The City of Cape Town will meet with SAPS next week to discuss the policing and safety needs for the annual Somerset West Festival Under the Lights. This comes after an outcry over the possible change in dates for the festival, due to the lack of policing resources over the[…]
The hugely popular Somerset West festive season night market may be held earlier this year, if the City of Cape Town’s proposed dates are approved. Traders are up in arms over the fact that the event called the Festival Under the Lights may be held from the 2 – 14[…]
An armed gang hit a petrol station in Cape Town in the early hours of Monday morning, just two days after a similar incident nearby. Four unidentified suspects entered the petrol station on the N2 near Macassar around 02:30 and ordered employees to lie down, said police spokesperson Captain FC Van[…]
An armed gang is on the loose after robbing a shop and blowing up an ATM in Somerset West, Western Cape police said on Sunday. The seven gang members targeted a shop in Abelia Street, Heldervue around 07:00 on Saturday, said police spokesperson Tembinkosi Kinana. They took an undisclosed amount[…]
A busy mall in Somerset West has been accused of profiling shoppers, after an elderly man was on Monday removed for refusing to take off his beanie (cap) from his head. Mall security at Waterstone Mall approached the man, urging him to remove the beanie for security reasons. The elderly[…]
A Zimbabwean national subjected to a brutal assault at a shelter in Somerset West last week, has recounted the physical and emotional trauma suffered during the attack. 30-year old Economic Management Sciences (EMS) student, Peter Mufuka was stabbed several times during Tuesday’s incident, allegedly at the hands of a group[…]
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