Despite numerous protest marches and attempts to engage with gang bosses, Hanover Park residents continue to see little respite from the high levels of gang-violence that has ravaged their poverty-stricken community. Ricardo Sedres of Hanover Park’s Backyard Dwellers Association says that despite the community’s appeals to national government for the[…]
Emotions are running high in Hanover Park following the senseless killing of a four year old boy in the area on Wednesday evening. The boy was shot in the head in a gang crossfire last and died in his grandmother’s arms. It’s believed the boy is from Hermanus and was[…]
Whenever she hears gunshots outside her Hanover Park home, Melicia Donson tells her two-year-old daughter someone is lighting fireworks. “How do you explain to a baby that there are people trying to kill each other right outside your door?” she asked on Thursday. The single mother of two is one[…]
A newly formed coalition of imams will meet with residents on Wednesday evening to discuss ways in which they can maintain a peace agreement with gangsters in Hanover Park in the lead up to the festive season. For the past seven days, gang leaders, most of whom are Muslim, have[…]
A group of Hanover Park imams have warned they will camp outside the houses of drug dealers and gangsters if they refuse to stop the relentless shootings in the community. A coalition of shuyookh has been formed to fight gang warfare in the area, amid an upsurge of violence in[…]
There has been a dramatic escalation in gang related shootings in Ottery over the past few weeks, and speaking to VOC Breakfast Beat, Grassy Park CPF chairperson, Rev Philip Bam acknowledged that some of the violence has since spilled over into his area. Reports have done the rounds via social[…]
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has assured that schools in Hanover Park are on high alert after an escalation in gang violence in the area, with police presence romped up at three institutions close to the heart of the warfare. This comes after two fatal shootings on Wednesday around[…]
Around 200 Hanover Park residents marched to the Phillip Police station on Wednesday to draw attention to the increasing levels of gang violence and police inefficiencies in addressing the problem. Under the banner of the ‘Concerned Residents of Hanover Park’, people from all ages marched in the blistering heat, calling[…]
As the festive season fast approaches, gang ridden communities on the Cape Flats worry about a possible upsurge in gang violence. During a visit to Hanover Park and Manenberg following recent gang shootings in the areas, residents told of the need for immediate police intervention to ensure the safety of[…]
Gang leaders in Manenberg have showed an interest in creating platforms of dialogue with anti-crime activists and the community. This emerged at a meeting in the area on Wednesday night, as roleplayers in the community attempted to salvage a shaky truce between warring gangs. The truce was agreed upon two[…]
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