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A City of Cape Town Metro Police officer has sustained a back injury and bruises in a hit-and-run in Philippi.

A 30-year-old suspect is facing a raft of charges, including attempted murder, after a hit-and-run incident involving a Cape Town metro police officer in Philippi on Tuesday.

The city said that officers for the new highway enforcement unit had already completed a training course and would soon be visible on the roads.

Two men have been arrested for allegedly picking the pockets of spectators at the Springboks/Wales clash at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

The SPCA and the City of Cape Town’s animal control unit have rescued three pit bull terrier puppies that were being trained for fighting.

Affected vehicles will be kept for three months, says safety and security MMC, but first the city has to train staff to apply the bylaw

Payday weekend saw a spike in cases of assault, motor vehicle accidents and arrests for drunk driving across Cape Town.

Former spy boss Arthur Fraser is said to have met a prominent underworld figure who spoke of the man’s ‘spending spree’

A man and a woman died in a Cape Town informal settlement fire on Saturday which destroyed 15 homes and left 64 people homeless.

Cape town has seen a rise in extortion in recent years and its become a far bigger problem.