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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This brave Grade 6 pupil was forced to make his way through some of Cape Town’s most dangerous areas between Simon’s Town and Khayelitsha on Monday after the Golden Arrow bus driver refused to let him board.
The UDM has confirmed that the MP was hijacked, kidnapped and released after a ransom of R25,000 was paid.
Three people died on the scene, while the fourth was rushed to hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.
Two temporary COVID-19 field hospitals in Cape Town are set to close as admissions drop, and virus rates decline in the Western Cape.
According to Mayor Dan Plato, the video showing Bulelani Qholani fighting with law enforcement officers whilst nude was staged to make the city look bad.
After that footage began to be widely shared, the City of Cape Town began an investigation, and announced last night that it was in the process of suspending the officers involved.
The power is out, the day is dragging on, and you still have unanswered emails to get to. Nah, let’s take a quick break for a good news story that’s pretty touching.
You might not think that there would be a flourishing Airbnb market in Khayelitsha, but things are going so well the company is opening an office in the area.
As part of their coursework UCT sent some of their health science students into Cape Town’s largest township. It didn’t end well.
When you’re involved with the trauma unit at a hospital in Khayelitsha there is no such thing as an easy night. Saturdays are very full on though.
A local film-maker has taken the story of a township boy with a difference and introduced it to an international audience with fantastic results. Watch the short film here.
Police found more than they bargained for when they searched a vehicle in Khayelitsha. Really guys, signal jamming is so last month.
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Yesterday, a metro police officer was gunned down in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Mpumelelo Xakekile was shot by two men at the intersection of Mew Way and Lansdowne Road while issuing a fine to minibus taxi driver.
On Friday, the body of a young man from Cape Town was found in Khayelitsha, he was killed after trying to sell his BMW to a man who responded to his ad on Gumtree.
The SAPS have issued a stern warning against persons taking the law into their own hands. This is following the necklacing of a 32 year-old man in Khayelitsha over the weekend. The man was out on bail, and was suspected of the theft of a cellphone.
Two days ago, we broke the first photographs from a vigilante group murder in Khayelitsha’s Harare district. Three men were stabbed, stoned, and set alight beneath a pile of burning tyres on the suspicion of stealing a generator, or a flat screen television, according to conflicting reports. The shocking video shows a large group of […]
Earlier today, News 24 reported that three men “had died after they were set alight with tyres” on Monday night in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. A 2oceansviber on the scene snapped the following photograph with their mobile phone. The three men, who stood accused of stealing a generator, appear to have sustained massive blunt trauma injuries. WARNING: This will upset sensitive readers.
In a recent Khayelitsha church service, Pastor Xola Skosana opened his sermon by stating “Jesus was HIV positive.” For some reason, this has caused some small outcry.