Commuters are lucky to be alive after a taxi crashed into a stationary truck in Khayelitsha, Cape Town on Monday, 27 October 2025. The accident happened at about 2pm on Mew Way Road, opposite TR Section, and left six people injured, including pupils. ALSO READ | 18 school children injured after Read more
Residents of Endlovini in Khayelitsha, Western Cape, are calling for urgent safety measures along Mew Way Road. They describe it as a “death trap”. ALSO READ | Khayelitsha taxi association donate R15k to help Lolitha Kowa family This follows the death of a 26-year-old man who was hit and killed by a Read more
Lolitha Kowa who was brutally murdered in Kuyasa, Khayelitsha, has been laid to rest. The 7-year-old disappeared on the evening of Tuesday, 22 July, while playing at a neighbour’s home just a short distance from her own. Her disappearance sent shockwaves through the community, and the tragedy deepened when her Read more
The Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) has donated R15,000 and a minibus taxi to the family of Lolitha Kowa (7), a young girl whose life was tragically cut short last week. Lolitha was last seen playing at a neighbour’s house, a stone’s throw away from her own Read more
Residents of Site C in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, are experiencing mixed emotions. This follows the death of Yanga “Bara” Nyalara, an alleged protection fee kingpin. Yanga was allegedly killed during a shootout with cops in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape on Thursday, 20 February. A picture circulating on social media Read more
Fire in the Khayelitsha shacks sadly claimed the lives of two innocent people last weekend. It was reported that the woman was allegedly trying to set her boyfriend’s shack alight. The incident happened along Japhta Masemola Road in Makhaza, Khayelitsha on Sunday, 27 October. According to residents, the couple had Read more
Man who survived a fire incident on Friday, 6 September, died in hospital. The sad residents from RR Section in Khayelitsha Site B area, Cape Town said the dead man, who was known as Tata Mqwathi, came out running from a burning shack on Friday. It was his neighbour, Zikhona Read more