An alleged “feared hitman” linked to a dozen killings in the space of a year has been killed in a late-night shoot-out with police at Lwandle in Cape Town. The 29-year-old suspect had been a wanted fugitive, linked to at least 10 cases which claimed the lives of 12 people at Lwandle between February 2022 and March. Police spokesperson Lt-Col Malcolm Pojie said the suspect was traced by detectives on Sunday […]
Police minister Bheki Cele has told parliament the City of Cape Town is running an “unconstitutional” law enforcement unit using powers reserved only for the national police service. Cele was responding to a question from GOOD party MP Brett Herron, who said the unit was “a rogue police unit acting parallel to the police service and the Hawks”. “The functions of the municipal police service are traffic policing, [enforcing] municipal […]
Police in Cape Town are probing the murder of three people, who were shot dead on Friday morning. Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said the incident occurred on the corners of Delft Main and Sandelhout Roads, when unknown suspects emerged and fired several shots, killing three people. “Two persons, who sustained gunshot wounds, died in the street as they were fleeing the gunmen and the third one, who was in […]
The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Western Cape laid charges against Metrorail at Cape Town Central Police Station on Thursday. At issue is the worsening situation of train transport in the city over the past 10 years. Cosatu is planning protest action and a national strike for September 27 "Cosatu members depend on the trains and complain to us on a daily basis about the bad service. […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
