The mother of a month-old baby and three others will appear in court in Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday, facing a charge of abduction. The woman claimed that her baby was kidnapped in the Durban CBD on Friday while she was breastfeeding the infant. The office of Acting Police Commissioner[…]
Four heavily armed robbers attempted to rob a SASSA paypoint in Bonteheuwel on Thursday morning. They however disarmed the cash in transit guards of two firearms. The paypoint is next to a municipality building housing municipality police who responded immediately upon being informed. No cash was taken from the paypoint[…]
The son of community activist Nazeema Samuels was killed in a shooting in Hanover Park, Cape Town on Sunday morning, police said. It is believed that Toufieq Samuels, 24, died in a gang-related shooting. Police spokesperson Andrè Traut told News24 that Samuels was shot by an unidentified suspect. Circumstances surrounding[…]
The City of Cape Town plans to retract its support for the next State of The Nation Address (SONA), calling the use of security “excessive and unnecessary”. This is after parliament doubled the number of road closures for the yearly address on Thursday and 441 SA National Defense Force troops[…]
By Thakira Desai While law enforcement continues to investigate the recent spate of killings of three Somali nationals, local religious leaders have stepped up to lead the call for unity and peaceful co-existence. The killings, which occurred in Khayelitsha’s Site C on Thursday, are the latest in a string of[…]
The local Somali community says there is a sense of fear within the business fraternity, after three Somali shopkeepers were killed on Thursday night. Just before 10pm, a 27 year old man and a 22 year old man was shot and killed outside their shops in Site C. At around[…]
Mitchells Plain cluster community policing forum (CPF) chairperson Hanif Loonat is being ousted from his position for allegedly being manipulative and threatening to tap the phones of other members. A letter, signed by members of eight Cape Flats community police forums, was written to Loonat on Wednesday calling for his[…]
Eleven people have been arrested for drug possession in Manenberg and Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. The arrest was a joint operation between SAPS Operation Combat and Metro Police’s Gang and Drug Task Team. Mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says officers were acting on intelligence after[…]
Police in Cape Town have confiscated illegal liquor at a house in Mitchell’s Plain. More than 63 litres of mainly beer were taken by Designated Firearm and Liquor Control Officers at a house in Siberian Way. A 61-year-old woman was arrested. She faces a charge of dealing in liquor without a valid[…]
By Shireen Fisher The current collapse in relations between the Woodstock Community Policing Forum (CPF) and Woodstock police station management is likely to affect crime-fighting operations in the area over the busy festive season. Reports indicate that the breakdown has taken a dramatic turn, with the CPF lodging an official[…]
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