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Commuters delayed as taxi violence closes Khayelitsha-Somerset West route

17th September 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Taxi routes from Khayelitsha and Mfuleni to Somerset West have been closed due to taxi violence.

Khayelitsha residents bash councillors and political parties

12th September 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

An imbizo in Khayelitsha had community members showing their dissatisfaction with political parties.

Taxi-owning cops behind violence in the transport industry – MPs

9th September 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Parliament links taxi-owning police to e-hailing violence, and pledges to regulate industry and protect drivers.

Workers stripped naked at luxury hotel dismissed after speaking out

29th August 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Two former housekeeping staff members of Mount Nelson Hotel want to be compensated for the indignity and trauma suffered.

SAPS hosts Interpol conference on organised crime

27th August 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Interpol is in South Africa to find ways to fight transnational organised crime.

MPs defend talks with Operation Dudula amid healthcare access crisis

21st August 2025 Mzi Velapi Lilita Gcwabe 0

The Department of Health defends its stance on engaging with anti-immigrant group.

Report on George building collapse finds engineer ‘incompetent’ – police preparing charges

8th August 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

The five-story building under construction in George collapsed, leaving 34 workers dead and 28 critically injured.

Business, not bloodshed − Western Cape taxi summit urges regulation of industry

4th August 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Western Cape taxi summit urges industry reform, regulation to end ongoing violence and corruption.

Khayelitsha residents slam Shoprite for ignoring local labour and business

1st August 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Protesters were outside the Site C shopping centre on Wednesday and Friday this week.

Survivors of George building collapse demand justice as report blames engineer, developer and contractor

21st July 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Many red flags were ignored before the collapse of the building in George.

SA’s insecurity cluster of overburdened detectives, ineffective courts and overcrowded prisons

7th July 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

A big gap between arrests and convictions plagues the criminal justice system

Shack dwellers in Khayelitsha endure another winter flood

27th June 2025 Vincent Lali 0

Severe winter flooding has left families in Cape Town’s informal settlements cold, homeless, and desperate.

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