The City of Cape Town has appealed to residents in the surrounding area to comment on the upgrades and maintenance plans of Trafalgar Recreation Park. “The City needs residents around Trafalgar Park to comment on its maintenance,” says mayoral committee member of energy, environmental and spatial planning Johan van der[…]
The fear of possible shack fires has become a “way of life” for those residing in the Imizamo Yethu informal settlement in Hout Bay. The area was hit by a devastating fire over Christmas weekend which destroyed more than 500 shacks, leaving 1 dead and over 1000 homeless. The blaze[…]
As gang violence continues to cripple the area, Hanover Park residents believe inefficiency of the Phillipi police station is compounding the problem. Earlier this month, concerned residents marched to the police station to hand over a list of grievances regarding what they describe as a lack of service delivery from[…]
Community members in Hanover Park are to take a stand against an upsurge in gang violence that has beset the area over the past two weeks. Residents, led by the National Peoples Movement, will take to the streets on Wednesday in a march against crime and increased gang-related shootings. While[…]
Over the past few weeks the Imizamo Yethu community in Hout Bay has been plagued by an upsurge in violence where several murders have already been reported over the past few weeks. Mzi Nyaki from the SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) says that things are improving however the situation is[…]
Members of the Bontheuwel community met on Monday morning to hand over a memorandum to the City of Cape Town councillor, Rosemary Rau, to express their dissatisfaction with the erection of what they call “alien looking poles” in their community. Residents on Saturday held a meeting in which a plan[…]
Outraged Lentegeur residents are taking back their community in a fight against on-going gang violence that has shed the blood of tons of railway commuters along Lentegeur railway station. “There has been a spat of shootings in the area. We believe that it is related to gang violence that often[…]
Amidst the City of Cape Town’s announcement of an investment initiative aimed at improving conditions in the gang-infested area of Manenberg, the Manenberg Community Policing Forum has expressed concern at a lack of consultation on the plans with the community. This comes despite those behind the project having surveyed the[…]
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[…]
“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,[…]
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