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The SANDF arrived in Manenberg on 18 July 2019, as part of an anti-crime operation in gang-plagued areas on the Cape Flats. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

Gangsterism

Police top brass host crime imbizo in Manenberg

By Saya Pierce-Jones

Police top brass on Monday hosted a crime imbizo in one of Cape Town's deadliest suburbs Manenberg on Monday.

  • Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    MPs concerned over gangsterism, criminality at CT schools after oversight visits

    The committee was concerned over gangsterism and criminality highlighted at most of the seven Cape Town schools that MPs visited on Monday.

    107 days ago
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    Gqeberha teen begins 17-year jail term for killing rival gangster

    The High Court on Friday found that the convicted killer was 17-years-old when he murdered Enrico Kasterivier in 2019.

    390 days ago
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    2 men shot dead after shooting in Kuils River

    The Police's Andre Traut said this was a possible gang-related attack.

    396 days ago
  • FILE: Bonteheuwel residents gathered along Jakes Gerwel drive to protest against gangsterism in the area in 2018. Picture: Cindy Archillies/Eyewitness News

    IN RESPONSE: Skewed facts & personal attacks do not change WC policing reality

    In response Mesuli Kama's opinion on Dan Plato, Reagen Allen challenges the idea that the Western Cape's leaders aren't doing enough to curb violence in the province.

    419 days ago
  • FILE: Members of the SANDF gather outside blocks of flats in a known gang area in Ottery, Cape Town, during a Fiela Operation conducted during the early hours of the morning. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    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.

    420 days ago
  • Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato during his walkabout in Long Street on 10 July 2019. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    MESULI KAMA: Dan Plato is heartless & unsympathetic to poor people's plight

    Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato's opinion piece on efforts to fight Western Cape crime are hypocritical, writes Mesuli Kama.

    428 days ago
  • Residents of Eldorado Park, south of Joburg, on 30 August 2020 marched to the local police station following the murder of 16-year-old Nathaniel Julies. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    OPINION: Nathaniel Julies, gangsterism & SA's policing problem

    There are several lessons to heed from the Julies case - the same lessons that we will observe elsewhere where gang violence and how to police it are primary issues, writes Theodore Petrus.

    616 days ago
  • RDP houses in Delft, Cape Town. Picture: EWN

    Those guilty of anti-social behaviour may be barred from renting CT property

    The City of Cape Town is considering amendments to its Allocation Policy for Housing.

    678 days ago
  • FILE: A man was set alight on the night of 10 June 2019 in mob justice attack by Alexandra residents. He was accused of robbing and raping women. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN.

    Kliptown residents take justice into their own hands over gang violence fears

    Angry residents of Kliptown said they could not sit back while gangs terrorise their community.

    870 days ago
  • Pupils at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School in Elsies River hold posters after their classmate Adrian Alexander was murdered on17 September 2019. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    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.

    973 days ago
  • Cele: No need for SANDF in Johannesburg

    Speaking outside Jeppestown police station, Police Minister Bheki Cele said the unrest around Johannesburg is due to disgruntled residents which can't be likened to gangsterism in Western Cape.

    988 days ago
  • SANDF soldiers on patrol in Hanover Park. The military has released their soldiers to help stabilise gang hot-spots, while law enforcement agencies conducted raids in the area. Picture: Bertram Malgas/Eyewitness News

    Western Cape govt likely to ask for extension on SANDF deployment

    The army started rolling into 10 of the worst gang-plagued neighbourhoods on the Cape Flats seven weeks ago.

    991 days ago
  • A grandfather holds his baby up to greet a soldier as SAPS and members of the SANDF conduct crime-fighting operations in Manenberg. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    Cape Flats army deployment could end in 16 days

    It remains unclear whether the soldiers will remain on the ground for longer.

    991 days ago
  • SAPS and members of the SANDF rolled into gang-ravaged communities in Cape Town. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    Bring back specialised policing units to deal with crime - Sapu

    The union said deploying the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in the province to gang-ridden areas was not the solution to addressing violent crime.

    1004 days ago
  • Western Cape Premier Alan Winde at the crime summit. Picture: SAPS

    Winde: 43 murders recorded in CT metro over the weekend

    SANDF troops arrived in the Western Cape over the weekend, however, were not deployed on Friday as initially announced by Police Minister Bheki Cele.

    1039 days ago
  • Philippi Lockdown: 141 arrested

    Police Minister Bheki Cele visited Philippi East Police Station for the second time this week. The stop at the station follows his announcement of the army's deployment to gang-ridden areas in Cape Town. Cele received an update on ongoing investigations in the area this weekend, before doing a walkabout through the community.

    1039 days ago
  • FILE: An SANDF Olifant Mk 2 Battle Tank on manoeuvrability display at the African Aersospace and Defence exhibit at Waterkloof Airbase. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    SANDF to be deployed to CT in anti-crime operation

    Police Minister Bheki Cele's spokesperson confirmed this to Eyewitness News on Thursday night.

    1042 days ago
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    Another week, another murder in Bonteheuwel

    This year, the area of Bonteheuwel has averaged four days between murders.

    1060 days ago
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