By Aneeqa du Plessis Citizens have been urged to refrain from posting insensitive footage of crime scenes or accidents on social media before the families of the victims have been informed. This comes after the tragic accident that claimed the lives of five children in Mitchells Plain last week was[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis Despite the massive tragedy that rocked the Mitchells Plain community on Tuesday morning, residents have rallied together to support the families of the five children that were killed in the catastrophic collision on AZ Berman Drive. Two other children were left seriously injured after the bakkie[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis Tragic scenes played out on AZ Berman Drive, Mitchells Plain after five children lost their lives in a fatal crash on their way to school this morning. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), local officials have registered a case of culpable homicide. The circumstances[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis The additional 250 South African Police Service (SAPS) vehicles that were handed over to provincial police in Mitchells Plain earlier this month has been of no benefit to the gang-ridden community. This is according to Chairperson of the Cape Flats Safety Forum Abie Isaacs. Speaking on[…]
A Melomed nurse, Sister Njapha, became a hero when she delivered a healthy baby boy in the parking lot of the Mitchells Plain Melomed hospital last week Thursday. According to a statement released by Group Marketing Manager Shameema Adams, Sr Njapha was alerted by a frantic man during her afternoon[…]
By: Aneeqa du Plessis Following a video that went viral across social media depicting community members in Mitchells Plain taking the law into their own hands after a botched robbery, the Lentegeur Community Policing Forum (CPF) has denounced what it says is vigilantism by the community after an incident at[…]
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has written to the South African Post Office to request an urgent engagement on the closure of all its services in Mitchells Plain. According to a statement released by the COCT, Lewis said it was unacceptable that Mitchells Plain residents were simply being referred to[…]
It has been a week filled with joy, tears, and laughter as 107 families received the keys to their homes, in new Woodlands Mitchells Plain. This past Saturday, 12 November, 10 of the most elderly members of this newly formed part of the development attended the ceremonial event officiated by[…]
LOCAL A 32-year-old alleged gangster has been arrested in connection to the murder of gang boss Kaldimola Madatt. Mitchells Plain residents are anticipating retaliatory attacks after the 56-year-old was struck by 11 bullets in Rocklands on Friday. His 40-year-old body guard also received a gunshot to the hip. Police confirm[…]
This week Premier Alan Winde celebrated Mitchells Plain’s rich and vibrant culture, as well as its many success stories, by paying the area a visit. With mobility an important priority of the Premier and October being National Transport Month, he and Western Cape Mobility Minister Daylin Mitchell tested an exciting[…]
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