By Wardah Wilkinson Tafelsig residents are mobilizing support for a 62 year old father who has been arrested for stabbing his son to death, allegedly in self-defence. According to reports from community members, his son was a drug addict and had been abusing his family for years. Police were called[…]
Western Cape police have confirmed that they are investigating allegations that a 13 year old Tafelsig boy raped a 6 year old girl close to Mitchell’s Heights primary school. Yesterday afternoon, Tafelsig community members turned on police, when they came to apprehend the boy. Residents burnt tyres and threw stones[…]
Seething Mitchell’s Plain community members are demanding that bail be denied to a 49 year old man accused of the rape of a 5 year old girl in Mitchell’s Plain. The man made his first appearance at the Mitchells Plain magistrate’s court on Wednesday. He will be held at the[…]
Five women are being questioned after an arms cache was uncovered during a search operation in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, Western Cape police said on Monday. Police confiscated two shotguns, an M26 grenade, magazine and a large quantity of shotgun and R5 ammunition at the home in Mitchells Plain, said Lieutenant[…]
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[…]
The body of a 21-year-old man was found outside a school in Tafelsig, Cape Town, on Monday, Western Cape police said. The body was found by passers-by, said Captain FC van Wyk. “He had sustained several bullet wounds to his body and was declared dead by paramedics,” Van Wyk said.[…]
The Mitchell’s Plain Community Police Forum (CPF) says the Tafelsig community is angered by the horrific murder of an elderly resident and fears the incident will lead to mob justice. 61 year old Gafsa Roberts was allegedly killed by her son after she was beaten to death with a hammer.[…]
Tafelsig residents have been left traumatised following the untimely death of a respected woman and community member. A 61 year old mother of three was allegedly killed by her eldest son who is a known drug addict in the area. Her body was found in a dust bin near her[…]
Anti-crime movement People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) have given drug dealers an ultimatum to stop selling drugs, during a motorcade demonstration in Tafelsig Mitchell’s Plain on Sunday. The Tafelsig community appealed to Pagad to assist to rid the community of the escalating crime problem in the gang ridden and[…]
The Matrix Rehabilitation Centre in Tafelsig is one of five drug and alcohol treatment sites in Tafelsig which have been established as part of the City’s focused substance abuse strategies. The out-patient centre has already assisted in the rehabilitation of hundreds of drug and alcohol addicts but not many residents[…]
WhatsApp us 