By Rachel Mohamed The Nyanga Sub-District, in partnership with the Community Policing Forum, SAPS, and local government, is set to host a "Silencing the Gun" event at Phoenix High School in Manenberg this Saturday, 9 August, from 10 am to 3 pm. The campaign aims to combat gun violence in the Cape Flats community. Speaking to VOC News, Reginald Maart, Chair of the Delft CPF and Nyanga Sub-District Public Relations […]
By Ragheema Mclean Elsies River police are investigating the fatal shooting of a Community Policing Forum (CPF) member during an apparent robbery and hijacking gone wrong in the early hours of Sunday morning. Community patroller Clinton Treu (49) was killed in Clarke’s Estate in what the Elsies River CPF described as an attempted hijacking and robbery gone wrong. SAPS Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi reported that detectives are actively following leads […]
By Ragheema Mclean Four individuals were shot and killed inside a shack in the Lloyd informal settlement in Nyanga on Sunday night (28 April 2024). SAPS spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut confirmed the incident, stating that police have launched an investigation into the matter. "Police members were summoned to the crime scene in Lloyd informal settlement in Govan Mbeki Road at around 21:40 where the bodies of three men and one […]
It’s been two months since the murders of Haafith Umar Majiet, 25, and Haafith Tawfeeq Cummings, 23, rocked Hanover Park. Gang violence is an old-age problem in the Cape Flats area. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Friday, Community Policing Forum (CPF) member Yaseen Johaar said investigations continue around the incident. This comes despite several pleas from community members to ensure the perpetrators are brought to book. The pair were […]
By Dideka Njemla The City of Cape town (COCT) has set aside over R860 million to be utilized over the next three years on new safety technology. It introduces the deployment of drones, dash cameras, body cameras, and CCTVs in hopes of reducing the high crime rate the Mother City experiences. The question remains whether this initiative will be an adequate plan to curb crime in the various areas across […]
The Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum said it hoped that 250 vehicles handed over to Western Cape police by Minister Bheki Cele this week would be visible in their area. The CPF said the area was experiencing flare-ups of gang violence recently with minimum to no intervention from police officers. CPF chairperson Abie Isaacs said residents were living in fear. "The authorities need to step up the intelligence...so that we […]
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