Nyanga
Golden Arrow buses attacked in Gugulethu and Nyanga
On Friday a Golden Arrow bus was travelling along Govan Mbeki Drive near Philippi when two gunmen posing as passengers robbed the driver and fled with cash.
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Police continue to investigate 2 mass shootings in Cape Town
Last weekend three men were gunned down in Nyanga, while a few days prior nine people were shot outside a house in Gugulethu and eight of them died.
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SAPS implement 72-hour activation plan following Nyanga triple murder
Three men were shot and killed in the Vlei informal settlement on Saturday.
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Santaco has distanced itself from violence in Nyanga, says WC Transport MEC
Private and municipal vehicles were torched, and 75 Golden Arrow buses were stoned since Friday - following the impounding of taxis. Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell said taxi industry leaders had joined in condemning the violence.
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WC Transport Dept to meet taxi leaders following violence in Nyanga
On Wednesday, seven vehicles were torched, two belonging to the City of Cape Town, along with five private vehicles. Two Golden Arrow buses were also stoned. Protest action started last week following an operation where a number of taxis were impounded.
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MEC Mitchell meets with Santaco in a bid to end unrest in Nyanga
On Wednesday morning, private and government vehicles were set alight and two Golden Arrow buses were stoned.
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CT law enforcement, SAPS in Nyanga to stabilise public transport operations
The city said that Golden Arrow had moved the loading area to the side of the N2 on Borcherd's Quarry Road in the interest of safeguarding its buses and there were significant traffic, law enforcement and Metro police as well as SAPS resources supporting this operation.
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WC Transport MEC Mitchell condemns latest attacks on Golden Arrow buses
Golden Arrow said that 22 buses were stoned on Friday in the Nyanga area and one company bakkie was torched in Phillipi.
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Duo arrested in Nyanga for robbing fast-food store
On Saturday evening, police were in the vicinity of Nyanga Junction Mall when they were prompted to a robbery nearby.
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Cele welcomes deployment of 197 additional cops to fight crime in WC
The officials gathered in Belhar earlier on Wednesday.
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Theft of filling sand contributed to Nyanga sinkhole tragedy - dept
Four boys aged between 11 and 13 died earlier this month after they fell into a sinkhole in Nyanga near the Borcherds Quarry off-ramp while they were playing.
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Madikizela: Nyanga sinkhole site where 4 children died inspected before incident
Earlier this month, the four were playing near the Borcherds Quarry off-ramp in the Nyanga area when they became trapped under collapsing sand.
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Cele: 7 out of 10 SAPS stations reporting highest murder rates in the WC
Police Minister Bheki Cele released the crime statistics for the last quarter of 2020 at a media briefing on Friday.
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WC MEC Madikizela vows to find measures to avoid future Nyanga sinkhole tragedy
Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela said the previous weekend, criminals had dug out large amounts of sand from the embankment of the road and this resulted in the material above collapsing while the children were playing there, unaware of the danger.
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‘He made us laugh’ – CT mother of 1 of 4 boys who died in sinkhole in disbelief
Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela visited the families after the tragedy alongside the N2 highway on Monday.
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Zulu, Sisulu visit families of 4 boys who died after falling in hole in Nyanga
Earlier this week, the boys were playing along the N2 highway when tragedy struck.
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SACP blames DA for deaths of 4 children in sinkhole collapse along N2 in Nyanga
The children had been playing along the N2 highway in Nyanga, when the sand caved in around them. Their bodies were later recovered by emergency teams.
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4 Nyanga families left devastated by deaths of children in sinkhole collapse
Following an extensive operation, the bodies of Axolile Mabangula, Nqabayethu Mlaza, Azola Quweni and Iva Kalikopu were recovered.
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4 families mourn the death of young boys who fell in hole near Borcherds Quarry
On Monday afternoon, the boys were playing and dug a hole in the sand.
