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Clifton Beach in Cape Town. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

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ANC WC says supports planned sit-in at Clifton beach

By Eduard De Kock

The Western Cape African National Congress (ANC) is supporting the planned sit-in on the beach to protest action by a private security company.

  • FILE: Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: EWN.

    Dan Plato: Innovative ways needed to fight Uitsig gang violence

    The MEC for Community Safety says over the past two years the community has been faced with the daily gang and drug-related shootings.

    1618 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato speaks to residents in Manenberg during a campaign against women and child abuse on 2 December 2017. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN.

    ‘The only way to tackle gender-based violence is to change perceptions’

    Provincial Community Safety MEC Dan Plato says 71 children have been killed in the Western Cape since the start of the year.

    1709 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato speaks to residents in Manenberg during a campaign against women and child abuse on 2 December 2017. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    WC Gov. takes 16 days of activism campaign to Manenberg

    Community Safety MEC Dan Plato will be taking this campaign to other areas in the coming days, including Langa, Delft and Bonteheuwel, under the theme of "Speak Out - Be the Voice of Courage."

    1710 days ago
  • Emergency Services. Picture: EWN

    EMS safety plan: Panic buttons to be fitted in ambulances

    The move follows the death of an eight-year-old boy after an attack on an ambulance on the N2 near Borcherds Quarry earlier this week.

    1731 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: EWN.

    MEC Dan Plato launches initiative to tackle women issues

    The Western Cape Community Safety Department has launched an initiative that serves as a platform for the public to talk about issues that particularly affect women.

    1820 days ago
  • Residents from Leonsdale in Elsies River gathered to listen to Police Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Elsies River community living in fear following mass shooting - resident

    Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato has confirmed four of the victims have since died, and the rest are recovering in hospital.

    1921 days ago
  • FILE: Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: EWN.

    WC Community Safety MEC condemns recent child shootings

    Community Safety MEC Dan Plato has condemned two separate shootings during which a mother was killed & a five-year-old and six-month-old were wounded.

    2019 days ago
  • FILE: Constable Nkosiphedule Makeleni was gunned down outside a school in Harare earlier this week. Picture: Saps

    R50k reward offered for information on Khayelitsha cop killing

    Constable Nkosiphedule Makeleni was gunned down outside a school in Harare earlier this week.

    2475 days ago
  • Sandra and Calvin, the parents of missing six-year-old Sasha-Lee November, outside of their home in Hanover Park. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Dan Plato to join search for missing Hanover Park child

    The search for Sasha-Lee November (6) has entered its second week.

    2645 days ago
  • FILE: Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Gadeeja Abbas/EWN.

    Plato saddened by horror Cape crash

    A couple and their two-year-old child were killed when their car hit a lamppost.

    2782 days ago
  • FILE: Community safety MEC Dan Plato says the Kensington community is concerned about the killings. Picture: sxc.hu.

    Community fears possible serial killer in Kensington

    The body of a woman was discovered in the Kensington area yesterday making it the sixth murder.

    2788 days ago
  • Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Gadeeja Abbas/EWN.

    More police needed to fight Bonteheuwel gang violence

    Last week, at least three youths were shot and killed in the area.

    2863 days ago
  • Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Gadeeja Abbas/EWN.

    Overhaul of Khayelitsha policing to begin

    The strategy will include tackling some of the social problems plaguing the township.

    2883 days ago
  • FILE: Specialised task teams will deal with vigilante killings and youth gangs in Khayelitsha. Picture: EWN.

    Specialised task teams to tackle Khayelitsha violence

    Dan Plato today announced how he will implement some of the Khayelitsha inquiry’s recommendations.

    2883 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Gadeeja Abbas/EWN.

    Plato to help implement Khayelitsha inquiry's recommendations

    The MEC says the recommendations from the inquiry clearly spell out his deptartment's mandate.

    2884 days ago
  • FILE: The visits were to encourage the protection of women and pledge men's responsibility in the fight against domestic violence. Picture: www.freeimages.com

    Plato highlights men’s responsibility in women’s safety

    The Safety Dept concluded a series of Women's Month celebratory events along the West Coast.

    2899 days ago
  • FILE: Residents say it’s time people act to curb the high levels of crime. Picture: EWN.

    High crime levels haunt Stellenbosch

    Residents say it’s time people act to curb the high levels of crime.

    2924 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Gadeeja Abbas/EWN.

    ‘10-year-olds walking around with guns’

    Dan Plato says more children in the province are getting involved in gangsterism.

    2929 days ago
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