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Cape anti-gang unit hunt suspects after five-year-old boy murdered
Valintino Grootetjie was standing outside his kitchen door when gunmen opened fire on Saturday afternoon.
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Five-year-old shot dead in Lavender Hill
The attack happened at Drury Court in Lavender Hill on Saturday afternoon.
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Forest Whitaker launches young peacemaker initiative in Cape Town
The Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative has been running for only a few months and focuses on gang-ridden areas.
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Anti-gang unit deployed in Mitchells Plain after 4 shot dead
On Tuesday, a vehicle pulled up at the house and fired multiple shots killing three men and a woman.
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4 gunned down in Mitchells Plain, motive still unknown
The Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum's Abie Isaacs said the motive was not known at this stage.
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Hanover Park girl shot while walking to the shop
It’s understood she was caught in the crossfire of gun violence and was transported to a medical facility for treatment.
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Violence prevention possible with right funding - experts
Over 700 local and international researchers have gathered for the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum under way at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
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Hanover Park girl caught in gang crossfire in stable condition
The 15-year-old was hospitalised over the weekend after she was hit by a stray bullet at Rywood Walk.
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Report calls for legalisation of drugs to curb gang violence in WC
The report said the procurement and sale of illegal leisure drugs was the primary income of almost all Western Cape gangs and central to gaining an understanding of their activities.
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No arrests made in connection with murder of Worcester boy (14)
The teen was shot and killed on Wednesday night.
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PE police hunting suspects after girl (6) wounded in shooting
The police's Priscilla Naidu said the child was playing in front of her house when shots were fired.
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Elsies River mass shooting suspect: I didn’t kill those children
The Goodwood Magistrates Court was filled with anti-gang unit members as suspects appeared in connection with a mass shooting in Elsies River.
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Suspects in Elsies River shooting expected in court
An 18-year-old man and three children were killed when gunmen stormed a wendy house on Tuesday night.
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Elsies River family battling to deal with murders of two family members
Arthur Samuels’ 12-year-old nephew and his 10-year-old niece died when gunmen stormed their wendy house in Clarke’s Estate on Tuesday night.
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CT school mourns death of Adrian Alexander (12) killed in gang violence
He was one of three children killed in a shooting in Clarkes Estate on Tuesday night. An 18-year-old man also died. Alexander’s mother and her friend were wounded.
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'Stop killing us': Elsies River march after 3 children killed
They were killed, along with an 18-year-old man, when gunmen stormed a home in the area on Tuesday night.
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Elsies River reeling after 4 killed in alleged gang hit
On Tuesday night, Adrian Junior Alexander, Toslin Samuels and MJ Samuels died when gunmen entered their wendy house in an alleged gang hit.
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UPDATE: Two arrested for deadly Elsies River mass shooting
It's believed gunmen opened fire on a group of people in a wendy house on Tuesday night.
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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.
