SAFETY AND SECURITY Multimillion-rand crime-fighting technology sits idle as gang violence grips Nelson Mandela Bay 5 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
Benedicta van Minnen When soldiers patrol our streets — an admission of police failure 3 min 0 16 February 2026
Nathanael Siljeur Militarisation won’t solve Cape Flats violence — structural justice is essential for true change 3 min 0 16 February 2026
GANG CRISIS ‘Residents are prisoners in their homes’: EC premier to ask Ramaphosa for military intervention 6 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
STATE OF CAPTURE Combined crises — Ramaphosa decries 26 murders, while turmoil rocks SA law enforcement 7 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
ANALYSIS Trump’s ‘false’ farm killings and the politics lurking around SA’s crime stats 8 min 2 By Caryn Dolley
ANALYSIS Pressure mounts on SAPS and Ipid as Winde releases ombudsman report revealing alarming gang infiltration 6 min 3 By Caryn Dolley
CHILDREN IN CRISIS Western Cape calls for national intervention while ‘children are being stolen by gangs, drugs, despair’ 8 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
PARLIAMENTARY HEARING Cele tells Parliament of Beverly Hills Hotel meeting with ‘Cat’ Matlala, who he 'knew very well' 5 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
GANGBUSTER BLUEPRINT Cachalia outlines strategy to combat Western Cape gangsterism and extortion 7 min 4 By Vincent Cruywagen
SAPS AND THE CITY Whistleblower sparks police raids as investigations into Cape Town’s R1.6 billion tender fraud intensify 6 min 4 By Caryn Dolley
LEARNING CURVE Transforming leadership and schools, the Principals Academy Trust is a beacon of hope 6 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni and Siyabonga Goni
SAPS AND THE CITY JP Smith says unlawful office raid aligns with Mkhwanazi’s dirty politics accusations 5 min 2 By Caryn Dolley
THIN BLUE LINE Six more killings just hours after Cachalia concedes lack of comprehensive plan to tackle gang violence 4 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
THIN BLUE LINE ‘No proper plan in Cape Town to deal with gang violence,’ says Firoz Cachalia 5 min 4 By Vincent Cruywagen
CRIME WAVE Nelson Mandela Bay DA sends an SOS to police minister over metro crime onslaught 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
GANGLAND ANALYSIS Cape killings surge as baby and child shot dead amid staggering ‘270 murders’ in July 5 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
GANGSTERISM Fourteen suspects arrested for Mitchells Plain gang shootings that left five dead, seven injured 3 min 2 By Vincent Cruywagen
