Khayelitsha
Cele: Bulelani Qholani’s case a top priority
This comes after law enforcement officers this week demolished four structures because they were illegally erected on city-owned land in the area.
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‘Handling of Bulelani Qholani reveals new level of police brutality’
Cele and the Western Cape provincial police commissioner visited the Ethembeni community on Saturday.
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Human Settlements Dept wants answers over treatment of Bulelani Qholani
Law enforcement officers removed Bulelani Qholani from his home while he was naked and later allowed him to put on some clothing.
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Plato claims Bulelani Qholani undressed himself to block being evicted
A video, which has been shared widely, shows the officers removing Bulelani Qholani from his home in the Empolweni while he was washing himself.
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Empolweni residents demand an end to evictions
There's outrage after a man was roughed up by law enforcement officers who were tearing down illegally erected shacks in Empolweni on Wednesday.
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Fritz welcomes disciplinary action against officer who ‘turned away’ rape victim
The Western Cape Community Safety Department said the 26-year-old woman had been travelling to the TR-Section in Khayelitsha on Monday evening when the driver changed the route and allegedly raped her.
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Man arrested for Sibongiseni Gabada's murder to remain behind bars
Sibongiseni Gabada’s dismembered body was found in a bag next to a shack in H-section in Khayelitsha on 29 May.
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Suspect in Sibongiseni Gabada's brutal murder rearrested
The suspect was first nabbed after Sibongiseni Gabada’s dismembered body was found stuffed into a bag and left next to a shack in H-section in Khayelitsha on 29 May.
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SAPS appeal to public to help trace missing Western Cape constable
Constable Ntandazo Kuse was last seen in mid-March driving his white Toyota Fortuner.
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Khayelitsha youth forum slams WC health dept for inadequate COVID-19 measures
The Khayelitsha Youth Development Forum on Wednesday said it wanted the Site B Day Hospital and the Nonqubela Clinic to temporarily close after staff members tested positive.
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Khayelitsha forum wants 2 health facilities shut over poor COVID-19 measures
The Khayelitsha Youth Development Forum is concerned about the Site B Day Hospital and the Nonqubela Clinic where, it says, staff members have tested positive.
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Two more ambulance crews attacked in Cape Town over long weekend
On Monday, paramedics were held at gunpoint in Mitchells Plain and over the weekend an ambulance was stoned during a protest in Khayelitsha.
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City of CT officials battling with people trying to occupy land illegally
The Khayelitsha community went to court last week after their homes were demolished, despite a prohibition on evictions during the lockdown periods.
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Police yet to make arrests for the assault, burning of Khayelitsha man
His attackers had accused him of being part of a group that robbed people and broke into houses in the BM section.
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Khayelitsha metro cop tests positive for COVID-19
The city's Richard Bosman said the officer tested positive over the weekend and was in isolation.
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Sisulu visits Empolweni residents, calls for adherence to social distancing
The Western Cape High Court order allows 49 structures to be re-erected after they were demolished on the orders of the City of Cape Town.
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WC health authorities tracking COVID-19 infection rates in vulnerable areas
Health authorities are paying particular attention to vulnerable areas where high levels of poverty and high-density living make for the perfect environment for the virus to spread.
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CoCT refuses to provide shelter for Khayelitsha land invaders
Last week, amid a national lockdown, the city twice tore down shacks erected in the eMpolweni community.
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Minister Sisulu to meet with Makhaza informal settlement over eviction dispute
The City of Cape Town has come under fire after removing community members who had occupied land in parts of Khayelitsha.
