The leader of the controversial pressure group G@tvol Capetonian has accused the City of Cape Town of using “strong arm tactics” to silence the movement. Leader Fadiel Adams is facing criminal and civil charges after the #TotalShutdown protests organised for 8 August resulted in damage to public and private property[…]
It has been exactly one month since Police Minister Bheki Cele gave the soldiers of SANDF their marching orders, and sent them to patrol the Cape Flats in a bid to curb the spiralling crime rate in gangster-ridden suburbs. The project was maligned by some, feared as an unwanted “militarisation” of[…]
The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, has called for heightened safety measures for transport services like Uber and Bolt, in Nyanga. Fritz further called on community members to report known criminals in aims to make the communities safer. “We cannot allow the booming e-hailing industry to be put under[…]
Cellphone retailer Cellucity, which opened its doors in 1994, has not been targeted by armed robbers for 25 years, until this year. The company experienced six armed robbery attempts in the past six months – all in the Western Cape. While not the only stores being targeted for high-value goods[…]
A day after a fire destroyed more than 200 homes and left 1 200 people homeless in Masiphumelele’s Wetland informal settlement in E-Section, residents were slowly picking up the pieces on Tuesday. Their efforts have not been helped by the inclement weather, which has battered the Western Cape in recent[…]
By Anees Teladia The national Department of Human Settlements has identified five significant portions of land in the Western Cape to be zoned for the purposes of housing development. The identification of these plots of land has been welcomed by provincial government, which hopes to soon use the land to[…]
By Anees Teladia While many in Cape Town are relieved at the deployment of the South African National Defence Force in the Cape Flats and the increased police presence, murderous criminals and shameless gangsters continue to plague local communities. Several people have been wounded in gang-related violence this past weekend, with[…]
The Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape, Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Elvis Jula, has been removed from his position and has been appointed as Provincial Commissioner for KwaZulu-Natal from August 1. National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Khehla John Sitole, made the announcement on Monday morning. Sitole[…]
By Anees Teladia The Western Cape Blood Service is urgently calling for donations as their blood stock levels continue to fall. The service is currently at a low stock level of two days – three days less than their desired maintenance level. While the winter season has a strong negative[…]
By Anees Teladia The allocation of criminal cases and human resources in the South African Police Service in the Western Cape is a serious cause for concern, with over 48 percent of detectives in the Western Cape carrying over 200 criminal dockets, according to a senior researcher at the Institute[…]
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