Cape town gang violence
Children paying the price for escalating gang violence in Cape Town
Several children are currently recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during suspected gang crossfire in different parts of Cape Town.
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Cele warns criminals to 'run' as additional forces deployed in WC to fight crime
Police Minister Bheki Cele on Wednesday welcomed almost 200 additional police officers to fight crime in the province.
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Mitchells Plain NPO determined to bring sport back to local schools, communities
Unchain the Plain founding member, Mark Striker, said that gangsterism had crippled many communities and that more needed to be done to protect children.
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CT police and law enforcement grilled over plans to tackle gang violence
Western Cape Legislature's Standing Committee on Community Safety chairperson, Reagen Allen, was among those questioning whether police and in particular the anti-gang unit were doing enough to combat gang violence.
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Crime expert: Govt needs to relook at SAPS strategies dealing with gang violence
Over the weekend, six people were killed in Mfuleni and last week, five people, including a four-year-old child, were wounded in Hanover Park.
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Hanover Park policing forum calls for decisive action against gang violence
Five people, including a four-year-old girl, were shot and wounded in the area on Thursday.
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Gangsterism, hunger & COVID-19: Cape Town communities’ triple threat to life
While the country grapples with COVID-19 that’s wreaked havoc on employment and the economy, residents in Elsies River and Tafelsig are dealing with more than one pandemic. #COVID19 #Gangsterism #CapeTown
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Gangsterism, hunger & COVID-19: Cape Town communities’ triple threat to life
While the country grapples with COVID-19 that’s wreaked havoc on employment and the economy, residents in Elsies River and Tafelsig are dealing with more than one pandemic.
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Gang violence keeping some CT communities penned in long after lockdown relaxed
The COVID-19 pandemic isn't the only disruptive force in such neighbourhoods where residents have had to contend with hunger and the constant threat of gang warfare for years.
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Boy (4) stable after being shot in Lavender Hill gang violence
Arrests have not yet been made in connection with the drive-by shooting.
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Phone numbers of CT cops, underworld figures on ping list linked to Zane Kilian
Prosecutor Greg Wolmarans read out a list containing more than 5,300 cellphone pings linked to Zain Kilian’s cellphone.
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Mitchells Plain residents hope law enforcement deployment will curb shootings
It's been rocked by two shootings over the past five days in which 10 people were shot and six died.
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Fritz: Dealing with gang violence root causes only way to calm Mitchells Plain
The vast area has seen two mass shootings in recent days. Ten people were shot and six died.
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Family of murdered Emaan Solomons (7) left disappointed as case postponed again
Eben Basson and Chivargo Fredericks briefly appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Friday for their first pre-trial hearing but the matter was postponed to 12 March.
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Option of using SANDF to assist SAPS deal with CT gang violence available - Cele
Over recent days, there have been a number of shootings in various communities.
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Alleged 27s gang leader William Stevens shot & killed in Kraaifontein
Williams Stevens was one of the accused in the murder case of steroid smuggler Brian Wainstein.
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Police hunt suspects after CT girl wounded in shooting
On Saturday, the girl was struck by a bullet during what's believed to have been a gang shooting.
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Atlantis mother believes she will get justice for her murdered teen son
Jordan Moore (16) was stabbed and mauled by dogs on Friday night.
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Kraaifontein boy (6) wounded in apparent gang shooting
The child was apparently caught in gang crossfire on Tuesday.
