By Thakira Desai “Here in Elsies River we are afraid to work with the police – we can help the police, but there is good and bad police – So please, please, please minister come back in a months’ time!” That was the impassioned pleas from Elsie’s River residents, reeling[…]
The police officer who was killed when his colleague apparently discharged his firearm while cleaning it, will be buried Ravensmead in Cape Town on Wednesday. Constable Christopher Mouton, 38, was a constable for nine years. He got married in August and his youngest child was born in January. Independent Police[…]
A planned R100m upgrade to the Muizenberg Police Station in Cape Town has been halted after a meeting with deputy Police Minister Bongani Mkongi on Sunday, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) said. The SJC’s Chumile Sali said Mkongi made the announcement during the meeting, which was convened by the Khayelitsha[…]
Despite being employed to save lives, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in recent years fallen victim to criminals and gangs on the Cape Flats. As a result, residents’ access to the vital service has been compromised, with EMS unable to enter volatile areas without the assistance of law enforcement. In[…]
A 48-year-old Cape Town father, Maro Cavadias, who is accused of murdering his three year-old twins, is expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The lifeless bodies of the little girl and boy were found in Cavadias’ holiday home in Hout Bay last week by their mother.[…]
A protest by residents of Masiphumelele to draw attention to land issues in the community cut the Cape Town Cycle Tour short on Sunday. Seventeen residents were arrested in the early hours of Sunday, March 12, after they blocked a road next to the township, GroundUp reports. Residents were unhappy[…]
Parliament has revealed that it recruited active police officers to become part of its protection services because its existing protection officers did not have the necessary critical skills required to engage with and control unruly MPs. This emerged in court papers, filed this week, in which the House disputes accusations[…]
On Monday, chairperson of the Mitchell’s Plain Community Policing Forum, Hanif Loonat hosted a press briefing in response to his recent ousting from his position. Loonat was last week released as CPF chairperson during the monthly cluster meeting by Provincial CPF chairperson, Andrew Lyon. In a letter tabled at the[…]
Concerns over Policing in Khayelitsha were voiced by members of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) at a picket that was staged outside the Western Cape police administration’s office. This comes after the SJC had taken the Police management to the Equality Court in an attempt to force the South African[…]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Sunday confirmed that the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Aneesa Arrison and her 21-year-old son, Waseem Arrison, remain under investigation. The incident included the shooting of Arrisons14-year-old twin boys, Yaqoob and Yusuf. While Yusuf is currently fighting for his life, after[…]
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