On Friday, the high court in Cape Town sentenced the youth, now 18, to 25 years’ direct imprisonment for murder and a further 12 months for defeating the ends of justice. The sentences will run concurrently.

The Western Cape minibus taxi industry has launched a peace ambassador programme after a spate of shootings that claimed the lives of several operators in the industry.

Correctional services national commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale is taking steps to plug security gaps at Pollsmoor prison in Cape Town after three inmates were erroneously released due to administrative bungles.

Some of the firearms stolen by former police colonel Christiaan Prinsloo and an accomplice, which were meant for destruction but instead sold to Cape Flats gangs, remain unaccounted for.

Police officials ask public to help track two men they believe witnessed the killings

As finance minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to deliver the national budget on Wednesday, Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has urged him not to cut municipal funding.

The Hawks have arrested four suspects in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a Cape Town resident who disappeared while shopping for a car.

Sanitary products, nappies and kitchen fat are choking the sewerage system in Somerset West.

Extortionists have taken their tactics to a ruthless new level in parts of Cape Town.

A teenager who was reported missing at one of Cape Town’s beaches has been found dead.