A Cape Town family is in deep pain after their 19-year-old son was shot and killed for no reason. Litha Govuza was gunned down while buying an energy drink and Noodles at a tuckshop in Mfuleni on Saturday night, 21 February. ALSO READ | Three suspects shot and killed after hijacking Read more
A minibus taxi driver in Cape Town is about to pay a heavy price after accruing multiple outstanding warrants. According to the City of Cape Town, the driver – identified as a 54-year-old man from Athlone – was arrested early last Friday morning, 13 March 2026. That’s when his outstanding Read more
A video of residents in Langa Cape Town helped themselves to “free” booze has gone viral on social media. This after a delivery truck was looted ekasi on Tuesday afternoon, 10 March. ALSO READ | Residents loot leftover cash after cash-in-transit robbery The truck was reportedly delivering booze in the area Read more
Police have launched a manhunt for gunmen who killed three people, including a nine-month-old baby, in a shocking shooting in Athlone, Cape Town. The brutal attack happened at Sunbird Court on Tuesday night, 17 February 2026, at around 10pm. ALSO READ | Kgatlhiso Etshetshang laid to rest after being killed in Read more
The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Western Cape have expressed serious concerns over the portrayal of the murder of 16-year-old Kwakhanya Mhlanganisi as a homophobic attack, which occurred on 4 December 2025 in Site C, Khayelitsha. Following an altercation with two acquaintances, Mhlanganisi was assaulted and later died Read more
Three people sadly passed away in the early hours of Monday morning, 6 October due to shack fire. This after a fire broke out in the Kosovo informal settlement in Samora Machel, Cape Town. ALSO READ | Shack fire claims five live in Tshwane Residents said the victims, believed to be Read more
Police have arrested 11 suspects linked to a violent attack on law enforcement officers in Valhalla Park, Cape Town. The incident happened on Friday, 12 September afternoon while officers were patrolling the area. ALSO READ | Two police officers suspended after viral matric dance video Law enforcement spokesman Wayne Dyason said Read more
The family of Amanda Manentsa, who was gunned down on Cape Town’s R300 freeway, says she might still be alive if the road’s surveillance cameras were working. Amanda, a 41-year-old sales rep for a company under South African Breweries, had just finished her last work stop in Delft when her Read more
A 38-year-old foreign national was arrested in Cape Town in the early hours of Tuesday, 13 May 2025. Cops seized more than R1 million in local and foreign currency during a raid on a residence in Parklands. Acting on a tip-off, Provincial Operational Command Centre officers raided a property Read more
Three workers from a logistics company were killed in a horrific road accident. The crash happened on the R44 near Wellington, just outside Cape Town, on Monday night, 12 May. The victims were travelling in a staff transport taxi when the driver lost control of the vehicle at about 5pm. Read more