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Members of Cape Town's Gang and Drug Taskforce stop and search suspects in Manenberg. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

Gang violence flareup on the cape flats

Dan Plato: WC may be losing battle against gangsterism

By Ilze-Marie Meintjies

WC Community Safety MEC Dan Plato says there are already signs that authorities are losing grip.

  • FILE: Residents believe the incidents are gang-related but authorities could not confirm this. Picture: EWN

    2 dead, 3 wounded in Cape weekend shootings

    Residents believe the incidents are gang-related but authorities could not confirm this.

    2470 days ago
  • FILE: Bullets found during a crime operations police raid in Manenberg. Picture: EWN.

    ‘Drugs at the root of CT gang violence’

    There have been calls for the army to be deployed to curb gang violence.

    2594 days ago
  • FILE: The Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF) has once again expressed concern over ongoing shootings in the area. Picture: Supplied

    Mitchells Plain CPF concerned over ongoing gang violence

    The forum says at least four people have died since last Friday.

    2677 days ago
  • A member of Cape Town's Special Investigation Unit keeps guard while a stop and search is performed in Manenberg. Picture: Thomas Holder

    Dangerous Streets: Gang Unit Manenberg

    The recent spate of violence in the gang-ridden areas of Manenberg and Hanover Park has prompted a response from Cape Town's joint anti-drug/anti-gang task force.

    2771 days ago
  • Uitsig community members gather at the spot where a grade 11 pupil was murdered on 9 November 2014. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Uitsig community to mourn Langley deaths

    A memorial service for murdered Uitsig teen Justin Langley & his uncle Barend will be held on Sunday.

    2780 days ago
  • FILE. Hanover Park residents have vowed to take back their community from gangsters. Picture: EWN

    Hanover Park residents vow to take back community

    Residents intend marching to the homes of gangsters to request them to stop shooting.

    2789 days ago
  • FILE: Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats. Picture: EWN.

    Police's Anti-Gang Unit under threat

    Officials say officers from the unit are being targeted by the criminal underworld.

    2810 days ago
  • FILE: Gang violence has in recent days been flaring up in Delft, Mitchells Plain and Ravensmead. Picture: Mia Spies/EWN.

    Western Cape gangsterism tackled

    A discussion on strategies to deal with gangsterism was held at UCT on Wednesday.

    2873 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Gadeeja Abbas/EWN.

    ‘10-year-olds walking around with guns’

    Dan Plato says more children in the province are getting involved in gangsterism.

    2886 days ago
  • FILE: Cape Town Metro police officials carried out drug raids at Walmer Secondary School on 15 May 2014. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN.

    Violence at schools 'worrying'

    A grade 8 learner was stabbed in the stomach at Knysna High School.

    2893 days ago
  • FILE: The Joint Peace Forum in Bonteheuwel on Thursday said gang shootings occur on a daily basis.  Picture: Mia Spies/EWN.

    Bonteheuwel residents ‘hostages in their own homes’

    The Bonteheuwel Joint Peace Forum says gang shootings occur on an almost daily basis.

    2894 days ago
  • FILE. As schools reopen the WCED says it’s working to ensure the safety of learners affected by gang violence. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    CT schools still a target for gang violence

    As schools reopen, the WCED says it’s working to ensure the safety of learners affected by gang violence.

    2897 days ago
  • Jaylen Sculard (10) was shot and killed by a stray bullet outside his family home during a gang shooting in Beacon Valley. Picture: Abed Ahmed/EWN.

    Five held for shooting Mitchells Plain boy

    Jaylen Scalurd was hit by a stray bullet and died during a suspected gang shooting.

    2901 days ago
  • The area in Beacon Valley through which a stray bullet hit Jaylen Sculard on 16 July 2014. Picture: Abed Ahmed/EWN.

    Mitchells Plain in shock after shooting

    Ten-year-old Jaylen Scalurd died when he was hit by a stray bullet outside his Beacon Valley home.

    2902 days ago
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