A 32-year-old woman who was arrested when she collected a consignment of drugs from a courier company was granted R30,000 bail in the Cape Town District Court on Wednesday. Bulelwa Yokwana, 32, mother of a six-year-old daughter, appeared before magistrate Moegamad Esau. She was reportedly arrested on Monday after Time[…]
Anti-crime movement People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) have given drug dealers an ultimatum to stop selling drugs, during a motorcade demonstration in Tafelsig Mitchell’s Plain on Sunday. The Tafelsig community appealed to Pagad to assist to rid the community of the escalating crime problem in the gang ridden and[…]
“When you are looking at a gang such as one here in Cape Town, you could have a small gang but their influence and connections could be far more reaching.” This is the view of Khalil Goga, a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). The institute recently released[…]
A few months ago, a collective body of organisations was formed with an aim to fight against gangsterism and drugs in Cape Town. The United Front Against Gangsters and Drugs (UFAGAD) consists of the Economic Freedom Fighters, the Pan African Congress, Azanian Peoples Organisation, People Against Gangsterism and Drugs, the[…]
A police constable was jailed for eight years by a Cape Town court on Thursday for twice accepting bribes as inducements to obtain the drug “tik”. Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court Magistrate Sabrina Sonnenberg also declared Ricardo Abrahams, 34, a father of two, unfit to possess a firearm. A young[…]
Athlone, like most other areas on the Cape Flats has been plagued by an ever increasing use, abuse and peddling of drugs. It has been reported that over 200 houses in the area alone are being used as drug dens. Authorities will now embark on joint operations to evict tenants[…]
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) claims the police are intimidating the community when they choose to speak out against crime or have any involvement with the anti-drug group. The organisation held a picket in Parow over the weekend, after calls by community members for intervention in the area. But[…]
The Freedom Park community in Tafelsig, will meet once again on Sunday 29 June to march to the homes of gangsters and drug dealers. This decision was taken by the community at a mass meeting on Thursday 26 June, at the Freedom Park Community Centre in Tafelsig. The People Against[…]
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