The Hanover Park Civic Association is calling on community members to participate in a public meeting calling for the eviction of gangster’s residing in council rental units. This follows the shooting and consequent wounding of five old Ashlin Telmarks in Hanover Park’s Algoa Court on Tuesday evening. Telmarks was caught[…]
Incidents of attacks on paramedics and the hijacking of several ambulances a few months ago have sparkled concerns amongst health workers in the ambulance and emergency services who have protested against the violence as well. Yesterday paramedics were at risk once again when they were caught in gang violence in[…]
Although a peace agreement been initiated before Ramadan, when the month ended, violence in Hanover Park escalated within a couple of days. In the space of one week, two men were fatally shot and five other people were injured, including an eight year old child, in what is believed to[…]
Western Cape police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a 20-year-old man in Hanover Park on Friday. Police on Friday said the suspect was in his twenties, and was arrested following three shootings in the embattled area on Thursday. Two people were killed and five were injured. “The[…]
Bracing the icy cold weather, organizers of the annual VOC Ahlan Wa Sahlan Programme on Sunday were welcomed with warm arms by the residents of Hanover Park. The programme, which has taken place annually for the past 17 years, hosts one community each Sunday of Ramadan in a spiritually uplifting[…]
Residents in Hanover Park have experienced a sense of calm in the area since Ramadan, thanks to an agreement between community members and gang leaders. The Hanover Park Society (HPS), Ceasefire Project and other community activists came together a few weeks before Ramadan and met with gangsters at Grand West[…]
Teachers at a Cape Town school are fearing for their safety after a female colleague was stabbed by a robber inside her classroom. The young woman, who had just started teaching at the Hanover Park school two weeks ago, was attacked on Wednesday morning by a knife-wielding man who wanted[…]
Western Cape MEC for Community Safety Dan Plato has highlighted the role of religious leaders in combatting gangsterism from the pulpit. He was speaking to VOC after a meeting with members of the religious fraternity in Hanover Park over the weekend to discuss incessant gang violence. Plato recently joined the[…]
There have been numerous reports about people not having access to the internet at the Hanover Park Library, this being due to the theft of telephone cables. The theft of cables has proven to be problematic for residents who need the resources in order to search for employment, research assignments[…]
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[…]
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