The state tightened its case against one of Mitchell’s Plain’s biggest alleged drug lords using cell phone coordinates to map the times at which the syndicate’s workers clocked in to allegedly pack crystal meth. Using GPS data from cell phones belonging to employees registered to Alterior Trading Solutions, the company[…]
A six-year-old child was one of the casualties in two separate shootings in Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain on Saturday morning, Western Cape police said. The little boy was wounded in Lagonda Crescent when he was caught in the crossfire of rival gangs at about 09:30, police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè[…]
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said it will be boosting security at Woodlands Secondary School in Mitchells Plain, after a security guard was found stabbed to death on the premises over the weekend. Police spokesperson Sargent Noloyiso Rwexana said that police are investigating a case of murder, after the[…]
ANC veteran and community activist Achmat Semaar passed away at the age of 72 on Monday. Western Cape ANC spokesperson Dennis Cruywagen announced Semaar’s passing in a statement on Monday night. “It is with great sadness that we wish to announce the passing of one of our most dedicated, respected[…]
The Department of Higher Education and Training is expected to build a R380 million Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Campus in Mitchell’s Plain in Cape Town, aimed at up skilling it’s youth. This announcement was made by the Minister of Higher Education and Training Naledi Pandor during a[…]
The City of Cape Town has said it will work with the community of Mitchells Plain to replenish the depilated sports fields in the area, to combat the rising crime in the area. With crime and gang violence being rife in Cape Town, children are often urged to keep occupied[…]
At least eight people have been shot and killed in Cape Town this past week. A woman is the latest to have died when she was gunned down at her Bishop Lavis home on Saturday. Two suspects have been arrested for the murder. Circumstances surrounding the death of the 32-year-old[…]
The search continues for the suspects involved in a shooting incident on Tuesday afternoon which left a 29-year-old man fatally wounded. According to the Western Cape police a taxi driver was shot while standing outside his Taxi at the Mitchells Plain taxi rank. Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said a case[…]
Seven suspects have been nabbed in Cape Town following the discovery of illegal drugs worth over half-a- million rand at a house in Mitchell’s Plain. Police spokesperson, Philani Nkwalase, says a multi-disciplinary team led by the Hawks have found dagga and mandrax tablets in a trunk that was buried in[…]
The Constitutional Court is expected to rule this morning on the future of 12 Mitchell’s Plain residents who face eviction from their homes after defaulting on payments. The applicants purchased subsidised housing between 2000 and 2001 from the Cape Town Community Housing Company. Under an Instalment Sale Agreement, the applicants[…]
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