Bonteheuwel
Case against man accused of Lauren Dryden’s murder in Bonteheuwel postponed
Lauren Dryden was waiting for a cab after she had finished working a nightshift in Elsies River when she was attacked.
The man and woman, believed to be the child's parents, appeared in court on Monday.
Shakeena Karriem was shot and killed in the area on Sunday morning.
Faldela Abrahams said the coronavirus was hard enough to deal with. Now, her clothing-making business, which is run from her family home in Bonteheuwel Avenue, is taking a further knock because of load shedding.
At least six children have been wounded in gun violence in the Cape Town metro this week.
Police say the suspects fled the scene on Wednesday night and were yet to be arrested.
Clarence Petersen is accused of shooting and killing 30-year-old Petula Williams in Terblanche Street, Bonteheuwel last Wednesday night.
Petula Williams (30) was gunned down last month in Terblanche Street and died in hospital in a suspected gang-related attack.
The 30-year-old was shot in Terblanche Street on Wednesday and later died at hospital.
Nicole Adams told Eyewitness News that the shooting happened following a search at her home by anti-gang unit members in Bontehewuel Avenue.
Chad Abrahams, aged 18, is among the 61.3% of matrics who passed at Arcadia Senior Secondary.
Two people were shot dead in separate attacks over the last two days.
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.
A Bonteheuwel ward councillor is calling for the area to be reclassified as a suburb and no longer as a township.
Bonteheuwel ward councillor Angus McKenzie said that not a single gang-related murder had been reported since the deployment of the neighbourhood safety team (NST) in the area.
Concerned neighbour Mark Arendse says four police members entered the store and allegedly stole more than R22,000.
A group of officers will be operating 24 hours a day in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, as they deal with by-law transgressions, as well as assisting Metro Police and South Africa Police Service with crime prevention duties. At least 44 murders have been reported in the area since January 2019.
At least 43 people were murdered in Bonteheuwel since the start of this year.
The group of officers in the Bonteheuwel neighbourhood safety team will be operating 24 hours a day, as they deal with by-law transgressions, as well as assisting the Metro Police and South Africa Police Service with crime prevention duties.