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Bredasdorp activist pleads for donations to help displaced foreign nationals

By Lauren Isaacs

More than 1,000 men, women and children from Zimbabwe and Malawi were forced to flee their homes in the Zwelitsha area after they were targeted in xenophobic...

  • FILE: They're now dependent on the goodwill of residents for basics like a warm plate of food and clean clothes. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN.

    Migrants living in Zwelitsha 'scared' to go home after protests - activist

    More than 1,000 men, women and children from Zimbabwe and Malawi have sought refuge at municipal facilities and a local mosque after they were targeted in xenophobic and afrophobic violence.

    138 days ago
  • Bredasdorp Police Station

    Bredasdorp facing crisis after attacks on foreign nationals, says local leader

    More than 1,000 foreign nationals are living in municipal halls and a mosque after they were targeted in xenophobic and Afrophobic violence earlier this month.

    138 days ago
  • Bredasdorp Police Station

    Bredasdorp community in talks over violent xenophobic attacks

    Municipal manager Eben Phillips said almost 1,000 foreign nationals have sought refuge in municipal halls and a mosque after violent clashes with local residents.

    139 days ago
  • FILE: Last week, some residents embarked on a service delivery protest. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News.

    Calm restored to Bredasdorp after attacks on foreign nationals

    Municipal manager Eben Phillips said almost a thousand foreign nationals have sought refuge in municipal halls and a mosque following violent clashes with local residents.

    140 days ago
  • Anene's funeral card. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN.

    8 years on, memory of Anene Booysen rape, murder fading in Bredasdorp

    A community worker in Bredasdorp said that many residents did not talk about the Anene Booysen murder anymore as it was not the last such tragedy to befall the small town.

    559 days ago
  • Women protested outside the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on 26 February 2012, where a man accused of raping and murdering Anene Booysen appeared.  Picture: Renee de Villiers/EWN

    Bredasdorp contemplates effects of alcohol abuse as country lifts ban on liquor

    Bredasdorp has been the scene of multiple murders of women and girls.

    728 days ago
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    PODCAST: SA’s War on Women: Remembering Anene Booysen

    EWN revisits the town of Bredasdorp, the scene of several heinous crimes against women.

    736 days ago
  • FILE: Delvina Europa. Picture: Supplied.

    Delvina Europa murder: Man taken in for questioning formally charged

    The 35-year-old man, who is known in the community, is expected to appear in the local magistrate’s court later on Thursday morning.

    1236 days ago
  • FILE: Delvina Europa. Picture: Supplied.

    Murder of Delvina Europa (6) opens old wounds for Elim community

    Six-year-old Delvina Europa’s body was found among bushes behind a school in the Elim community during a search by police and community members on Tuesday morning.

    1236 days ago
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    Jodine Pieters murder case postponed

    Carlton Newman and Jandre Hendricks were arrested shortly after the discovery of Jodine Pieters’ body almost two weeks ago.

    1656 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS

    Case against Bredasdorp teen’s murder accused postponed

    They made their first court appearance on Thursday following their arrest earlier this week.

    1662 days ago
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    Bredasdorp mother to face daughter’s alleged killers in court

    The distraught Bredasdorp mother says she wants to be in court when two men appear in the dock for the first time.

    1663 days ago
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    Two arrested after teen’s body found at Bredasdorp factory

    Jodine Pieters's burnt body was found at a limestone factory in the Southern Overberg town on Sunday evening.

    1664 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Murdered Bredasdorp teen Jodine Pieters to be buried at the weekend

    Four men have since been taken in for questioning.

    1664 days ago
  • Picture: Freeimages.com

    Burnt body of teen (17) discovered in Bredasdorp

    Police say Jodine Pieters’s body was discovered on Sunday evening.

    1665 days ago
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    Sentencing to begin for Elda Japhta murderer

    Gift Sibondo has been found guilty of murdering 15-year-old Elda Japhta in Bredasdorp town in June 2015.

    1671 days ago
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    Gift Sibondo found guilty of murdering Elda Japhta

    The court also found him guilty on three charges of kidnapping and two counts of statutory rape.

    1672 days ago
  • FILE: A Working on Fire helicopter. Picture: @wo_fire/Twitter.

    Cause of Working on Fire helicopter crash ‘unclear’

    The helicopter was coming in to land on the Bredasdorp helipad after a demonstration flight on Thursday.

    1697 days ago
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