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Fritz: Dealing with gang violence root causes only way to calm Mitchells Plain
The vast area has seen two mass shootings in recent days. Ten people were shot and six died.
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WC bolsters law enforcement efforts in Khayelitsha following mass shooting
The Western Cape govt said it's activated 72-hour action plan to trace and arrest the assailants after six men were killed in a mass shooting in Khayelitsha on Saturday.
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WC Community Safety MEC Fritz condemns recent spate of murders as 'inexcusable'
The MEC was reacting to the past weekend's violence in which two men and four teenagers were killed in separate incidents.
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WC community leaders want draft plans on organised crime rolled out immediately
Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz has written to Police Minister Bheki Cele requesting that the planned transversal steering committee focusing on organised crime and extortion in the Cape Town City Centre, as well as township communities, start operating.
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WC's Fritz appeals to Wolseley residents to assist police after 3 bodies found
The first remains were uncovered after a man was spotted dragging a woman’s body in the Breede River Valley town on Saturday.
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Police inefficiencies sees at least 66 GBV case struck off court roll in WC
According to Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz, 52 were as a result of dockets not being present at court, while 40 investigations were not completed.
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Winde, Fritz welcome redeployment of LEAP officers to crime-hit areas in CT
On Tuesday, Premier Alan Winde and the Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz visited Delft which is one of the areas benefitting from the deployment of 70 Law Enforcement Advance Plan officers.
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Khayelitsha community urged to help police find mass shooters
Armed men fired several shots at a house in Site C on Wednesday and as a result, six people were killed and four others were wounded and then hospitalised.
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WC Community Safety Dept asks top cop Sitole for more public order police
Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz said that the province had nearly 10% less policing resources compared to KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Limpopo and the Eastern Cape.
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WC POP unit resourcing issues raised at meeting between Fritz, top cop Sitole
It has been a busy few weeks for law enforcement agencies responding to various protests that have often turned violent.
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WC police commended for acting against officer who turned away rape victim
The officer, who apparently told the woman to return to the Khayelitsha Police Station the following day, now faces disciplinary sction.
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WC Community Safety Dept outraged by latest spike in gang violence
Over the past few days, children have been affected by what MEC Albert Fritz said was the 'renewed violence' that had broken out since we shifted to alert level 3 of the lockdown.
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WC govt to persist with call for CPFs to help with lockdown enforcement
The Western Cape Community Safety Department wants accredited neighbourhood watches to assist by promoting social distancing at supermarket queues, clinics, hospitals and transport interchanges like taxi ranks.
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WC Safety MEC warns liquor vendors against operating during lockdown
No alcohol can be served, sold or distributed during the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.
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Cele confident Matakata will be success as WC top cop
Yolisa Matakata is from the Western Cape and has 34 years of experience, with much of it in Crime Intelligence and stints as Hawks head nationally and in the province.
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MEC says political interference delaying appointment of new WC police boss
Albert Fritz said he was yet to be informed of an interview panel or possible candidates.
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WC's safety plan has become more urgent after student's Clifton beach murder
Cebo Mhleli Mbatha, a first-year UCT student, was stabbed to death at Clifton’s third beach on Saturday night.
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Police tight-lipped on probe into kidnapping of CT businessman
According to the SAPS, the owner of Giant Cash and Carry, 64-year-old Noor Mohammed Karriem, was taken by force at his business in Epping before 11am on Monday.
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WC Safety MEC calls for clear strategy after SANDF deployment extended
President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployment until the end of March 2020.
