The Xhegwana family in Khayelitsha is shattered after Bekeka Xhegwana is beaten and burned in her cousin’s shack, leaving her four children without a mother.
Scammers posing as City of Cape Town water staff are tricking residents into paying fake fees, leaving families without water and worried about losing services.
The police watchdog in Parliament says Nelson Mandela Bay’s crime-fighting units are so broken that officers cannot do their jobs and communities are left wide open to violent gangs.