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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 daughter and only granddaughter left Nosisa Ntshintshi, 43, in despair. Sitting in her sister’s...

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 seen “disturbing messages” between the instructor and the child on her cellphone. Thembinkosi...

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 suspect setting the bag alight, which started smoking, and they rushed over to put out the fire. The su...

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, fully equipped with plants in various stages of cultivation, were found. The equipment, the plants...

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 there. He was forced to run home for help. He later arrived with his family. The lady had also made...