Sledgehammer thugs hit Cape mall

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

A gang of men wielding rifles and sledgehammers smashed their way into a jewellery store in Blue Route Mall.

Probe into alleged cop assault of girl, 11

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

An 11-year-old girl says she was kicked, slapped and pepper-sprayed by a police officer arresting her brother.

Pregnant woman shot six times

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

A Cape Town woman who was four months pregnant was relaxing in her bedroom when gunmen stormed in and shot her.

Man dressed as cop robs Shoprite

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Shoprite Fish Hoek was forced to close after armed robbers, one dressed as a cop, stole an undisclosed sum of cash.

Dog whisperer to be treated in Valkenberg

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

James Lech, whose dog bit a girl on Clifton beach, was ordered to Valkenberg Hospital by the Cape Magistrate's Court.

Gang violence victim, 10, laid to rest

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Dalene Scullard carefully placed a white rose on the lid of her son Jaylin’s coffin, and promised to see him later.

I didn’t eat his heart, says ‘cannibal’

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

The Zimbabwean accused of killing a man and slicing out his heart and eating it says he stabbed the man in self-defence.

Raw grief, anger over police murders

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Little Liso Khaka was overwhelmed at his father’s funeral. Others were angry that another policeman had been slain.

Cop shot after leaving work

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

A policeman is in hospital after he was shot “multiple times” near his home, following the night shift at Lentegeur police station.

Rapist stepfather jailed for life

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

A man found guilty of raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter over a period of four years, was sentenced to life in prison.

Fraudster escapes time in jail

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Tax consultant Linda Addison-Adams defrauded Sars and several of her clients - but she won’t spend any time behind bars.

Young mom gunned down

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Wearing the clothes her mother dressed her in, five-month-old Lesray Mentor was unaware of how her life had changed.

TB holds up teen sex abuse trial

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

The trial of five people accused of the rape and human trafficking of a 13-year-old Atlantis girl has been delayed due to illness.

Grade 1 boy shot on way to school

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

A seven-year-old boy who was to start Grade 1 on Wednesday is in hospital after being shot while walking to school.

‘A stranger was touching my body’

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

A mom has laid a charge of crimen injuria after she was allegedly strip-searched by security guards at a Edgars store.

Gang ‘boss’ sister on drugs charge

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

The sister of alleged Sexy Boys gang leader Jerome “Donkie” Booysen was released on R20 000 bail after she appeared in court on a charge of drug possession.

Man killed in crash had worked his last shift

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

It was the end of Ishmael Phamoli’s last shift at Vizual Security when he climbed into the minibus taxi.

Man shot nine times in the face, 20 overall

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

28s gang member Gregory Isaacs was shot nine times in the face and knew he was going to die, says his family.

Sisters ‘were killed in a cruel manner’

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Sophia and Sylvia Syster have been found bludgeoned to death inside a take-away shop in Malmesbury.

Teen shot six times in Mitchells Plain

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

A 16-year-old boy is in hospital after being shot three times in the stomach and once each in the back, arm and leg.

State to oppose bail for Hope’s alleged killers

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

The State will oppose bail for two men accused of killing six-year-old Hope van der Merwe in park in Mitchells Plain.

Poo throwers must check in during holidays

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Nine men who allegedly dumped human waste at Cape Town’s airport must report to the police station nearest to their homes.

Search for 296 maintenance defaulters begins

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Western Cape police are looking for hundreds of family maintenance defaulters - including one man who owes R223 000.

‘Please help me find my wife’

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

The last time Thabiet Samodien spoke to his wife, she said she was going to Sars - and that was almost a week ago.

Ivory dealer appeals sentence

Natasha Bezuidenhout|Published

Convicted ivory dealer Mark Goldberg appeared in court to appeal and review his conviction and sentence.