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Cape Town crime
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Hijacking Halts Cape Town Concert Honouring 30 Years Of SA Democracy
19 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Saturday’s much-anticipated Four Frames of Freedom concert at Artscape in Cape Town, a tribute to South Africa’s 30 years of democracy, was abruptly scrapped.
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Have You Heard About The Bree Street Experiment?
07 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
For those familiar with Bree Street’s delicious mix of cafes, boutiques, and galleries, this experiment has made the “coolest street in town” even cooler.
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Cape Town E-Hailing Driver Nabs Passenger’s Credit Card, Relative Racks Up R650,000 Bill in Europe
07 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The man was arrested Wednesday, following a rather audacious move during a late-night ride from Cape Town to Simon’s Town.
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Foreign Cash, Krugerrands And Drugs Seized In Tamboerskloof Raid – Forfeited To Government
25 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The raid was triggered by a tip-off in April 2018, linking a professional DJ and associates to narcotics.
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Delivery Drivers In The Crosshairs Of Extortion In Cape Town’s Suburbs – Woolies Dash Makes Difficult Decision
24 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
“You can’t trust anyone these days,” one driver confessed. “We’ve seen people get killed for refusing to pay these protection fees. No one wants to be the next victim.”
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Police Probe Shocking Daylight Shooting Of Elderly Man At Howard Centre In Pinelands
16 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
According to officials, a case of attempted murder has been opened following the shocking shooting that unfolded in broad daylight at the popular shopping spot.
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Kidnapping Horror In Cape Winelands As Elderly Briton And Young Woman Held For Ransom
08 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
These two alarming kidnapping-for-ransom cases have rocked the Western Cape’s scenic winelands region.
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Boys Playing Soccer At Bo-Kaap Quarry Stumble On Half-Naked Body Of Woman
21 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The body was found on Strand Street towards High-Level Road, above the squatter camp, on Monday at bout 5PM.
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Deadly Sting In Khayelitsha: Eight Killed, Five Arrested In Cash-In-Transit Heist Bust
07 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
A sting operation in Khayelitsha erupted in violence, leaving eight suspects dead and five others in custody, as police thwarted a planned cash-in-transit robbery.
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Cape Town Woman Injured Escaping Alleged Kidnapping Attempt, Uber Driver Arrested
19 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
A Cape Town Uber driver has been arrested after a 28-year-old woman sustained injuries when he tried to rob and kidnap her on a trip home.
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Armed Robbers Make Off With Nearly Half A Million After Attacking Man At Kenilworth Centre [Video]
25 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The victim and his colleague were about to deposit their wads of cash at a bank in the mall.
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Khayelitsha’s Morning Of Murder – Eight People Killed In Less Than 12 Hours
19 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
“This is a horrific incident, and shows the little regard criminals have for life,” said Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen.
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“We Really Need To Do Something To Stop This” – Petition Launched In Response To Escalating Crime Around Table Mountain
07 Dec 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The Cape Town community group, Friends of Table Mountain, has launched a petition calling for immediate action to be taken to stop the escalating crime around the slopes of Table Mointain, Lion’s Head, and Signal Hill.
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The City Of Cape Town Is Mobilising Its Largest-Ever Festive Tourism Safety Operation – Oh, And Google Maps Updated Its Routes
17 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
“Safety is a top priority for the City, with over 4,000 uniformed enforcement and emergency personnel available in shifts as part of the City’s largest ever safety deployment over a festive season.”
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Google Maps Directed Tourists To The Airport Via A Notoriously Dangerous Route And They Paid For It
02 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Los Angeles couple Jason and Kate Zoladz were en route to Cape Town International Airport on Tuesday, 24 October, when Google Maps made them take a turn for the worst.
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Dog Walkers Sounded The Alarm When The “Erratic” Suspects Were Seen Running Away After Brutally Murdering A Ukrainian Tourist In Hout Bay
27 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
One of the witnesses in the trial testified that he and his wife had just started walking their dog along the path on that fateful day when they came upon three men acting “erratically”.
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Tourist Taking Selfie Video Captured Moment She Was Robbed In Bo-Kaap [Video]
13 Apr 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A tourist’s lovely walk through the colourful streets of the Bo-Kaap turned into a traumatic experience when a robber came up from behind to steal her phone.
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The Crime In Rondebosch Is Getting Intense
17 Mar 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A man was shot and killed at a restaurant in Rondebosch shortly after a woman was rescued from an attempted kidnapping situation.
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Why The Man Who ‘Confessed’ To Murdering Meghan Cremer Was Found Not Guilty
14 Mar 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
In January this year, farm worker Jeremy Sias was found not guilty of murdering Cremer, shocking everyone involved in the case.
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Cape Town Hotel Hostage Situation Turned Into Drug Arrest
13 Mar 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Last week Thursday, police arrested two suspects at two Cape Town hotels while investigating a hostage situation.
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Police Found Kidnapped Cape Town Lawyer Because Of File On His Desk
20 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
An investigation was launched for a missing lawyer after the detectives noted the “strange circumstances surrounding this incident”.
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Cape Town Taxi Driver Smashes Motorist’s Car Window With A Gun [Video]
26 Jan 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
An incident unfolded in Durbanville on Tuesday where a gun-wielding Cape Town taxi driver allegedly smashed the car windows of a motorist.
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Eye-Watering Stats Show Cape Town Had 83 Murders In One Week
12 Oct 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the past week, there has been a spate of deaths linked to “gang violence, syndicates and organised crime”.
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How Cape Town Plans To Fight Crime This Summer
15 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
With the COVID-19-induced restrictions a thing of the past, Cape Town’s tourism industry has a familiar foe to battle – crime.
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LATEST: Cape Town’s Central Precinct Is Most Dangerous Place In SA
18 Jul 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
News24’s CrimeCheck app has been designed to help South Africans “understand the risks of becoming a victim in a country where crime levels are among the highest in the world”.
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Four Dead In Cape Town Shop Mass Shooting
09 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Three people died on the scene, while the fourth was rushed to hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.
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Mother And Baby Reunited After Observatory Hijacking Nightmare
13 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Cape Town mother Alicia Lamprecht dealt with any parent’s worst nightmare this morning when her seven-month-old son was taken in a hijacking.
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Cape Town Is Not The Most Dangerous City In South Africa
22 Jan 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Depending on how you look at the results of Numbeo’s 2020 crime index, there is either bad news or good news.
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The Cape Town Late Night Taxi Scam Everybody Needs To Know About
28 Feb 2019 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We finally found the source of a story going around about one very lucky victim of crime, and he described to us exactly what happened.
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Cape Town Tourists Warned To Be In Their Hotel Rooms By 7PM
12 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The tourists are coming, and they’re coming in hot. It seems like some of those visitors are on the receiving end of rather over the top advice.
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