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Police Minister Bheki Cele visited Site C in Khayelitsha following Sunday night’s mass shooting. 6 men were killed. Arrests have not yet been made. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/Eyewitness News.

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Khayelitsha mass shooting: Cele says safety of residents must be prioritised

By Shamiela Fisher

Residents of the Taiwan informal settlement in Site C want an integrated approach to address crime in the area.

  • Hillary Gardee will be laid to rest in KwaMagugu, in Mpumalanga on 7 May 2022.

    Gardee's murder could be politically and financially motivated, says Cele

    Police Minister Bheki Cele was speaking at the funeral of Hillary Gardee in Mbobela in Mpumalanga on Saturday.

    12 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele. Picture: @LirandzuThemba/Twitter

    Renewed calls for Cele to form task team to look into EC political murders

    Two ANC leaders in the Eastern Cape, Andile Andries and Lubabalo Keso, were shot dead in Kariega on Monday.

    15 days ago
  • 28-year-old Hillary Gardee was reported missing over the weekend after she was last seen in the Nelspruit CBD on Friday, 29 April 2022. Picture: @HillaryGardee/Twitter

    Investigations under way into the murder of Hillary Gardee

    Police appear to be pulling out all the stops to bring to book those behind the murder of Hillary Gardee, the daughter of former EFF secretary-general and attorney Godrich Gardee.

    15 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele addresses Kliptown residents during an imbizo on crime on 28 April 2022. Picture: @LirandzuThemba/Twitter

    Cele calls on Kliptown residents to act within law when protecting themselves

    The minister was speaking during a crime prevention imbizo in the area on Thursday.

    20 days ago
  • A screengrab of Advocate Malesela Teffo (foreground, left) being arrested in the Pretoria High Court on 28 April 2022.

    Advocate's arrest during Senzo Meyiwa murder trial police intimidation - lawyer

    Advocate Malesela Teffo, who is the lawyer for four of the men accused of the Bafana Bafana captain’s murder, was arrested on Thursday in the Pretoria High Court.

    20 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele at a media briefing on 25 October 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    Soweto residents 'disappointed' and 'ashamed' to call Bheki Cele police minister

    During a crime prevention imbizo in Kliptown, Police Minister Bheki Cele returned to area to talk to community members on identified crimes and policing concerns.

    20 days ago
  • KwaZulu-Natal flood death death toll revised to 435

    The death toll from the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal has been revised down to to 435. The number was announced by police minister Bheki Cele on 21 April 2022.

    28 days ago
  • Pimville resident, Kgomotso Diale, was killed at the Chicken Farm informal settlement on 18 April 2022. Credit: Supplied

    Slain Kgomotso Diale joined electricity protest to help community, says family

    Kgomotso Diale was shot and killed on Monday, allegedly by Lesotho nationals at the Chicken Farm informal settlement after community members went to ask about the recent theft of power cables.

    28 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele on 20 August 2021. Picture: SA Police Service/Twitter.

    Police interventions in Diepsloot & Kliptown not meant to be permanent - Cele

    Cele on Wednesday announced that more resources would be deployed to the Kliptown police station following complaints by residents that the station was under-resourced and unresponsive to the community’s needs.

    28 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele on 20 August 2021. Picture: SA Police Service/Twitter.

    Kliptown residents demand Police Minister Bheki Cele address poor policing

    Police Minister Bheki Cele is visiting the Kliptown Police Station following deadly violence during a demonstration at the Chicken Farm informal settlement this week.

    29 days ago
  • Tyres burn just meters from the police station on 6 April 2022 as Diepsloot residents protest over crime in the area. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Calm restored in Diepsloot after a week of protests

    A community leader has told eyewitness news that there is a high police presence in the northern Johannesburg township this afternoon.

    39 days ago
  • Tyres burn just meters from the police station on 6 April 2022 as Diepsloot residents protest over crime in the area. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Motsoaledi, Cele present Operation Restore to Diepsloot residents

    Among the interventions under Operation Restore is the deployment of 25 home affairs officials for three months.

    41 days ago
  • South African Police Service (SAPS) officers are seen as community members protest against the rise of crime in the area in Diepsloot, South Africa, on 6 April 2022. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    Crowds camp outside Diepsloot Youth Centre to be addressed by Cele

    Government ministers have come to the township to speak to the residents following anti-crime protests that turned violent.

    41 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele visits Diepsloot amid ongoing protests on 7 April 2022.

    Cele to hold talks with Diepsloot community about tackling crime in the area

    More than 50 illegal migrants have been arrested in the last few days, half of whom were arrested on Thursday night.

    41 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele visits Diepsloot amid ongoing protests on 7 April 2022.

    Bheki Cele dismisses claims that Diepsloot policing interventions have failed

    Police Minister Bheki Cele said more than 100 members of the special forces had been deployed to the crime ravaged area following violent community protests calling for better policing.

    42 days ago
  • Police monitor protest action in Diepsloot on 6 April 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    SAPS to continue operations in Diesploot after two days of violent protests

    Residents vented their anger on the streets after a spate of murders, with seven people killed just this past weekend alone.

    42 days ago
  • Residents have been protesting over issues including corruption, under-resourced and outnumbered police officers and the lax enforcement of immigration laws that they alleged had led to high levels of crime in the area.

    Diepsloot residents vow to continue anti-crime protests overnight

    Police fired rubber bullets and used stun grenades to disperse a crowd that was blocking the N14 highway on Wednesday.

    42 days ago
  • Mabuke said killings had become a common occurrence in the area that eve police were afraid to patrol.

    Police Minister Bheki Cele details interventions to protestors in Diepsloot

    Police Minister Bheki Cele has arrived in Diepsloot where he is expected to address the community on high crime levels.

    43 days ago
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