gunned down in Samora Machel
Samora Machel police are investigating the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old female Sinethemba High School learner on Thursday 22 May.
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Zijongene ngezikhondo zamehlo iinkokheli zase Covid
Iphume nodlolwazana ingxabano phakathi kweenkokheli zokuhlala kwindawo yoogobityholo iCovid, eMfuleni, emva kokutshiswa kweehoki ezintandathu zangumthuthu.
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Nyanga CPF urges calm after taxi driver shot dead in suspected robbery
A leader of the Nyanga Community Policing Forum (CPF) is calling for calm after a local taxi (iphela) driver was shot dead at the corner of Sithandathu and Emms drives…
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SANParks deploys helicopter for criminal deterrence
To boost safety in and around the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP), the South African National Parks (SANParks) deployed one of its helicopters, which led to the arrest of a…
