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FILE: Nyanga Community Policing Forum's Martin Makasi said the community was outraged following yet another deadly shooting. Picture: AFP

Nyanga crime

Nyanga residents call for more police resources after 4 men killed in ambush

By Kaylynn Palm

According to police, one man died at the scene while the other three died in hospital after a VW vehicle with three occupants pulled up near the victims' car...

  • An image of an illegal firearm that was seized by Cape Town police from one of the six suspects arrested in Nyanga. Picture: SAPS.

    Police arrest 6 suspects for various crimes in Nyanga

    It’s understood three of the suspects were apprehended on charges of rape in Browns Farm, Philippi.

    1241 days ago
  • National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole and Minister of Police Bheki Cele (C) attend the official opening of a police station in Samora Machel, Nyanga, Cape Town. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN.

    Cele officially opens new police station in murder capital Nyanga

    The new police station will serve the Nyanga community following an outcry from residents that another police station is desperately needed.

    1258 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape police made several arrests over the weekend of 7 to 8 October, with 177 arrested for rape in Philippi East and Nyanga. Picture: @SAPoliceService

    Police commanders from most violent areas to appear in Parly

    The committee will on Tuesday hear from Hillbrow, Johannesburg Central, Kagiso, Mitchells Plain and Nyanga station commanders to evaluate their strategy on combatting crime.

    1301 days ago
  • Parents escort pupils to school in Nyanga on 17 January 2018. Picture: @equal_education/Twitter

    Equal Education urges govt to intensify efforts to make schools safer

    On Wednesday, the NGO and a group of community members in Nyanga launched a Walking Bus initiative.

    1585 days ago
  • Pupils protest for safer schools. Picture: Equal Education Facebook.

    Parents to form "Walking Bus" to ensure Nyanga pupils get to school safely

    Nyanga, a township in Cape Town, consistently records some of the highest incidents of serious crimes in South Africa, including murder and sexual assault.

    1586 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    8 suspects arrested in Nyanga for rape, murder

    Police say that six of the suspects were arrested for rape and two for murder and attempted murder.

    1599 days ago
  • A gun and ammunition that were seized by police in Nyanga, Cape Town. Picture: SAPS.

    5 due in court for various crimes in Nyanga

    The group was arrested on Thursday during police operations, which have intensified ahead of the festive season.

    1631 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: SAPS.

    Crime in WC at all-time high

    Data from police and community safety show increases in six different categories of crime.

    1663 days ago
  • FILE: At least two train coaches were torched and several shops were damaged by angry commuters at Cape Town Station. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Transport infrastructure an easy target, says City of Cape Town

    The metro says that it cannot allow criminals to undermine and sabotage the public transport system.

    1699 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Social Development MEC Albert Fritz. Picture: EWN.

    Nyanga CPF: Shooting involving MEC should serve as wake-up call to govt

    Western Cape Social Development MEC Albert Fritz, his spokesperson and two bodyguards were attacked outside a church in Nyanga on Saturday.

    1743 days ago
  • FILE: Nyanga Police Station. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

    Nico Mzalisi trying to come to terms with daughter’s murder

    The former ANC ward councillor’s daughter was stabbed to death in New Crossroads, an informal settlement in Nyanga.

    1743 days ago
  • Nyanga Police Station sign. Picture: Cindy Archillies/Eyewitness News

    SAHRC: 70% of youth likely to commit or be victims of crime

    A policing dialogue was hosted with the Nyanga community policing forum that focused on the spiralling rate of violent crime taking place in the area.

    1800 days ago
  • Police are on the scene of an armed robbery at a shopping centre in Nyanga. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN

    Police, hostage negotiators on scene at Nyanga Junction

    Officers have cordoned off the roads around the Nyanga Junction Shopping Centre, where an armed robbery has taken place.

    1847 days ago
  • Picture: EWN

    WC cops search for suspects after officer shot

    Hijackers opened fire on the officers during which the 19-year-old constable was wounded in the leg.

    1873 days ago
  • FILE: This file photo shows an nyala as police keep watch during a protest in Nyanga. Picture: EWN

    Police management claims crime-fighting resources are adequate

    National police management claims resources in Khayelitsha and Nyanga have increased over the past several years.

    1916 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.

    1942 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: EWN.

    Nyanga CPF: Robbery likely motive in shooting of mother, baby

    A six-month-old baby is in a critical condition after being shot during a robbery that claimed her mother’s life.

    1942 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS.

    CT police crackdown on 10 suspected hijackers

    Ten suspects have been arrested in Nyanga in connection with three separate hijackings.

    1997 days ago
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