Neighbourhood watch volunteers from the Woodstock, Walmer Estate and University Estate areas will take up the task of taking the group to the airwaves, by means of a radio network. UWatch chairperson Andrew Geel said that in order to fight crime effectively, they need to improve their method of communication.[…]
As millions of visitors begin to flow in the City over the busy festive season and New Year’s period, the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) has urged people to be extra vigilant, especially when in the City CBD. This is to avoid becoming the victim of theft or[…]
Illicit trading in the tobacco sector creates a catalyst for other crimes, national police commissioner Riah Phiyega said on Tuesday. “Illegal trade in tobacco products is huge business which often spread to other crimes, like money laundering and drug dealing,” Phiyega said in a speech prepared for delivery at a[…]
Authorities are shocked at the number of young children involved in acts of crime. The City of Cape Town’s Ghost Squad was involved in two incidents in recent weeks that resulted in the arrest of seven children, aged between 11 and 16. Mayoral committee for Safety and security, Alderman JP[…]
Hanover Park residents have lashed out at gangsters taking the community hostage, amid a surge in gang shootings over the past two weeks. At the launch of a new anti-crime campaign on Thursday at the Hanover Park Civic Center, residents vowed to reclaim their streets. Over the past two weeks,[…]
Communities and the country at large cannot live in fear due to acts of criminality and criminals, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Bheki Cele said on Tuesday. “We can’t live this life of fear,” the former national police commissioner told residents of Vosloorus, on the East Rand, at[…]
Calling out an ambulance after what could be a traumatic experience could end in death, when paramedics attending to patients do not have the necessary equipment such as an oxygen cylinder with gauge, a glucometer, or an electronic blood pressure cuff. Paramedics are being robbed of these vital medical equipment[…]
Newly appointed police major-general of Mitchell’s Pain, Gregory Goss says while circumstances look bleak, police are making inroads into crime in the area, but not at the required rate. He was addressing community members and crime fighters at the Lentegeur Civic Centre, at a crime strategy meeting called by the[…]
There is no greater asset to police in the fight against gangs in the Western Cape than the communities gangs terrorize. So said provincial police cluster commander Major-General Jeremy Veary, speaking on the final day of the 35th Crimestoppers International Conference in Cape Town. Veary, who is also the head[…]
After the brutal shooting of a 37 year old man in Kewtown on Thursday, Athlone police are determined to curb crime through their crime fighting programme Operation Combat. The operation is headed by cluster Major-General Robert Robbie, which involves police forces going into gang ridden areas performing intensive patrols such[…]
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