‘They do not want us here’

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Residents of the isolated new relocation camp at Wolwerivier face an uncertain future

Ring of steel for gang kingpin’s gun case

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Police were out in full force after a bomb threat at the first appearance of alleged 28s leader Ralph Stansfield.

Gang boss+court = bomb scare

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Moments before an alleged 28s gang kingpin was to appear in a packed courtroom, alarm bells sent people scrambling for the exit.

‘Prime’ Pollsmoor prison land for sale?

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Public Works is considering selling the Pollsmoor Prison estate, which is set among some of SA's most expensive properties.

Cape taxi drivers live in fear

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Taxi drivers operating in the war-zone around Retreat say they risk their lives every time they go to work.

Visible policing needed in Khayelitsha

Daneel Knoetze|Published

The curbing of gang violence outside schools in Manenberg could be a template for a similar initiative in gang-torn Khayelitsha.

Gang violence down in Manenberg - police

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Manenberg police’s school safety programme has been credited for the decline of gang violence around five schools.

ANC vows to sue as bullets fly near schools

Daneel Knoetze|Published

The ANC has vowed to bring charges against Helen Zille and Donald Grant should a pupil in Manenberg be injured or killed.

Education department challenges court order

Daneel Knoetze|Published

The Western Cape Department of Education wants the high court to set aside an order compelling it to deploy permanent guards at five Manenberg schools.

Shots fired near Cape Town school

Daneel Knoetze|Published

As police launched a new initiative to combat gang violence, shots rang out near a Mannenberg primary school.

Relative held for 11-year-old’s murder

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Family weeps for "soft and loving" 11-year-old girl found in abandoned building while relative turns himself in

Gangster bust for terrorising school

Daneel Knoetze|Published

A gangster who had been terrorising pupils and staff at a Parow school for weeks, has been arrested.

Two more Cape kids raped

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Cape cops are hunting two men after a boy was raped in a derelict building and a girl was raped in a communal toilet.

Guard dies in hail of bullets

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Armed men killed a security guard and critically injured a police officer while fleeing a robbery in Philippi.

Two die in M Plain gang shootings

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Two men were shot dead in Mitchells Plain on Thursday night. One was shot in a drive-by and the other in his car.

Mthethwa: Let’s find the bad apples

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa wants to clean up “the rot” in the police service - and he needs your help to do it.

‘Please pray that the shooting will stop’

Daneel Knoetze|Published

His parents have been trying to cheer him up, but Jermaine Taylor, 6, finds the sound of gunfire deeply traumatic.

Grade 1 shooting suspect freed

Daneel Knoetze|Published

The parents of a boy who was shot on his first day at school are shocked that the alleged shooter has been freed.

Man killed on turf fought over by gangs

Daneel Knoetze|Published

A 23-year-old man was shot and killed in territory being disputed by the Americans and the Jesters gangs in Manenberg.

‘I knew the bullet had hit him’

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Jermaine Taylor, 6, was supposed to join his friends for the first day of school. Instead he spent the day in hospital.

Man, 22, gunned down in street

Daneel Knoetze|Published

A 22-year-old man, allegedly a member of the Rude Boys, was shot multiple times and died where he fell in Valhalla Park.

Hunt for missing CTN boys boosted

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Police have extended their search for two Belhar boys who were last seen the day Klopse descended on the city centre.

CCTV reveals moments before Hope died

Daneel Knoetze|Published

A clash between rival gangs captured on CCTV showed the moments that led to the death of a girl called Hope.

Jeweller ditches bail hearing

Daneel Knoetze|Published

A Cape Town jeweller accused of a multi-million rand fraud failed to arrive for her court appearance.

Van der Vyver looks to UN for payout

Daneel Knoetze|Published

Fred van der Vyver, acquitted of killing Inge Lotz, has approached the UN in an attempt to win damages.