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  • Long Street in the Cape Town CBD. Picture: AFP

    Plato to deal with problematic car guards

    Some car guards have been accused of acting as middlemen for drug dealers in Long Street.

    3149 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato

    WC launches policing SMS line

    The initiative is part of the province’s “reward a cop/report a cop” programme.

    3153 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: EWN

    Gangs use youth to sell drugs – Plato

    Several Western Cape communities live in fear due to the ongoing gang violence.

    3191 days ago
  • Western Cape children are under siege following several incidents of abuse and murder. Picture: sxc.hu

    Still no arrests after Ceres child-rapes

    A young boy and his baby sister were raped nearly a week ago.

    3209 days ago
  • A Western Cape women’s shelter says the only way to improve the lives women is to empower them. Picture: GCIS/SAPA

    Empowerment key to stop abuse of women

    A Western Cape women’s shelter says the only way to improve the lives women is to empower them.

    3213 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety has offered a R50,000 reward for any information on recent cop murders.

    Another reward offered for cop killings' info

    Western Cape Community Safety has offered a R50,000 reward for any information.

    3213 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato addresses the media on 21 August 2012. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Plato urges women to speak out

    Concerning high levels of violence, Plato cites the need for women to come forward.

    3215 days ago
  • Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Picture: EWN

    Mthethwa sends warning to Plato

    The SAPS is ready to fight the ongoing gang violence in the Western Cape.

    3219 days ago
  • Western Cape Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Plato denies gang links

    ANC opened a case against Dan Plato claiming he had solid links to gangsters.

    3222 days ago
  • A chart showing gang violence hotspots in Cape Town communities. Picture: Chantall Presence/EWN

    ANC confident Plato claims will be probed

    The ANC wants authorities to investigate MEC, Dan Plato, regarding gang violence in the Western Cape.

    3223 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    'Cop rapes must be dealt with'

    MEC Dan Plato has called on top brass to intervene in a series of rape incidents involving police.

    3226 days ago
  • Marius Fransman says Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato has an 'engagement' with gang bosses. Picture: Supplied

    Plato & Fransman lock horns

    Marius Fransman says the MEC has an 'engagement' with gangs bosses.

    3227 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    'Rape by police disturbing'

    Dan Plato has expressed his concern about the rise in rape incidents involving police officers.

    3227 days ago
  • Gangs vandalise schools around Cape Town. Picture: EWN

    Gang violence becoming a 'norm'

    A local principal says schoolchildren are becoming desensitised to gang violence.

    3231 days ago
  • Western Cape Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Plato wants army to quell gang violence

    Two more people have been killed in gang-related violence in Manenberg.

    3233 days ago
  • Residents agree with the community safety dept. that MPlain police are understaffed. Picture: Sapa.

    Mitchells Plain police 'understaffed'

    Residents agree with the Community Safety Dept. that police are understaffed.

    3235 days ago
  • Blue police lights. Picture: sxc.hu

    Mitchell's Plain lambasts police

    Many residents say police have not been attending to their cases and emergency calls.

    3237 days ago
  • The Western Cape committee on community safety says there’s a dismal shortage of police in the province. Picture: Sapa.

    'Police shortage in the Cape'

    WC MEC says there’s apparently only 1 police officer for more than 3,000 citizens.

    3238 days ago
  • One police officer has to look after 1000 people, according to a Western Cape report. Picture: Mbali Sibanyoni/EWN

    WC police understaffed

    The WC Community Safety Dept says there is one officer for every 3,200 people in Mitchell Plain.

    3239 days ago
  • Police drag a blind busker across Greenmarket Square in Cape Town. Picture: Michael Walker/Cape Times

    MEC probes alleged assault of blind busker

    MEC says the incident is being viewed in a serious light as vulnerable residents should be protected.

    3240 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato addresses the media. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Govt. gang violence strategy not working

    Dan Plato says the current strategy to stop killings on the Cape flats is not working.

    3242 days ago
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