Gugulethu
Gugulethu woman, child die following blaze that destroyed 19 informal structures
Firefighters responded to the incident on Saturday night where several shacks were alight in the Phola Park area.
Three men were shot and killed and another wounded after brazen gunmen opened fire on a group of people late last week.
The incident, which police believe to be part of ongoing taxi violence, happened on Thursday night.
The bodies of three of the boys were recovered yesterday, while rescuers retrieved a fourth body during the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the children were apparently playing on sand dunes, which caved in on them.
Four victims, including an 11-year-old girl, were shot when criminals ransacked a retail store in the centre on Saturday and stole cellphones.
It’s understood four people, including a child, have been shot and wounded following a robbery in the shopping centre earlier on Saturday.
Sassa beneficiaries in Gugulethu were left frustrated with the long queues they had to endure to get basic services.
Hundreds of beneficiaries have been queuing for hours at various offices to renew their grants.
An eighth person has now died following the gun attack last weekend.
The victim was one of two people who were wounded in the shooting and transported to hospital.
On Monday afternoon, seven people were shot dead.
The two women were found last Friday and one of them died. The cause of death was still being probed.
Two women were found in an informal structure on Friday morning. One of the women was found dead.
Two other children, a nine-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy escaped the blaze.
They were nabbed during an intelligence driven operation at the start of the weekend during which officers searched identified houses in the two communities.
The child was last seen with her at Cape Town International Airport last Wednesday.
The incident happened along the N2 near Gugulethu on Friday morning.
It's unclear how she was killed.