The City of Cape Town has taken the first step towards declaring “crime hotspots” as disaster zones, amidst what was described as an “ongoing failure of policing”. Mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith said Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille had sought legal advice on the matter.[…]
While the levels of certain crimes have dropped since 1994, increases in armed robbery, hijackings, sexual assault and drug related crimes have made it hard to determine if South Africa is a safer country, the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said on Wednesday. “That is difficult to answer,[…]
With armed robberies hounding Cape Town shopping centres, Business Against Crime(BAC) in the Western Cape is running operation ‘Shopping Centre Security’ to tackle the spate of armed robberies. Business Against Crime is collaborating with South African police, shopping mall centre management and private security to address the outbreak of armed[…]
The number of violent and criminal incidents on the N2 has been dramatically reduced since the recent establishment of a priority committee. This was according to a statement issued by Community Safety MEC Dan Plato, Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith, Transport and Public Works[…]
Residents in Strandfontein packed a public meeting this weekend in a bid to address the recent consecutive murders of young people, gang activity and drug houses in the area. The meeting was called by the Strandfontein Social and Economic Development Forum with the community and governmental role players. The Forum’s[…]
Residents in the community of West Bank in Delft are approaching breaking point over continued criminal activity by gangsters. Things have come to a head in recent weeks with residents now opting to take the law into their own hands, vowing to defend themselves at all costs. In an incident[…]
The media encourages young people to become criminals when it reports on crime, SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has said in a television interview. But when asked if the same principle would apply to corruption, he paused before coming up with an answer. A clip of the interview on[…]
The arrest of an alleged Vereeniging gun dealer and collector is a “significant development” in the police’s investigation into gangsterism, deputy provincial commissioner Major General Jeremy Vearey said on Friday. Ongoing investigations into the supply of arms to gangs on the Cape Flats resulted in businessman Alan Raves appearing in[…]
A licence check on a “suspicious” car led to the arrest of five people, who are expected to appear in court on Monday for the suspected involvement in house robberies and hijackings in Cape Town. Officers in Bishop Lavis were alerted to a silver VW Polo heading toward Montana, on[…]
Four men arrested in connection with an armed robbery that ended in a bloody shoot-out at Primrose Markette in Surrey Estate, are due in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The men were arrested after the shop was hit on Monday, police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said. They face[…]
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