Nearly two months have gone by since Cape Town businessman Naushad Deshmukh was allegedly snatched from outside his Athlone business, yet there is still no trace of him. Police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed that the search for him continues. On Thursday it was business as usual at Khan’s, his[…]
Forgiveness, reconciliation and healing were in the air on Friday as hundreds of Athlone students, teachers and activists marched the same road where three youngsters were shot dead by police in 1985. Two police officers were among those who laid colourful wreathes at the site in Thornton Road to commemorate[…]
Thursday marks 30 years since the ‘Trojan Horse massacre’, a pivotal event in South Africa’s anti-apartheid history. In Athlone in Cape Town, the area bordered by Klipfontein Road, Belgravia Road, Thornton Road and Alexander Sinton High School became a gathering place for anti-apartheid protests, particularly by students. On 15 October[…]
A bystander seriously injured during an armed robbery at an Athlone store on Monday night was shot four times by her assailants, police sources say. The woman, whose name is known to News24, is currently in hospital. Sources confirmed she was in a stable condition and that she had been[…]
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has announced its intent to probe the shooting which led to the death of Athlone resident, Michael Volkwyn. According to the IPID spokesperson, Moses Dlamini, the investigation stems from numerous media reports on the family’s suspicion that police played a bigger role in the[…]
The man at the centre of a stand-off in which a police officer was shot in the face was described by neighbours as “eccentric” and “out there”. The neighbours also claimed the man’s house was “booby trapped”, reported News24’s Tammy Petersen from the scene. But the police’s Captain FC van[…]
An armed man hiding inside his home in Hazendal in Athlone since Tuesday evening shot himself to prevent police from arresting him. Paramedics confirmed on Wednesday morning that the suspect took his own life, following a more than 14 hour stand-off with police and hostage negotiators. Police spokesperson Capt FC[…]
A police officer was shot and injured in a suspected hostage drama in Athlone, Cape Town, on Tuesday night. The situation started when a resident in Hazendal, Athlone, called in a complaint to law enforcement officials that her landlord’s dogs had attacked her, police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk told[…]
Cases of domestic worker abuse are reportedly on the rise in Cape Town, with recent media reports noting at least 20 such instances in the Athlone area alone. General Secretary of the South African Domestic and Allied Workers Union, Myrtle Witbooi, said instances of abuse were an ongoing trend in[…]
The ward councilor of the Athlone and Crawford areas has refuted suggestions that vagrants in the area were becoming hostile, resorting to attacking residents and vandalizing the Kromboom road bridge under which many have taken up residence. This comes after reports of several complaints from residents in the vicinity, who[…]
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