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.
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato's opinion piece on efforts to fight Western Cape crime are hypocritical, writes Mesuli Kama.
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.
The City of Cape Town is considering amendments to its Allocation Policy for Housing.
Angry residents of Kliptown said they could not sit back while gangs terrorise their community.
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.
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.
The army started rolling into 10 of the worst gang-plagued neighbourhoods on the Cape Flats seven weeks ago.
It remains unclear whether the soldiers will remain on the ground for longer.
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.
SANDF troops arrived in the Western Cape over the weekend, however, were not deployed on Friday as initially announced by Police Minister Bheki Cele.
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.
Police Minister Bheki Cele's spokesperson confirmed this to Eyewitness News on Thursday night.
This year, the area of Bonteheuwel has averaged four days between murders.
To mark Youth Day, the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape went on a whistle-stop tour across the Cape metro, including Eureka in Elsies River where locals hosted a fun day for young people.
The officers were hospitalised after they came under fire in Samora Machel, in Nyanga.
Adrian Leonard was handed four life sentences in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday.
Ward councillor Angus McKenzie said although the effort won't eradicate crime, it will aid the fight against gangsterism, drugs and other crimes in the Cape Town suburb.
