Charred body found in Delft South field prompts murder investigation
A charred body was found in an open field in Delft South on 24 September 2026, triggering a murder investigation as police await postmortem results.
A charred body was found in an open field in Delft South on 24 September 2026, triggering a murder investigation as police await postmortem results.
Police have launched an investigation after a fetus was discovered in an open field in Morley Street, Delft South, on Saturday afternoon.
Five suspects aged 20 to 24 have been arrested following the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old man in Blikkiesdorp, Delft, earlier this month.
City of Cape Town Law Enforcement and Metro Police units were deployed to Delft on 30 June 2026 to restore order after several local shops were looted during community protests. Officers intervened to disperse crowds and secure business premises that were being targeted by individuals amid the civil unrest in...
An off-duty soldier was shot dead in Delft late Wednesday night. The killing occurred on Kokaboom Street around 10:20pm, marking another grim chapter in Cape Town’s ongoing struggle with violent crime. The 37-year-old victim, a member of the South African National Defence Force, sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was declared...
A deadly attack in Delft has left one person dead and two others wounded. The motive behind the violence remains unclear. Taxi industry leaders say they are baffled by the latest killings. Residents of Delft are reeling after a violent incident claimed a life and left two people injured. The...
A senior taxi rank manager and a female passenger were killed in a shooting near the Palm taxi rank in Delft South. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. Police suspect the attack was targeted and linked to ongoing taxi industry tensions. Zwelakhe Lingani, aged 50, was identified as the CODETA...
Gunfire erupted at a Cape Town taxi facility. Three men died in a morning ambush that has left two rival taxi associations searching for explanations. A Toyota Quantum pulled up at the Voorbrug taxi rank in Delft shortly after 6am on Thursday. Occupants opened fire on commuters making their way...
Authorities are probing two separate murder cases that occurred in the early hours of Sunday, leaving residents in Delft and Steenberg shaken as investigators work to understand the motives behind the fatal attacks. In Delft, a murder investigation was launched after the body of a man was discovered in Leeu...
More than a year after Farren du Preez, 19, lost her life in a devastating taxi accident on Delft Main Road, the legal process has finally begun to unfold. On Monday, the taxi driver accused in connection with the fatal crash made his first appearance in the Bellville Magistrates Court....
In a harrowing sequence of events over the weekend in Delft, a police sergeant and several individuals fell victim to a violent hijacking incident. The sergeant, a Delft-based officer, lost his life in what began as an ordinary day turned tragic at a local car wash in the N2 Gateway...