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CTMPD officer hurt in hit-and-run after taxi refuses to stop at roadblock
A City of Cape Town Metro Police officer has sustained a back injury and bruises in a hit-and-run in Philippi.
The city said that officers for the new highway enforcement unit had already completed a training course and would soon be visible on the roads.
Kirstenbosch gave Cape Town's Metro Police K9 unit special authorisation to spend time on its beautiful mountain trails.
Cape town has seen a rise in extortion in recent years and it's become a far bigger problem.
The City of Cape Town's JP Smith said that several fire hoses had been cut while crews were responding to Saturday's blaze in Langa.
Two taxi associations led a one-day strike last week.
Cape Town MMC for Safety and Security JP Smith said that there were a number of reasons why the doors were not properly closed.
Its enforcement staff have confiscated nearly 5,500 bottles of alcohol since 16 December.
The group completed their training last week and have since been deployed to Philippi, Gugulethu, Mitchells Plain, Nyanga and Delft among others.
This past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Cape Town service.
Western Cape leaders have been embroiled in a bitter spat with the national minister who has stuck by his views that the province receives the most policing resources and funding.
Forty-nine illegally planned events were identified in recent months. Safety and Security Mayco member, JP Smith, said that some, which included late-night parties at nightclubs and other venues, had become a breeding ground for illicit activities.
Before City of Cape Town Mayco member JP Smith started his speech, he said he would not even try to pronounce event host Abongile Nzelenzele's surname because, in his words, it had 'too many vowels, too awkwardly placed'.
Mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, said that officers were monitoring ranks and routes, escorting buses and are using CCTV cameras.
There was a spate of shootings last week in which several people were killed and wounded.
Safety and Security MMC JP Smith said the reintroduction of tough restrictions would play a major role in flattening the curve of the third wave.
In the latest incident, a drunk driver who was pulled over in Blue Downs on Sunday took one last swig of his brandy before Metro police officers apprehended him.
The mayor was caught on camera when being confronted by a resident who questioned him about a housing project.
Safety and Security Mayco member JP Smith said that if residents did not heed the warnings, more restrictions could be imposed.