Correctional Officer stabbed to death

Swift response by SAPS Kwanonqaba, Western Cape leads to arrest of father and son. A 53-year-old father and his 19-year-old son are scheduled to appear...
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Three arrested for robbing UCT students

Three men, aged between 24 and 30, were due to appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court on Monday to face charges relating to the...
3 arrested with R1 million of abalone, Mfuleni. Photo: SAPS

3 arrested with R1 million of abalone, Mfuleni

The illegal trade in marine resources was dealt a blow on the night of 6 November 2017, when police from the Flying Squad confiscated...
Police sergeant arrested after unlawfully releasing suspect, Nyanga

Police sergeant arrested after unlawfully releasing suspect, Nyanga

Members of the Anti-Corruption Unit arrested a police sergeant in Nyanga after an intense investigation following the release of a suspect from lawful custody...

Dire need for housing is South Africa’s biggest challenge

At 5am on Tuesday morning, a group of concerned residents from Reclaim the City came to my house for a surprise breakfast meeting. I...
R60 million investment fraud, company director sentenced to 12 years

R60 million investment fraud, company director sentenced to 12 years

An accountant and financial advisor, Petrus Serdyn Louw (63) pleaded guilty on all 51 charges of fraud on 4 March 2021, and has been...
R500k worth of drugs recovered, Philippi

R500k worth of drugs recovered, Philippi

Endeavours by police in the Western Cape to rid communities of firearms and drugs yielded positive results during crime prevention operations on Friday, 2...
Attackers pour petrol over farmer, panic alarm saves his life, Porterville

Attackers pour petrol over farmer, panic alarm saves his life, Porterville

A farm attack took place in Porterville, Western Cape, on Sunday 25 November 2018, at 21:15. Tobie and his wife Desiree van Schalkwyk were...

Rising sea levels already causing problems for Cape Town

Sea level rise caused by global warming is already causing damage to public and private coastal property in Cape Town. In some areas retreat...
Woman (78) phones for help before attacker murders her, Paarl

Woman (78) phones for help before attacker murders her, Paarl

Antoinette Breytenbach (78) was found murdered in her home in West street , Noorder Paarl on Thursday. She phoned her son to get help...
Hydroponic dagga lab uncovered, Gordon's Bay. Photo: SAPS

Hydroponic dagga lab uncovered, Gordon’s Bay

Drug dealers in Gordon's Bay were dealt a blow on the afternoon of 24 January 2018, at about 16: 45 when police embarked on...
Constable Christiaan Swiegelaar, Adv. Phumzile Nogonyoti (Chief Prosecutor for the Southern Cape) and Captain Johan Van Tonder (Station Commander at Still Bay SAPS)

Western Cape SAPS management welcomes the forfeiture of Still Bay farm...

WESTERN CAPE - The police management of the Western Cape welcomed the forfeiture of a farm to the state following several sting operations on the premises that culminated in serious drug related convictions. On Thursday, 03 August 2023 the court granted an application by state to forfeit the farm known as Melkhoutfontein to the state [...]