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Cops ’beat’ deaf man, fine him R1 000 for not listening to instructions By Velani Ludidi Share Cape Town – The police arrested a deaf man, threw him in a cop van and fined him R1000 for not listening to instructions. Quinton Muller, 55, who is also mute, says he was beaten and dragged by officers in front of his neighbours and 12-year-old grandchild. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon next to their garden in Shepherd Court in Lavender Hill. “The police pulled up whi...

Adrian de Kock William Stevens was shot dead outside his home on Monday evening. He was out on R100 000 bail for charges relating to the murder of suspected international steroid smuggler Brian Weinstein. He and his two co-accused were scheduled to return to court next week. Alleged Cape Town gang leader William "Red" Stevens has been shot and killed outside his home in an apparent hit on Monday evening. While the police did not name him, his identity was confirmed to News24 by several well-...

Eight arrested after Cape Town cops seize six stashed firearms By Robin-Lee Francke Share Cape Town - Cape Town police have been hard at work and their operations at the weekend proved successful. In a statement, provincial police spokesperson Colonel André Traut said Sunday yielded significant results. Eight suspects are expected to appear in the Simons Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. According to Traut, on Sunday, members of the Fish Hoek police noticed a suspicious minibus taxi in the...

PHOTO: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach Former Expresso presenter Katlego Maboe was arrested and appeared in the Goodwood Magistrates Court earlier this month for being in contempt of court. The arrest is believed to be linked to a harassment case, opened by his former partner Monique Muller, after he allegedly violated a protection order she had been granted against him last year. News of their troubled relationship was made public in October, when a video Muller had recorded of Maboe admitting to b...

While the suspects were being processed, police received another complaint linked to them. The suspects are expected to appear in various courts on Monday. Western Cape police arrested five suspects during crime prevention patrols in Brackenfell as part of an integrated cluster operation in the area on Saturday. "While patrolling in Frans Conradie Drive, Brackenfell, they were stopped by security officers of Bolt Security who informed them of a suspicious vehicle, a gold coloured Toyota Etios,...

The Ntshintshi family is distraught after an early morning fire claimed the lives of two children aged 4 and 9 in Taiwan informal settlement in Site C last weekend. Nosisi Ntshintshi, 43, lost her nine-year-old daughter and Aviwe Ntshintshi, 24, lost her four-year-old daughter. Picture Leon Lestrade. African News Agency/ANA. They were each other’s best friends’: Family mourns children killed in Taiwan shack fire By Asanda Sokanyile Share Cape Town - The pain and grief of losing her da...

Angry residents destroy dance teacher’s home after alleged rape of girl, 12 By Velani Ludidi Share The dance instructor was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. The house belonging to the 38-year-old father-of-three in Lotus, Gugulethu, was destroyed on Tuesday morning by residents, who also chased his wife and kids out of the area. The chairperson of the street committee Thembinkosi Bula says they were alerted by the parents of the 12-year-old, who said they had see...

Dismembered body found in suitcase at train station in Cape Town By Mandilakhe Tshwete Share Cape Town - The horrific discovery of a man’s body, missing his head and an arm, has been made in a suitcase in Athlone. When a man was seen dragging the large travel case to the Hazendal train station, no one could have imagined that there was a corpse inside. The suspect allegedly had placed the black suitcase in the underpass (subway) and tried to set it alight. Personnel at the station saw the sus...

In October this year, police in the Western Cape announced that provincial detectives had arrested two suspects on drug trafficking charges during a raid at a business park in the suburb of Ottery. Members of the Detectives Narcotic Unit and Flying Squad “uncovered a hydroponic cannabis laboratory comprising dagga-drying equipment and various dagga plants valued at around R82,200,” police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut had said. He added: “Four cooling units transformed into hot houses...

Motorists attacked on Cape Town’s Jakes Gerwel Drive By Shanice Naidoo Share Cape Town - It was dark, there were no lights and they were running for their lives. These are the words of tow-truck driver Bradley Potts who came to the aid of two separate drivers on Jakes Gerwel Drive last week near Mitchells Plain. Potts arrived five minutes after the two drivers were forced to stop after driving over objects placed on the road. “The one driver had already been mugged by the time I got...