Hanover Park cricket club will be hitting balls of a different kind when they hold their annual Golf Day fundraiser. The club says it is continuing to try to break down barriers in their community through the game of cricket, and now golf. The club, which has been around for[…]
It’s been two months since the murders of Haafith Umar Majiet, 25, and Haafith Tawfeeq Cummings, 23, rocked Hanover Park. Gang violence is an old-age problem in the Cape Flats area. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Friday, Community Policing Forum (CPF) member Yaseen Johaar said investigations continue around the[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The community of Hanover Park is reeling following the murder of a 6-year-old child and the sporadic flare up of crime in the area. Thus, various organisations, including religious fraternities embarked on a prayer walk on Sunday out of desperation to restore peace in the area.[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert Out of desperation to end crime and bring an end to the sporadic incidents of shootings and murders in Hanover Park, religious leaders said they are forced to take action as the South African Police Service [SAPS] are failing them. The Imam of Masjidun Nur in[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen In response to the alarming rise in crime and turmoil plaguing Hanover Park, a community in Cape Town, a coalition of local imams and clergy members convened a meeting to explore collaborative solutions. The community has been grappling with escalating crime rates, prompting religious leaders to take[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Crime continues to plague the embattled community of Hanover Park, where gangs have cast a long shadow over daily life. In the wake of a harrowing botched hijacking incident that occurred on Wednesday afternoon, leaving two young hufaath (memorized the Holy Qur’an) fatally wounded, VOC Breakfast spoke[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis As criminality continues to plague the Hanover Park community, residents once again took to the streets to protest against the ongoing gang violence perpetrated in the area on Sunday. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Monday morning, Imam at Masjidun Nur, Moulana Yazeed Benjamin said despite[…]
Residents whose homes were damaged by extreme winds at Hanover Park in Cape Town are still rebuilding their dwellings. The roofs of several properties in the area were blown off on Friday due to gale force winds in the wake of an intense cold front that Cape Town experienced. Many[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis Over 100 people have been affected by the landspout that ripped through Hanover Park earlier today. The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has confirmed the incident. The rare weather phenomena destroyed the roofs of 20 homes and 10 informal dwellings. However, no fatalities or injuries have[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis Killings have continued unabated in Hanover Park over the last three months. The shocking statistic comes after two elderly women were fatally wounded during a mass shooting in the area on Tuesday evening. According to Philippi police, five women aged between 32 and 75-years-old were sitting[…]
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