An increase in the volumes of crime reports along Table Mountain has caused SANParks has tightened its security measures to ensure the safety of all its visitors this festive season. “There has been an increase in robberies and violent attacks on our visitors so we have increased security visibility this[…]
Due a flood of complaints by Lentegeur residents, anti-crime movement People against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) are to form an alliance with the Lentegeur West Ratepayers to tackle gangsterism and drug pedalling in the area. “The Lentegeur West residents raised many grievances regarding drugs and gangsterism in the area so[…]
Hanover Park’s ward councillor has rejected concerns that he has shown a lack of involvement in addressing crime in the area by insisting that both he, as well as the city council have gone beyond their respective mandates to ensure residents safety is of top priority. Hanover Park has long[…]
“It never stops, the worry, the crime after crime.” So said Crime Line head Yusuf Abramjee after an attempted break-in at his Pretoria home in the early hours of Saturday morning. Abramjee shared numerous videos and pictures of two men trying to break into his property on Twitter, with the[…]
Cape Town residents are bracing themselves for the busy festive season ahead. During this time in previous years, police have reported a noticeable increase in criminal activities in and around the province. In an attempt to combat the spike in organised crime incidents, Belgravia resident, Yusuf Isaacs created a specially[…]
The SA Police Service (SAPS) has failed to meet several crime reduction targets it set itself for the period 2014/15. Police had set itself a target of reducing serious crimes by 2% from 1 826 967 to 1 718 191. But the overall number of serious crimes decreased by only[…]
Crime is escalating in the Western Cape. That was according to provincial community safety MEC Dan Plato at a media briefing on Thursday, in response to the national crime statistics released by national police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko last week. However, when it was released the statistics were reported as being[…]
Overwhelming policing priorities coupled with a lack of any clear crime fighting strategies could be to blame for the poor 2014/2015 crime statistics released on Tuesday, according to a criminology expert. Police commissioner, Riah Phiyega and the national minister of police, Nathi Nhleko unveiled the annual crime stats for the[…]
Gang violence could be blamed for a portion of murders and attempted murders in the Western Cape, the provincial SAPS said following the release of crime statistics. It said gangsters were responsible for 16% of murders and 39% of attempted murders recorded in the last financial year. Areas contributing to[…]
The crime statistics that will be released on Tuesday could show a rise in the number of murders and robberies in the country, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said. “We do not expect good news tomorrow,” the ISS’s Gareth Newham told News24 on Monday. He said if there was[…]
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