Vincent Cruywagen

Cape Town

Multimedia Journalist at Daily Maverick

Multimedia journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. @vcruywagen Email me at [email protected]

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Dentsu Creative South Africa appoints Mokhethi Siganunu as strategy director

2 weeks ago | bizcommunity.com | Karabo Ledwaba |Marecia Damons |Kirsten Wolmarans |Vincent Cruywagen

More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies Dentsu Creative South Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Mokhethi Siganunu as strategy director, effective June 2025. Fresh from the US, he’s hitting the ground running. Renowned for his talent in uncovering insights that create powerful connections between brands and people, Siganunu brings extensive multi-industry experience and a sharp analytical mindset.
Gauteng unveils new high-tech number plates

2 weeks ago | bizcommunity.com | Karabo Ledwaba |Marecia Damons |Kirsten Wolmarans |Vincent Cruywagen

More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, has officially unveiled a new high-tech, tamper-proof provincial number plate system. The new intelligent number plate system is a secure, traceable, and smart solution, incorporating tamper-evident decals, forensic QR codes, and a fully digitised back-end portal.
School’s decision to change name from ‘disgraced’ DF Malan to DF Akademie ‘undeniably rational’ - SCA

3 weeks ago | bizcommunity.com | Vincent Cruywagen

More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a Bellville school’s decision to change its name from DF Malan High School to DF Akademie to distance itself from its apartheid past, despite objections from some parents.
School’s name change from DF Malan to DF Akademie ‘undeniably rational’ – SCA

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Cruywagen

REMOVING THE ALBATROSS Chairperson of DF Malan High School’s governing body Andre Roux.
Three killed in multi-vehicle collision on notorious section of N1

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Cruywagen

The cause of the accident is not yet known, but it is suspected that one of the drivers may have fallen asleep behind the wheel. Three people died in a crash involving two trucks and a bus on the N1 highway between Laingsburg and Beaufort West early on Saturday, 31 May. Three adult male passengers on the bus were declared dead at the scene, while 68 other passengers sustained minor to moderate injuries and were transported to nearby medical facilities for treatment. Don't want to see this?
Olorato Mogale’s mother brings mourners to tears at emotional funeral

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Cruywagen

Family and friends at the Bloemfontein funeral on Sunday of murdered journalist and Wits University Master’s student Olorato Mongale, were left in tears by her mother Basetsana Mongale’s haunting tribute. “Wherever I looked, I could feel Olorato’s spirit hovering around. Something already told me that Olorato’s no more,” her mother, Basetsana Mongale, said at her funeral service in Bloemfontein on Sunday, 1 June.
SA’s missing children and the agony of parents who never stop hoping

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Nonkululeko Njilo |Vincent Cruywagen

CHILDREN IN CRISIS Illustrative image: Unsplash Hundreds of South African children go missing every year. Most are found, but many are not. For the families left behind, the pain is excruciating – and endless. Zama Nkabinde is one of thousands of parents living with the pain of a missing child. It has been 15 years since her daughter, Amahle, disappeared without a trace. At the time, four-year-old Amahle was living in a place of safety with her brother, Sizo, and several other children....
Calls for urgent overhaul of parole system following disturbing crimes against children

4 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Cruywagen

The alleged rape of a nine-year girl by a 51-year-old convicted child rapist on parole has raised questions over the parole system, including monitoring and rehabilitation programmes, leading to calls for legislative change. There have been renewed calls for amendments to parole legislation following multiple instances of parolees who went to prison for crimes against children being released only to commit similar crimes. The current parole legislation was adopted in 2004 and amended in 2011.
Victim impact reports sank accused’s bid for lesser sentences in Joshlin Smith trial

4 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Cruywagen

MISSING GIRL SENTENCING Kelly Smith during sentencing proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial at the White City Multipurpose Centre in Saldanha on 29 May 2025. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach) The comprehensive victim impact reports submitted by a probation officer scuppered any chance Racquel Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn had of avoiding life in prison. Before sentencing Racquel “Kelly” Smith, Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn to life in prison on...
Joshlin Smith’s kidnappers sentenced

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Cruywagen

Joshlin Smith’s mother Racquel Smith and her co-accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, have been handed life sentences for human trafficking and 10 years for kidnapping. Judge Nathan Erasmus imposed life sentences on convicted kidnappers and human traffickers Racquel Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn in the Joshlin Smith case, being held in the Western Cape Division of the High Court, sitting in Saldanha Bay, on Thursday, 29 May 2025.