The South African Enquirer

Sipho Mahlangu

Sipho Mahlangu is the Chief Reporter and covers the police, the courts and the crime beat, including the cases that go quiet and the charges that do not hold.

Cape Town's social media desk signs off for the night and points residents to the phone numbers that still answer

The City of Cape Town's account told followers it would be back online tomorrow, and repeated the numbers residents can use in the meantime for help and for emergencies.

Sipho Mahlangu · 06 Nov 2026

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Copper worth R130 000 thrown from a speeding van as Thornhill police give chase

Thornhill police recovered R130 000 of stripped transformer copper after a brief chase on Thursday. Two suspects remain in custody and the 16-year-old was released into his parents' care.

06 Nov 2026

Earlier from Sipho Mahlangu

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Sipho Mahlangu

Cape Town's social media desk signs off for the night and points residents to the phone numbers that still answer

Copper worth R130 000 thrown from a speeding van as Thornhill police give chase

Earlier from Sipho Mahlangu

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