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Police are investigating the kidnapping of 32-year-old Andiswa Qhina, from Samora Machel, who did not return home after going on a date with a man she met on Facebook.

Supplied Western Cape police have arrested a 39-year-old man following the murder of a lesbian in Khayelitsha. Phelokazi Ndlwana was found with stab wounds to her chest and later succumbed to her injuries. Her murder comes a week after the funeral of Lonwabo Jack who was killed in another alleged hate crime in Nyanga. Khayelitsha residents have rallied behind the LGBTQI+ community after the murder of yet another lesbian in the violence-torn Cape Town suburb. Phelokazi Ndlwana died over there w...

Supplied by SAPS Western Cape police have made several breakthroughs in the war against drugs. Heroin and mandrax worth around R2 million were seized in Cape Towns Westlake and Noordhoek. This follows a huge drug haul in the West Coast where crystal meth, heroin and cocaine worth around R5.5 million were seized. Heroin and mandrax worth around R2m have been seized in raids in the Cape Town suburbs of Westlake and Noordhoek. Further afield in Kraaifontein, dagga products, including cookies, muf...

Jaco Marais The promise of R10 000 and a cellphone was allegedly offered to an Anti-Gang Unit member to tell attempted murder accused Nafiz Modack about any planned raids on his house.   AGU policeman Ashley Tabisher is the latest to appear in court with Modack who was arrested on attempted murder, kidnapping and intimidation charges after a police chase last week.  The draft indictment against the two also covered the complicated bonds between informants and the AGU which is still reeling a...

15-year-old boy caught with a zip gun after a shooting By Nomalanga Tshuma Share Cape Town - Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in Kraaifontein, for the possession of an imitation firearm. The teen, who will appear in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court once charged, was apprehended by police following up on information from the public, about a shooting incident in Willie Street, Scottsdene. Police spokesperson Colonel André Traut said the minor had been processed in terms of the Children...

Man accused of starting one of Table Mountain fires granted bail Share Cape Town - The man alleged to have started one of the mountain fires in Cape Town, which firefighters battled for more than three days, was granted bail in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The charge against Frederick Mhangazo, 35, was changed from arson to lighting or causing an open fire without proper authority. If convicted, Mhangazo could be imprisoned for five years or be fined for his actions, or both...

Duo killed, two wounded in alleged gang-related crossfire in Kuils River Share Cape Town – Police are investigating two murders and two attempted murders following a suspected gang-related shooting in Kuils River at the weekend. Police responded to a shooting in Van Riebeeck Road at around 1.30pm on Saturday. Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said: “Two men, aged 23 and 41, were shot and killed, while two others, aged 22 and 30, were wounded. ’’It is suspected that one of the fa...

iStock Angry residents allegedly assaulted a group of five. Three people were admitted to hospital with serious injuries. Two people have died in an apparent mob attack by angry residents of Khayelitsha, Cape Town, who accused them of breaking into houses in the area. Residents allegedly stoned the men to death in 41 Block, Makhaza, on Tuesday. They were accused of breaking into houses and stealing items. Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said the residents allegedly assaulted five peopl...

The DA has called on the police to answer to the Western Cape legislature following an accident involving a police van transporting inmates to court, in which several people were injured and hospitalised.

Police stations in the Western Cape owe more than R1.7 million for water and electricity. The Kuils River police station, where the  Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit was situated, was closed f or five days. Western Cape police stations water and electricity arrears add up to a shocking R1.7 million. This emerged in a national parliamentary reply, according to the DAs Western Cape spokesperson on community safety, Reagen Allen. The Department of Public Works and Infra...