The NPA is seeking a life sentence for 4 convicted murderers. The four were convicted yesterday of the premeditated murder of a 23-year-old disabled woman. Nomdundu Mafani was killed in the Southern Cape in 2022 in KwaNokhuthula. The NPA is seeking a life sentence for 4 convicted murderers The 23-year old Mafani was asleep when she was shot 15 times, which resulted in her death. She was in killed in April 2022.
The City of Cape Town is grappling with a mounting list of derelict and non-compliant properties, with 922 buildings currently listed by the Law Enforcement Problem Building Unit (PBU). Of these, 35% – or 322 properties – are active investigations. The Law Enforcement Problem Building Unit has 922 buildings on its list – of these, 35% are active investigations, with most being monitored to ensure continued compliance. See: https://t.co/2KzpvBUk9p#CTNews #SafetyandSecurity pic.twitter.com/PuCy3Ivp2S
Officials attached to the City of Cape Town’s law enforcement agencies have reported a disturbing rise in violent incidents and drunk driving cases during the latest round of weekly patrols and emergency call-outs. According to the City’s Public Emergency Communication Centre (PECC), 49 physical assault cases and 31 domestic violence incidents were logged on Sunday, 15 June 2025 alone. PECC agents responded to a total of 639 calls that day, including 19
The Western Cape High Court has sentenced two members of the Fast Guns gang, Carlo Hofmeester and Chadwin Isaacs, to life imprisonment and declared them unfit to possess firearms. This comes after the court found them guilty of the murder of five-year-old Valentino Grootetjie and the attempted murders of Wesley Kok, Olivia Stevens, Natasha Daniels, Leticia Barnes, Crystal Joseph, Derrick Strydom, Gerswin Baars, Brandon Coetzee, and Dillon Wentzel. Additionally, the pair were
Trail proceedings in connection with convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Prison, in 2022, is set to commence on 10 November. Earlier today, Bester and eight others appeared in the dock of the Bloemfontein High Court for a pre-trial hearing over charges relating to his escape. They face charges including fraud, corruption, aiding an escape, violating a corpse, and defeating the ends of justice. During today’s court
