Politicians go head to head over cops row

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Cape Town’s politicians are blaming each other for the alleged “breakdown” of the relationship between the SAPS and the metro police.

Crime crackdown at Cape’s transport hubs

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Cape Town’s Public Transport Interchange Unit has made scores of arrests for assaults and drug possession.

Making Cape Town beaches safer

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Cape Town’s first batch of “auxiliary” law enforcement officers will start patrolling the city’s beaches this festive season.

Cape sex trade in a vice grip

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A businessman was arrested following a car chase after he was spotted soliciting sex from a heavily pregnant woman.

Leave serious crime to SAPS, metro cops told

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One of the Cape’s top cops has told the metro police to stick to enforcing by-laws and leave serious crime to the SAPS .

Major victories in Cape’s war on crime

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Cape Town’s specialised crime units have confiscated drugs worth millions and arrested hundreds of suspects in the city.

Dad’s horror ‘hijack’ ordeal

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A father endured an ordeal when a group of armed men tried to hijack him and his children.

No fines paid, councillor escapes arrest

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Amos Komeni, an ANC councillor, was pulled aside by city traffic services on Wednesday and urged to settle his fines.

Costs of delivery protests climbing

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The cost of repairing damage caused during the service delivery protests in Cape Town is R13 million and climbing.

Cops turn up the heat

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In the three months to June 30, the Cape Town metro police arrested 428 people on drug-related charges.

Kept as sex slave for seven months

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A young woman was allegedly kept captive in a wendy house, and forced into prostitution and drug addiction.

Metro police are on target in Cape

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Despite having one officer for every 9 000 residents, Cape Town’s metro police have exceeded their arrest targets, the city said.

Cape’s R78m road fines bonanza

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The City of Cape Town has netted over R78 million in income from traffic fines since the start of this financial year.

Urgh, it's the invasion of the rats

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Cape Town’s city centre and informal settlements are facing a giant rat infestation.

More cops on Cape Town streets

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More than 100 new metro police officers will hit Cape Town’s streets over the next few months.

Net closes on fraud syndicate

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The City of Cape Town is closing in on a suspected syndicate that has tried to fleece around R800 000 from city coffers.

Mobile cameras to monitor city

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Mobile cameras similar to the ones used in London could soon be added to the City of Cape Town’s arsenal of CCTV cameras.

More clout for crime watches

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Neighbourhood watches battling crime across Cape Town will soon have the back-up of metro police officers, who ...

City opens 100 cases against metro police

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There were more than 100 disciplinary cases against nearly 50 police officers in Cape Town this past year.

City goes hi-tech to nail gangs

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A sophisticated gunfire location system called Shotspotter is to be introduced in Cape Town ganglands.

City sets up substance abuse strategy

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The City of Cape Town has applied a substance abuse strategy after addiction was linked to “unauthorised absences”.

Copper thieves cost Cape Town millions

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Copper theft has cost the City of Cape Town more than R10 million in the first six months of this year as syndicates continue to sell it abroad.

Cable theft suspects arrested

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The Copperheads’ biggest metal bust this year has netted a man who allegedly stole about 100kg of city-owned cabling.

City club in court after ‘rattling’ sleepy Bo-Kaap

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The owner of a city nightclub has become the first to stand trial in the Municipal Court for allegedly contravening noise by-laws, after residents complained that ...

Cape recovers R3m in fines

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Cape Town’s traffic services have reclaimed nearly R3 million in outstanding fines in just three days, and over R800 000 from fines with warrants attached.