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Cape Town taxi violence continues unabated despite attempts to curb it
Despite ongoing talks including government, taxi violence in Cape Town seems to be continuing unabated. A bus driver was shot…
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Two arrested for allegedly firing on Golden Arrow bus in Langa
A Golden Arrow bus has come under attack at the Langa taxi rank. The City of Cape Town’s JP Smith…
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Police investigate circumstances around death of 1-year-old Langa toddler
Police are investigating how a one-year-old Langa baby died. Little Ivakele Xolose was reported missing on Monday afternoon. He’d been…
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Dad finds body of missing 1-year-old son in Langa water canal
Ivakele Xolose, who was reported missing on Monday, was found dead by his father this morning in a water canal…
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Brenda Fassie’s sister has died – Cause of death revealed
Lindiwe Fassie, the older sister to the late songstress Brenda, has passed away. According to her brother Themba Fassie (65),…
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Langa GBV shelter opens up to assist women
The fight against gender-based violence (GBV) in townships has received a boost with the reopening of the Ilitha Labantu’s Dorothy…
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Cape Town central line to be fully operational by end of year, says Prasa’s Ramatlakane
The chairperson of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa)’s board said that the central line would be fully…
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Ex-Cape Town police reservist loses bid to erase conviction
A former police reservist, Xolile Magwaca, has lost his Western Cape High Court bid to set aside his 2013 conviction…
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Illegal settlers on Cape Town’s central rail line waiting on Prasa for alternative land
Residents from the Lockdown informal settlement who have occupied parts of the central railway line said that they had still…
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Man killed in shooting at popular Langa restaurant
Police are investigating the circumstances leading the death of a 43-year-old man in a shooting at popular Langa restaurant Jordan…
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19-year-old Sibonokuhle Ndesana murdered by boyfriend after fight in the bedroom
The Ndesana family want to know what really happened to their dead daughter, Sibonokuhle (19). Her aunt Pakama (37) from…
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MEC sends condolences after KZN teenager fatally struck by lightning
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) MEC for cooperative governance and traditional affairs Sipho Hlomuka has sent condolences to the Langa family in Nquthu…
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South Africa News
Langa residents criticize police over crime in SA
Nearly 5,000 prisoners are currently doing life behind bars in South Africa. That’s according to Police Minister Bheki Cele. He…
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Bheki Cele stresses importance of parents taking responsibility for children
Police Minister Bheki Cele has stressed the importance of parents taking responsibility for their children’s discipline. Cele, joined by his…
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Metro cop found in car with throat slit in PE
Port Elizabeth police are appealing to the public for assistance in their hunt for those involved in the brutal murder…
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Off-duty cop shot dead in Cape Town
An off-duty Cape Town police officer has been shot and killed in Langa. Sergeant Abongile Mayile, 39, was murdered on…
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21-year-old gay man thoroughly raped in the bush
The family of a 21-year-old gay man in Langa say they are still traumatized over his rape ordeal on Saturday…
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4 die in two separate fires in Cape Town
The cause of both fires was still unknown. Four people have died after two structures caught fire in separate incidents…
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Touching! Teenage Boy drops out of school to look after his 6 siblings
A boy aged 17 years in Langa has dropped from school to take care of his young brothers and sisters.…
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Gift of the Givers helps feed 400 Cape Flats families for 3 weeks
Four hundred families will go to bed well-fed over the next three weeks after the Gift of the Givers foundation…
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