Two women were killed on Wednesday after gunmen armed with high-calibre weapons opened fire on 10 women at the Nyanga taxi rank in Cape Town.

The Cape Town high court has slammed the brakes on a serial litigator who has for five years unsuccessfully sued a municipality on the Garden Route. The court declared Thabang Motjamela a vexatious litigant on Monday after George municipality complained about being saddled with a barrage of disputes and lawsuits dating back to 2018.

“The pain is unimaginable; I will never be able to fully describe or express it.” These are the words of Lida Nel, whose grade 10 daughter Deveney was murdered by a teenage classmate at Overberg High School in August 2024. 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.

A parolee who killed his girlfriend in a fit of jealousy on the Garden Route has been sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment. The Western Cape High Court, sitting in Knysna, sentenced Sandiso Faku on Thursday for the murder of Ntombizodwa Mei. Faku, who confessed to the crime, was charged with murder and defeating and obstructing the administration of justice.

The prosecution is hoping that a former 28s gang member will help to decipher prison gang language in the ongoing murder trial of slain “Steroid King” Brian Wainstein. Alleged Sexy Boys gang leader Jerome “Donkie” Booysen and 11 others are facing a slew of charges at the high court in Cape Town, including Wainstein’s 2017 murder in his Constantia home.

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.

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.

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

Former Bafana Bafana defender Nasief Morris has been named head coach of the University of Cape Town women’s football team.

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