By Kouthar Sambo Marking the fifth consecutive day, the search for the child, Joshlin Smith, who went missing from her mother’s boyfriend’s house in Saldanha Bay on Monday, 19 February, is still underway. The Saldanha Bay Municipality said it would issue a R20,000 reward for information that can help police[…]
By Ragheema Mclean Police are currently investigating the murder of the Deputy Chairperson of the Gugulethu Community Policing Forum (CPF), Lulama Dinginto who was ambushed in her home on Sunday 10 December. Authorities have announced a reward of R50,000 for information leading to the suspect. Investigations are ongoing as law enforcement[…]
By Ragheema Mclean The Deputy Chairperson of the Gugulethu Community Policing Forum, (CPF) Lulama “Guffy” Dinginto was murdered at her home during the early hours of Sunday morning. It is understood that Dinginto was fatally shot by an unknown suspect. Speaking to VOC News, National CPF Fransina Lukas vehemently condemned[…]
By Ragheema Mclean In response to ongoing gang violence and crime plaguing the Cape Flats, the Western Cape Government has taken a proactive step by establishing a multi-disciplinary task force dedicated to addressing crime in high-risk areas such as Hanover Park. Speaking on the VOC Sunday Live show on Sunday[…]
By Kouthar Sambo As 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) edges closer to an end, we peel the layers on how cultural beliefs and practices perpetuate violence against women and children. What do the numbers say? GBV is an ongoing social ill that continues to rear its ugly[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The City of Cape Town is under increasing pressure to address its housing crisis as the Dunoon area is marked by informal settlements, particularly Dunoon and the Greater Kosovo. This comes after residents started erecting double-story informal structures, while others excavated their shelters into the Potsdam Bridge’s embankment.[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The Western Cape MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen, has condemned the murder of an unknown man in Mitchell’s Plain. According to the police, the victim’s body was found on Monday evening on the corner of Greyville and Metropolitan Streets, Beacon Valley, Cape Town,[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The Western Cape MEC for Mobility, Ricardo Mackenzie, officially handed over the first batch of 31 new specialised vehicles to the provincial Traffic Law enforcement branch on Tuesday. The vehicles are expected to assist the traffic authorities to be more effective in keeping the provincial roads safer.[…]
National Commissioner of the South African Police Service General Fannie Masemola says Community Policing Forums (CPFs) have now been empowered with tools of trade to the amount of R70-million to enable them to fight crime more effectively. CPFs, which consist of community members across the country that have volunteered to[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis Killings have continued unabated in Hanover Park over the last three months. The shocking statistic comes after two elderly women were fatally wounded during a mass shooting in the area on Tuesday evening. According to Philippi police, five women aged between 32 and 75-years-old were sitting[…]
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