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SANDF to raise awareness after NC man killed by explosion in restricted area
Henry Willemse had gone out to fetch his livestock last Thursday and his body was found next to his partially burnt bakkie the next day.
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NC man killed by explosives in restricted SANDF training area
SANDF said the man had gone to collect livestock from a member of the community last week but failed to return.
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Police leadership in WC a problem, says Safety MEC Fritz
Cape Town will continue to be a gangster's paradise for as long as police don’t get their act together. That’s according to Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz.
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Bishop Lavis CPF credits community for drop in murder rate
The Bishop Lavis CPF took issue with authorities claiming the turnaround was due to the introduction of army-assisted operations and the Bonteheuwel Neighbourhood Safety Team.
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Operation Lockdown: 6,000 litres of alcohol confiscated in WC since July
Officers, along with members of the South African National Defence Force, have conducted various raids this past week.
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Russia lands nuclear bombers in SA as Putin hosts continent's leaders
The two Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers touched down at Waterkloof air force base in Tshwane on Wednesday, the South African National Defence Force said. Russia’s Ministry of Defence has said the mission is designed to nurture military ties with South Africa.
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Voting under way in Botswana
However, South Africa, which was drawn into the fall-out between that country's former President Ian Khama and his successor Mokgweetsi Masisi during campaigning, may only breathe a sigh of relief when counting is done.
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Bullets and books: The story of a Bonteheuwel matric
Matric student Chad Abrahams has literally had to dodge bullets both at school and on the walk home from school in the gang-infested area.
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CT CPFs see decline in murders after SANDF deployment
Police seem to back this up by saying the murder rate in the Western Cape has declined drastically since soldiers started assisting them in July.
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Army deployment sees drastic drop in WC murder rate - police
Operation Lockdown, which involves soldiers assisting police, has been in effect since July and police said that since then, the province's murder rate had dropped to around 30 per week.
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WC's Operation Lockdown sees nearly 900 arrests over past two weeks
A total of 889 arrests for an array of crimes including murder, attempted murder, assault and robbery were executed in the past two weeks. Of the figure, 337 were wanted suspects.
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BMA to tighten entry ports, SANDF to police borders, says Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the Border Management Authority (BMA) would tighten the ports of entry and that the SANDF would also assist in policing the borders.
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CT murder rate on decline since SANDF deployment - police
Cape Town Police have noticed a drop in the murder rate since the launch of Operation Lockdown, which involved the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
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Protests negatively affecting our lives, say Dunoon residents
The area has been plagued by violent demonstrations since last week after law enforcement blitzes targeted taxi drivers operating without permits.
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It's rain season. And the SAHRC still has no answers on the Vaal River's sewage
This is despite a massive intervention programme involving the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
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Military Ombud receives hundreds of complaints
The Office of the Military Ombud is an independent office tasked with the responsibility to ensure that complaints by current and former defence force members are investigated and resolved.
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WC Safety MEC calls for clear strategy after SANDF deployment extended
President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployment until the end of March 2020.
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WC govt thanks Ramaphosa for extending army’s deployment
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced the extension of the army’s deployment in gang-ravaged areas in Cape Town until the end March next year.
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Cautious optimism over extension of SANDF deployment in CT
The Mitchells Plain’s community policing forum cluster said the defence force, together with police, can now refine their crime busting operation.
