Nyanga
Cele welcomes deployment of 197 additional cops to fight crime in WC
The officials gathered in Belhar earlier on Wednesday.
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.
Earlier this month, the four were playing near the Borcherds Quarry off-ramp in the Nyanga area when they became trapped under collapsing sand.
Police Minister Bheki Cele released the crime statistics for the last quarter of 2020 at a media briefing on Friday.
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.
Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela visited the families after the tragedy alongside the N2 highway on Monday.
Earlier this week, the boys were playing along the N2 highway when tragedy struck.
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.
Following an extensive operation, the bodies of Axolile Mabangula, Nqabayethu Mlaza, Azola Quweni and Iva Kalikopu were recovered.
On Monday afternoon, the boys were playing and dug a hole in the sand.
The bodies of three of the boys were recovered yesterday, while rescuers retrieved a fourth body during the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The shooting occurred on Monday night.
The accused’s bail bid was dismissed in the Wynberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that the woman allegedly trafficked her teenaged daughter to a man in July and was arrested at the start of this month.
Bongani Makasi was shot and killed in Zwelitsha last weekend.
Bongani Makasi (31) was shot and killed while sitting inside a dwelling with friends in Zwelitsha on Sunday afternoon.
Preliminary reports show two gunmen stormed the victims' Makhosi Street home and shot dead three women aged 18, 30 and 69 as well as an 11-year-old boy.
Three women and an 11-year-old boy were shot dead, while another person was wounded in the attack.
Police said that preliminary reports showed that two gunmen stormed their home on Thursday night. They then shot dead three women and an 11-year-old boy.