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[…]
With summer approaching, music festivals in Cape Town have become a common occurrence over weekends. What very few parents know is that when they allow their kids, however old they may be to go to these festivals, their children might be exposed to more than just music. Humans are by nature[…]
Two men arrested for drug possession in the Cape Town CBD on Sunday, will appear in court Monday. Police say the two long distance bus employees were arrested after arriving from Gauteng. They say they found drugs worth R2-million hidden in the driver’s compartment area. The drugs include heroin, cocaine[…]
In a bid to keep the awareness on substance abuse and gang violence in communities, the People Against Gangterism and Drugs (Pagad) will be hosting a motorcade in Woodlands in Mitchells Plain on Wednesday evening. Pagad spokesperson Haroon Orrie said the main reason for the protest is to fight against[…]
Drug addicts are underestimating the impact their addiction has on their loved ones. So says psychologist and clinical manager Cathy Karassellos from the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre, on International Drug Awareness and Drug Trafficking Day on Friday. The centre promotes learning through drug awareness in the community as the[…]
With the number of gang and drug related crime in Manenberg soaring, the provincial government has launched a plan to keep the youth occupied during the coming school holidays. The announcement came on Tueday morning when the Youth Safety and Religious partnership programme hosted a breakfast in Manenberg to discuss[…]
While a section of Mitchells Plain has become a “no-go zone” amid increased shootings, residents say they are taking the fight against the escalation of gang violence in their own hands. Through awareness and establishing community groups, People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) say they hope to mobilise the community within Lentegeur to[…]
Drug rehabilitation and counseling centres that use faith-based ideals as their starting point cannot rely purely on religion to aid substance abusers. This according to Western Cape MEC for Social Development at the opening of the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre in Mitchell’s Plain’s Eastridge neighbourhood on Friday. The area[…]
The community of Lentegeur are fed-up with an alleged drug dealer whom they claim has taken over their streets and turned the area into a war zone. The community has been picketing in front of Fadwaan ‘Vet’ Murphy’s house since Sunday in a bid to peacefully communicate with the suspected[…]
For the past five years, Metro Police’s management have been outsourcing training from leading countries in crime intelligence to better equip local officials with the skills needed to combat drugs and gangsterism on the Cape Flats. Now, the United States’ investment into the local Gang and Drug task teams has[…]
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