Members of the Manenberg Safety Forum (MSF) and concerned residents will be meeting gang leaders on Wednesday evening to salvage a shaky truce established between warring gangs. The Forum’s Rugshanda Pascoe says the community hopes to have gang leaders sign their declaration for peace, in an attempt to hold them[…]
Manenberg residents say they have little knowledge about the future of the GF Jooste Hospital but call on the City of Cape Town to stick to their initial plan of renovating the structure to provide better medical care to the community. This follows an outcry from Manenberg CPF’s Pastor Lewellyn[…]
“Ongoing violence is the biggest threat to victim rehabilitation in Manenberg. It is a right and not a privilege.” These words sum up a new report into the psychological and social impact of gang violence on the beleaguered residents of Manenberg, caught in daily crossfire between warring gangs. The study,[…]
After many efforts by the community activist within the Manenberg Safety Forum, rival gangs in the area have agreed to halt all gang shootings. A meeting at the weekend resulted in a verbal agreement with gang leaders from the Clever Kids, Hard Livings, Americans and Dixie Boys, to restore peace[…]
Learners in Manenberg put their time to good use on Thursday as the Step Aboard Programme provided high school pupils with extra classes in Maths and Science. The programme, founded by Pastor Sam Henkerman is focussed on preparing grade 8, 9 and 10 pupils in life skills and academics for[…]
The Muslim community in Manenberg have been hindered in their efforts to gain the most out of the sacred month of Ramadan as a gang turf wars continues to rage on. A musallee from the area reported a large decrease in the number of Muslims attending the Taraweeh salah in[…]
Only a handful of locals lined ‘Die Laan’ in Manenberg on Monday, mere after gunshots flew in the gang-ridden area’s busiest road. Children wearing their school uniforms, pensioners and mothers stood hand in hand after heeding a call by community leaders to line Manenberg Avenue in solidarity against the bullets[…]
Members of the Manenberg Community Police Forum (CPF) along with community activists were ecstatic as they were sworn in as Commissioners of Oath by Cape Town Advocate Hishaam Mohamed on Monday. The idea of community workers providing the service of a Commissioner of Oaths to the community stemmed from a[…]
Amid all daily brutality of gang violence in Manenberg recently, for some learners at Manenberg High School, Thursday brought a small relief, as they were given breakfast on World Hunger Day. It is estimated that in South Africa more than 11 million people go hungry everyday with one in five[…]
A Manenberg primary school principal says the community is glad their pleas are finally being heard, after another joint crime prevention operation was conducted in the embattled suburb on Thursday morning. Western Cape police said in a statement that the police and army joined forces as part of Operation Fiela[…]
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