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[…]
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[…]
The Surrey Estate Neighbourhood Watch says the community has been left traumatised after a fatal armed robbery turned shoot-out hit the area on Monday evening. Three of the gunmen succumbed to their gunshot wounds while a police officer, shop assistant and a bystander remain critical but in a stable condition.[…]
Residents of Bonteheuwel held a meeting on Saturday with several key stakeholders in the community safety sector, in a bid to address some of their more pressing concerns. The meeting was held at Freedom Square, and had a focus on crime, gansterism and drugs. In attendance were representatives from[…]
Members of the Cape Flats Concerned Residents organisation say they will be combating gang related crimes in their respective areas through establishing an active neighbourhood watch and ensure the safety of residents, especially school learners, during the peak of gang violence. The group has also called on communities to join[…]
President Jacob Zuma should deploy the military or other official forces to stabilise Hanover Park, Cape Flats residents demanded on Tuesday. In a memorandum of demands handed over to a representative of the presidency, the residents also asked that a commission of inquiry to investigate organised crime in the Western[…]
Fed-up residents across the Cape Flats will mobilize for a protest to Parliament on Tuesday, to raise the alarm on gang violence. The Cape Flats Concerned Residents Association will be protesting to demand the deployment of the army in gang ridden areas on the Cape Flats. Chairman Ricardo Sedres said[…]
Life has not been as quiet as the media and police have been reporting in Manenberg, says a mother of three living in a small flat overlooking Manenberg Avenue. Her home has been dangerously close to the impromptu battlefield that erupted this Easter weekend. “These guys … have no respect[…]
Tafelsig residents are gearing up to take the fight against gangsterism into their own hands through street committees. During a community meeting at the weekend, residents decided that street committees will be put in place to monitor any suspicious activity and to work together with police to ensure the peace[…]
e recent spate of criminal activity over the past few months in Woodstock, University Estate and Walmer Estate has left residents worried and unsafe. Residents have reported a rise in criminal activities include burglaries, robberies and murders. This week, a bystander alerted the police to the body of a 30[…]
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