Gang violence
Plato condemns rise in gun violence in CT after activist Angelo Kube killed
Angelo Kube was shot and killed in Ravensmead on Thursday, while his daughters were in his car with him. The girls, aged five and 12, were caught in the...
Several children are currently recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during suspected gang crossfire in different parts of Cape Town.
Police Minister Bheki Cele on Wednesday welcomed almost 200 additional police officers to fight crime in the province.
The officials gathered in Belhar earlier on Wednesday.
Unchain the Plain founding member, Mark Striker, said that gangsterism had crippled many communities and that more needed to be done to protect children.
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.
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.
The shooting started on Sunday afternoon when four gunmen took out three men in Mfuleni.
Five people, including a four-year-old girl, were shot and wounded in the area on Thursday.
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.
Arrests have not yet been made in connection with the drive-by shooting.
A four-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after he was struck by a stray bullet in St. Montague Village on Monday, while a 17-year-old boy was shot dead.
It's been rocked by two shootings over the past five days in which 10 people were shot and six died.
The vast area has seen two mass shootings in recent days. Ten people were shot and six died.
There were two shootings in Mitchells Plain just days apart.
Emaan Solomons was playing in front of her family home on this day last year when she was hit by a stray bullet.
Three men were shot and killed and another wounded after brazen gunmen opened fire on a group of people late last week.
Police Minister Bheki Cele released the crime statistics for the last quarter of 2020 at a media briefing on Friday.
It’s understood four people, including a child, have been shot and wounded following a robbery in the shopping centre earlier on Saturday.