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Gender-Based Violence (GBV): How cultural beliefs and practices perpetuate violence against women and children

By Kouthar Sambo As 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) edges closer to an end, we peel the layers on how cultural beliefs and practices perpetuate violence against women and children. What do the numbers say? GBV is an ongoing social ill that continues to rear its ugly head in society. National Community Police Forum (CPF) Fransina Lukas said GBV on the Cape Flats has reached alarming proportions. […]

7 December 2023

Local

The City of Cape Town is under pressure to address the housing crisis

By Kouthar Sambo The City of Cape Town is under increasing pressure to address its housing crisis as the Dunoon area is marked by informal settlements, particularly Dunoon and the Greater Kosovo. This comes after residents started erecting double-story informal structures, while others excavated their shelters into the Potsdam Bridge's embankment. "The City has had regular engagements with affected residents in the Potsdam road vicinity. The City will assist the residents […]

16 November 2023

Local

Mitchells Plain CPF urges community members to become more involved in eradicating crime

By Kouthar Sambo The Western Cape MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen, has condemned the murder of an unknown man in Mitchell’s Plain. According to the police, the victim’s body was found on Monday evening on the corner of Greyville and Metropolitan Streets, Beacon Valley, Cape Town, with his head decapitated. The motive behind the murder is yet to be determined, and no arrests have yet been […]

4 October 2023

Local

A CPF says the provincial government must re-evaluate their priorities after handing over luxury vehicles while crime continues to escalate on the Cape Flats

By Kouthar Sambo The Western Cape MEC for Mobility, Ricardo Mackenzie, officially handed over the first batch of 31 new specialised vehicles to the provincial Traffic Law enforcement branch on Tuesday. The vehicles are expected to assist the traffic authorities to be more effective in keeping the provincial roads safer. According to Mackenzie, he is happy that the vehicles will start working in the province. “The new BMWs are not […]

12 September 2023

Local

CPFs empowered with tools for crime fighting

National Commissioner of the South African Police Service General Fannie Masemola says Community Policing Forums (CPFs) have now been empowered with tools of trade to the amount of R70-million to enable them to fight crime more effectively. CPFs, which consist of community members across the country that have volunteered to assist the police in fighting crime, have been hailed as one of the groups that protect the country from facing […]

9 July 2023

Local

‘We have had killings daily for the last 3 months,’ says Hanover Park CPF

By Aneeqa du Plessis Killings have continued unabated in Hanover Park over the last three months. The shocking statistic comes after two elderly women were fatally wounded during a mass shooting in the area on Tuesday evening. According to Philippi police, five women aged between 32 and 75-years-old were sitting at a house in Lansport Road, when a man who exited a grey VW Polo entered the premises and opened […]

6 July 2023

Local

Lack of confidence in police leaves gang violence rife on Cape Flats

By Aneeqa du Plessis Western Cape MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety Reagen Allen, said since 2020 the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers have been effective in combating crime, particularly murder. LEAP areas recorded a total of 428 homicides from January to March this year. Allen explained homicides in LEAP areas decreased by 9% from 468 cases in 2021/2022 to 428 in 2022/2023 when compared with the same […]

26 May 2023

Local

‘Extra SAPS vehicles no help in fighting crime,’ says Chairman of Cape Flats Safety Forum

By Aneeqa du Plessis The additional 250 South African Police Service (SAPS) vehicles that were handed over to provincial police in Mitchells Plain earlier this month has been of no benefit to the gang-ridden community. This is according to Chairperson of the Cape Flats Safety Forum Abie Isaacs. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Wednesday morning, Isaacs said that only “a couple” of vans were designated for Mitchells Plain. “As […]

17 May 2023

Local

Mitchells Plain CPF laments vigilantism incident

By: Aneeqa du Plessis Following a video that went viral across social media depicting community members in Mitchells Plain taking the law into their own hands after a botched robbery, the Lentegeur Community Policing Forum (CPF) has denounced what it says is vigilantism by the community after an incident at the Clocktower BP filling station in Mitchells Plain on Saturday. In the footage, a group of community members can be […]

14 February 2023

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