Six people died in two separate fires in Cape Town on Friday night. City of Cape Town spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said four people died in Bonteheuwel and four others sustained varying degrees of burn wounds when a fire broke out at a house in Vyeboom Street. “The city’s fire &[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Crime in the Western Cape has reached high levels, particularly gang-related, as media reports indicated a spike in high jackings to construction mafias and extortions. The Institute for Security Studies has helped design an evidence-based intervention piloted in the Tafelsig area on visible policing, which has seen[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The festive season has seen a significant spike in murders and violent crimes, leaving residents concerned about the crime rate. According to Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, more than 956 firearms have been recovered and over 11,000 undocumented individuals were arrested. Mathe added that efforts to deport them[…]
A police joint operation has led to the arrest of three suspects on kidnapping, extortion and murder charges after the discovery of the body of a 48-year-old Chinese national in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Monday. The joint operation consisted of members attached to the provincial kidnapping task team, the directorate[…]
By: Aneeqa du Plessis A family of three, including a minor, has died in an early morning blaze in an informal settlement in Khayelitsha. According to the City’s Fire and Rescue Service, officials were alerted at about 05:10 that a structure was on fire opposite the Chuma Primary School in[…]
Police confiscated drugs worth R4m in a Cape Town informal settlement this week. Western Cape police spokesperson W/O Joseph Swartbooi said police in Harare, Khayelitsha, also confiscated abalone, the value of which has yet to be determined. Swartbooi said police were on patrol near the informal settlement on Wednesday evening[…]
LOCAL Gatesville’s Abirah Dekhta, who was located in Khayelitsha after ten days, has been reunited with her family. It follows a joint operation wherein SAPS members from various specialised units and City of Cape Town’s law enforcement officials recovered her from a shack in Town Two on Monday evening. The[…]
LOCAL Three people have been shot and killed in Harare in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Andre Traut, says two other people were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a residence in Siphendule Crescent. He says the motive for the attack is unknown. Traut says a 72-hour action[…]
LOCAL Police are investigating cases of attempted murder after two constables came under fire in Khayelitsha on Friday night. Spokesperson Capt FC Van Wyk says the officers were shot and wounded while en route home in their marked police vehicle at the time. The shooting occurred on the corners of[…]
The Department of Social Development says Khayelitsha residents will soon enjoy better services. Minister Lindiwe Zulu visited the township on Tuesday, in response to community complaints over poor social services. Zulu says Sassa is looking forward to having permanent offices at a new building in Kuyasa, scheduled for opening in[…]
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