By Kouthar Sambo A fire ripped through a home at the weekend in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, leaving a man deceased. Speaking to VOC News, the Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson, Jermaine Carelse, said the fire crew received a call of a home ablaze around 10pm. Crews from Belhar, Mfuleni, and[…]
LOCAL A 30-year-old man was arrested by Metro Police officers for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain on Saturday morning. According to Metro Police Spokesperson Ruth Solomons, officers on patrols received information from SAPS of suspects involved in a shooting incident with local officials[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Two people died in a fire on Friday night, in Tafelsig. City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue were alerted about the fire just before midnight. According to firefighters, when they arrived on the scene two residential places were alight and several people were suffering from smoke[…]
LOCAL A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in court in connection to the murder of his girlfriend this weekend. Police reports indicate that the 18-year-old was at the suspects house in Tafelsig on Saturday. During an argument, he reportedly hit her over the head with a beer bottle, where[…]
LOCAL The Cape of Good Hope Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has called on the public to report any act of illegal dog fighting. It follows the latest rescue of seven dogs in Tafelsig on Friday. Chief inspector Jaco Pieterse says the culprits were all minors between[…]
Tafelsig, a community in the heart of Mitchells Plain, one of the largest townships on the Cape Flats has been exhausted by the lockdown imposed on the country in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Mitchells Plain in its entirety has an estimated population of over 300,[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert Unrest erupted across several communities on the Cape Flats on Tuesday, in what many believe is the start of worse things to come as a result of the national lockdown. A business robbery at Modacks in Manenberg caused widespread damage to other businesses in surrounding areas,[…]
Western Cape police have reinforced deployments in several townships on the Cape Flats after several incidents of burglary, looting of grocery stores and public violence on Tuesday afternoon. According to police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa, a group of about 16 people stormed a supermarket in Gatesville at about 14:40 on[…]
The case against the man who is accused of murdering 12-year-old Michaela Williams was postponed on Monday. The suspect appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate Court today, after his case was postponed at his first appearance on Friday. The Pelican Park community was distraught by the discovery of the young girls[…]
A 10-year-old child was killed in the crossfire of a shooting in the Cape Flats. Residents of Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain said they have seen an increase in gang activities since last week and children are losing their lives in the process. Ayesha Kelly (10) was killed on her way to the shops when[…]
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