The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has announced that it has withdrawn its mobile clinic services from Khayelitsha after two armed hijacking attempts. The decision to withdraw the services from the area with immediate effect was announced on Thursday after a staff member fled the area after noticing armed assailants attempting to hijack the vehicle. According to the Cape of Good Hope SPCA spokesperson, Belinda Abraham, this attack followed an initial attempted
A police detective has been arrested for murder. He will appear in court soon in connection with the murder of a Paarl East man and the wounding of the man’s girlfriend. The murder and attempted murder occurred over the weekend in Wellington. A police detective has been arrested for murder Police have also confirmed that the apprehended officer was previously in a relationship with the victim’s girlfriend. Brigadier Novela Potelwa says after arriving
Cape Town has been rocked by a fourth triple murder in July alone, as violent crime continues to escalate across the metro. In the most recent attack, two men and a woman were gunned down in the early hours of Saturday morning in Philippi East. A fourth victim, a 26-year-old woman, was wounded and is recovering in the hospital. “Two men, aged 19 and 20, as well as a 20-year-old woman,
Premier Alan Winde and the Provincial MEC of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, launched the Western Cape’s largest inner-city housing development in Cape Town on Friday, 25 July. Dubbed Founders Garden, the R2 billion development will consist of approximately 1476 social housing residential units and approximately 1162 open market units, bringing the total to over 2630 units. The site is situated right next to the iconic Artscape Theatre Centre. The high-rise development is
Another South African woman has been attacked on a cruise ship in the Bahamas. The Royal Bahamas Police Force reported on Friday that a 35-year-old South African crew member onboard ‘The Icon of The Seas’ jumped overboard on Thursday, 24 July, in the waters off San Salvador, after allegedly stabbing his 28-year-old female coworker, who is also South African. The woman sustained multiple stab wounds, but was treated by onboard medical staff
