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Belhar residents outraged as two-year-old falls victim to gang violence

LOCAL Belhar residents have expressed outrage after a two-year-old boy became the latest gang-related fatality last night. Anti-gang Unit members have been deployed to the area after suspects reportedly fired shots and fled the scene. Police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk says officers responded to reports of a shooting in Sunata Way, Extention 13, after 7pm. Van Wyk says upon arrival, police were informed that the child was already transported […]

28 December 2021

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Hanover Park boy, 13, shot days after interfaith prayer meeting

A 13-year-old boy believed to be from Hanover Park was shot in the back while at a farm in Phillipi yesterday. Western Cape SAPS Spokesperson, Captain FC Van Wyk says he was taken to a medical facility for treatment. Furthermore, police investigation continues surrounding the circumstances and motive for the shooting incident. The attempted murder comes day after the community held an interfaith prayer meeting in Algoa court, Hanover park. […]

6 April 2021

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Hanover Park community take to the streets against gang violence

Cape flats mothers stood united at the Philippi police station yesterday as they handed over a memorandum to the newly elected station commander calling for an end to violence that has been plaquing their communities in recent days. “Forward we shall march to a drug and gun free Hanover park,” chanted exasperated mothers through the streets of Hanover Park, who have all bore witness to ongoing gang violence in the […]

24 March 2021

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Hanover Park residents divided over ‘false claims’ made by ward councillor

Following, alleged false allegations made on radio by the Hanover Park ward councillor, Antonio Van Der Rheede, several community members took to the streets on Wednesday morning to voice their dissatisfaction. Residents have accused Van Der Rheede of ongoing favoritism and manipulation within the poverty stricken community. “He is using money to divide our community. We aren’t mad at each other. We are neighbors, friends and even family but we […]

19 November 2020

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Mentally disabled teen killed by stray gang bullet: reports

The father of a mentally disabled teenager, who suffered a bullet wound to the head, initially thought his son was having a seizure, the Daily Voice reports. Gershwin Arendse, 19, died after being hit while asleep in his bed in the family’s Wendy house in Manenberg on Tuesday. His father, Brian Minnaar, told the publication his son had started making jerking movements. He said he had taken the teen by […]

5 November 2020

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‘My sister didn’t cry or scream, she didn’t even say eina’ – girl, 3, dies after being shot outside home

Three-year-old Merilyn Adams was a cheeky little girl who could never be quiet, her sister Meagan says. While sitting with her mom and dad around a fire in front of their home in Heather Park, Eerste River, she played and chatted away for the last time on Tuesday night. The toddler died after being shot in the head when gunmen opened fire in Normandie Street at about 20:30. Meagan, 22, […]

30 July 2020

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‘Covid-19 has made a spectacle of the disparities among our people’ says policing and conflict analyst

Gang violence has re-surged over the Cape flats following the move from alert level 4 to alert level 3 of the hard lockdown put in place by the state to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. However, there are speculations that the spike can be attributed to the release of petty-crime prisoners from jails into society in a bid to stop the spread of the disease within correctional […]

11 June 2020

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Cape Flats communities take the final stand against crime

Residents came out in their droves in the New Woodlands and Bonteheuwel areas at the weekend. The respective communities have joined hands in the fight against gang activities, drugs, crime and social ills. Last week Friday, the New Woodlands area in Mitchells Plain hosted an interfaith meeting. Chairperson of the Rates Payers Association, Shaheen Van Nelson said that he was delighted to see pastors, and imams come out and put […]

10 March 2020

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Pregnant woman shot in Bonteheuwel dies

By Qudissiyah Kasu Police are investigating a murder case after the pregnant woman who was gunned down in Bonteheuwel yesterday succumbed to her injuries in hospital. Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said the 30-year-old woman was shot at 5.30pm on Wednesday in Terblanche Street. The mother was shot in the chest and back and rushed to hospital, but died along with her unborn twins. Rwexana confirmed that no arrests […]

27 February 2020

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