With four days to go until local government elections, ratepayers from Emfuleni to Mitchells Plain are highlighting the lack of service delivery and unresponsiveness of their local representatives.
The alleged gunmen are each facing a count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. They've also been charged with the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
Three suspects in the most recent mass shooting in Mitchells Plain are to appear in court on Wednesday.
On Saturday, a woman was shot dead and seven others wounded when gunmen opened fire on them while they were attending a birthday party in Mitchells Plain.
A woman was killed and seven other people, among them children, were wounded when gunmen opened fire at a birthday party in the Mandalay area. The suspects linked to Saturday's shooting are expected in the dock soon.
The local community policing forum's Byron de Villiers said that residents were brave to have given detectives information on Saturday's shooting.
A woman was killed and seven other people, including three children, were wounded in the attack.
A woman was killed and seven other people, including three children, were wounded in the attack.
The MyCiTi N2 Express service was terminated in May 2019 after the city failed to negotiate a new operating contract.
The blaze broke out inside a wendy house in Tafelsig on Friday morning.
Burglars overnight targeted a storeroom belonging to the Tafelsig Mitchells Plain CAN initiative and stole food items and nappies.
A man was shot after five suspects drove up to him, with one getting out of the vehicle and opening fire on the victim. He tried run, but the suspects chased him, shooting him multiple times.
Consumer studies learners Portland Secondary School can do their projects with ease and it's thanks to a Table Bay Hotel donation.
The Western Cape Community Safety Department said the latest crime statistics, show there were 131 rape cases reported to the Mitchells Plain and Lentegeur police stations between March to December 2020.
Unchain the Plain founding member, Mark Striker, said that gangsterism had crippled many communities and that more needed to be done to protect children.
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. #COVID19 #Gangsterism #CapeTown
Eslin Meyer was sentenced in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday.
The accused was arrested last June for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in Strandfontein and is out on bail.
