Despite widespread calls for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to be deployed into gang-infested areas, it seems the official arrival of the army has been met with mixed reaction. After a week of uncertainty as to when the army would be sent to the Cape Flats, there was[…]
The first troops of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have finally landed in the Cape Flats – with members of the army seen entering the suburb of Manenberg on Thursday. Videos on social media show SANDF vehicles riding through Manenberg roads in Cape Town, while other pictures show[…]
By Anees Teladia The terms of reference for the official South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) inquiry into the violence in the Western Cape have now been established. The inquiry will be investigating the gang violence and crime that has crippled the Western Cape – violence so severe and prevalent[…]
Anti-crime movement People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) made an appearance in Bonteheuwel on Wednesday evening to conduct a motorcade, effectively announcing their presence in the area. Several calls were reportedly made by the Bonteheuwel community for the assistance of Pagad in combating the persisting gang-violence and crime. However, the[…]
Following a landmark announcement by Minister of Police Bheki Cele declaring that the South African National Defence Force would be deployed to the Cape Flats, provincial Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz has expressed his elation with the decision. Despite his praise, however, he believes the deployment of the SANDF[…]
This story is part of a three-part “Gang Wars” series, which this week focuses on Hanover Park. Since the start of the year, 45 people have been murdered in Hanover Park in the Western Cape and 12 people lost their lives to violence in June, the bloodiest month in the[…]
The hands holding the guns behind the bullets and bloodshed in Hanover Park are not tattooed, weathered or even fully developed. “They belong to children, some not even teenagers yet,” Ebrahim Abrahams says with a shake of his head. “Those hands should be holding pens while doing homework. Instead, they[…]
By Anees Teladia While the state of security and integrity within South African prisons has arguably always been regarded as questionable by the public, South Africa’s prisons are doing well in comparison to many other African states, according to the Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) project. The spotlight has fallen[…]
Bullying and gangsterism have been plaguing some schools in the Northern Cape. Now the South African Taekwondo Federation in Kimberley has partnered with the Provincial Department of Education to train and teach primary school Martial Arts and self-defence in an effort to tackle bullying in schools. Children go through a lot[…]
A 12-year-old boy who was shot multiple times at close range while guarding cars at an Elsies River mosque was probably killed as part of a gang initiation. This is the opinion of a spokesperson for the family, Pastor Vincent Alexander, who believes Aswin Jonas, a Grade 5 pupil at Tygersig[…]
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