A 25-year-old e-hailing driver was rescued by Steenberg SAPS officers on Southampton Road in Heathfield on Saturday 12 September 2026 after he was allegedly kidnapped, raped and held for R4 000 ransom. Five suspects – two women aged 23 and 34, and three males aged 16, 42 and 48 –...
A 25-year-old e-hailing driver was rescued by Steenberg police on Saturday, 12 September 2026, after he was kidnapped and sexually assaulted in Heathfield, Cape Town. Five suspects were arrested and are expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 14 September, on charges of kidnapping, rape and extortion....
Steenberg residents have expressed growing concern regarding reports of a fatal shooting involving a 13-year-old boy in the area, though official confirmation from the South African Police Service remains outstanding. Local authorities have not yet released a formal statement, and public records currently show no verified case matching these reports....
Residents of Steenberg and its neighbouring communities are finding their voices in the midst of an intensifying wave of shootings connected to the Junky Funky Kids gang. The southern suburbs have recently endured a surge of violent crime, with Steenberg, Retreat, and Lavender Hill residents describing a constant sense of...
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...
