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Delft CPF, residents vow to take back their streets

While Cape Flats residents continue to call on authorities to remedy the unparalleled levels of crime that has imprisoned communities, recent gang activity in Delft has shocked residents. Nestled on the outskirts of the Cape Flats, the township in the month of August was rocked by the murder of 31[…]

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Huge numbers show dire need in Delft

The first VOC Ahlan Wa Sahlan outreach programme got off to an emotional start at Masjidul jumuah in Delft on Sunday, as hundreds of residents shared in the spirit of Ramadan. The sounds of thikr and the recitation of the Quran permeated the masjid as residents prepared for a mass[…]

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Investigation continues of butchered body

Delft police are continuing the investigation of a 30 year old man who had been butchered in Rossendal on Friday. The decomposing body of Ali Williams was found in his backyard toilet on Sunday afternoon. His stepson Christopher Marcus came across the corpse after attempting to use the toilet. Marcus[…]

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Mustadafin to target Delft and Tafelsig over 16 Days

Western Cape non-profit organisation Mustadafin Foundation hopes to take up the issues of domestic violence and health and safety issues to empower women and children in the Delft and Tafelsig communities. This will form part of their campaign over the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and[…]

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Delft residents taking law into their own hands

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[…]

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Pregnant woman shot dead in Delft home

A 34-year-old pregnant woman was shot dead in her Delft home at the weekend, according to Western Cape police. She was shot in the stomach and chest at the N2 Gateway housing project on Sunday afternoon, Constable Noloyiso Rwexana said on Monday. Police knew her identity and were investigating a[…]

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Cosatu lays charge against Zille for school accident

Cosatu has laid a charge of criminal negligence against Western Cape Premier Helen Zille over an accident at a school in Delft that left two pupils injured. Congress of SA Trade Unions provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich said the federation visited the Sunray Primary School on Friday, following an accident earlier this[…]

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Delft mosque construction begins

The Delft community came out in their numbers on Saturday morning for a milestone event – the trench digging of a new mosque. With the commencement of the construction process for the mosque, the organising committee said the project aimed to unite the Muslim community. “The idea of the trench digging is[…]

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Delft mosque project underway

After years of waiting, construction on a new mosque in Delft will finally get underway on Saturday. The new mosque will be called Masjid Jumuah. A special ceremony will take place on Saturday to mark the laying of columns before actual trench digging takes place. The project is estimated to[…]

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