The City of Cape Town says a tract of land at Wallacedene in Kraaifontein where shacks were removed on Monday has been earmarked for a housing project. The anti-land invasion unit moved in Monday morning with police and metro police to demolish a number of shacks at Phase Nine. Mayoral[…]
Chaos erupted in Kraaifontein, Cape Town, on Tuesday afternoon when a group of people said to be angry about evictions damaged several shops and vehicles. A clinic had to be closed and some City officials locked themselves in their offices. Western Cape police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk confirmed four[…]
A number of people have been injured after their company bus overturned in Bloekombos, Kraaifontein, on Thursday morning, a Cape Town official said. The bus was involved in an accident with a light duty vehicle, but exact details on what had happened, and the number of injuries, was not yet[…]
We are all going to die some day. That is a fact of life. And we all need to be buried somewhere. That is our final destination. What happens after that falls in the realm of the unknown and is prescribed by our religious affiliation. So we find ourselves in[…]
A child is believed to have been raped during a robbery near Bernadino Heights, Kraaifontein, Western Cape police said on Friday. Spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk confirmed the incident took place between 05:30 and 07:45. “An unidentified intruder gained access to a residence… and fled the scene with two cellphones[…]
Two men involved in an armed robbery on a farm and a fatal shootout with police officers, were sentenced in the Western Cape High Court on Friday morning. Acting Judge Sakkie Maartens handed an effective 25 years in jail to Mbongiseni Sithelo, 28, and 18 years behind bars to 29-year-old[…]
The acquittal of two men for the killing of a Kraaifontein constable left her wife reeling outside the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. “How can you do this? She is gone. She is shot. It is unfair,” Marissa Dixon-Witbooi proclaimed near the steps, directing the statements at acting Judge[…]
Two men accused of killing a Cape Town constable are expected to learn their fate on Wednesday in the Western Cape High Court. Acting Judge Sakkie Maartens will hand down judgment against Mbongiseni Sithelo and Sicelo Kwayimani, both 29, who pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and armed[…]
Residents in Kraaifontein community have expressed concern after two teenage girls were murdered in a gang related feud. Both 17-year old Keesha Manuel and 16-year-old Nikieta Holly were laid to rest at the weekend after they were gunned down in Scottsville. “These are young girls. It’s not easy for their[…]
The case of 17 people accused of murdering six Kraaifontein men is expected back in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on Friday. The National Prosecuting Authority said on Tuesday that the case was postponed for bail application. On December 9, the bodies of six men, aged between[…]
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