The second Orange the World (OTW) Youth Summit kicked off at 9am at the Muizenberg Civic Centre this morning. Hundreds of youth from areas & faiths across Cape Town have come together to tackle real community issues such as ‘Bulling’ & ‘Sexual Harassment’. The initiative started as part of the[…]
City Law Enforcement officials arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting in Mitchells Plain. This after an officer at 11h17 on Saturday responded to a call from a female neighbourhood watch member who reported shots that were fired inside a shop located at the Highlands Drive Total Garage in[…]
By Wardah Wilkinson The new safety mobile app which has been called “Uber for police” is now nationally available. Namola, a free 24/7 emergency app is now available to be downloaded countrywide. The personal app which aims to ease the pressure on the 10111 emergency numbers, will link the user[…]
A Cape Town mom begged hospital staff to keep her son alive for two days so that he could make it to his eighth birthday and so that she could find the words to say goodbye. But Faigon Wildschut died on Wednesday afternoon, November 8, hours after the ambulance he[…]
The high-risk dangers posed to emergency medical workers have been thrust back into the spotlight, with fears that the situation is now at crisis point. On Wednesday morning, a 7 year old boy died while enroute to Red Cross Children’s Hospital, after the ambulance he was travelling in was held[…]
The Western Cape education department has failed to respond to parents’ concerns over safety in schools in Hanover Park, according to the chairperson of the Hanover Park school governing body forum. Ebrahim Abrahams said the forum wrote to the department about violence and security on September 28, GroundUp reported. It[…]
By Abubaker Abrahams Western Cape Social Development MEC Albert Fritz says his near death experience will push him to do more for impoverished and vulnerable youth in the province. Speaking to VOC Breakfast Beat on Monday, Fritz relayed his harrowing experience being caught in a gun battle in Nyanga on[…]
By Ra-ees Moerat Residents in Blikkiesdorp deem the compound as a camp built in ‘inhumane living conditions’ – frankly described as a “hell hole”. The area, which was established some 10-years-ago, acts as a temporary relocation for desperate families who await permanent low cost housing. HOPE – HIV Out-reach Programme[…]
By Ra-ees Moerat Manenberg is not an epitome of crime and gang violence, according to the residents who attend the SANZAF institution in the community. The facility, located in the heart of Manenburg, incorporates social development programmes in the form of educational classes. The eleven-year-old standing facility is home to a[…]
A recent hijacking at the Waterloo Road Mosque in Kenwyn has raised deep security concerns for musallees who attend Taraweeh in Ramadan. Residents were left shocked this week after hijackers seen disguised in religious garb targeted a musallee who had left the masjid to attend to an emergency. The victim[…]
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