St helena bay
Laingville residents protest over land, housing
A Laingville community leader has told Eyewitness News that residents are up in arms, accusing the municipality of lying to them about issues of land and...
Nine-year-old Leo Williams died after he was hit in the head by a rubber bullet as police clashed with demonstrators in the Laingville community last month.
Residents staged a peaceful demonstration on Saturday when they marched to the local police station to hand over a memorandum.
Leo Williams (9) died after being hit in the head by a stray bullet as police clashed with demonstrators outside his home last month.
He was struck in the head at the end of last month when demonstrators and public order police clashed in Laingville.
Leo Williams has been fighting for his life at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital for just over two weeks.
Leo Williams was inside his uncle's house in the Laingville community when he was shot in the head two weeks ago.
Eleven-year-old Leo Williams was shot in the head when chaos erupted in the Laingville community just over a week ago.
Residents had been demonstrating since last Friday to raise concerns over a lack of housing and service delivery.
Police arrested St Helena man (35) as violent protests in #CapeProtests continue
A group of locals were demonstrating over service delivery issues on Friday when things turned ugly.
The sizeable farm is set to be constructed in the West Coast peninsula near Vredenberg and St Helena Bay.
The project will help secure 2,000 jobs and ensuring water security for two local factories.
The fishing boat capsized on Sunday night and police have opened an inquest docket.
Tahiti Shipping, a subsidiary of MNG Maritime, bought the ship for an undisclosed fee on Tuesday, the St Helena government said in a statement.
After six attempts to get the whale into deeper water, the mammal finally swam off.