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Flood hit Macassar community says City of Cape Town is ignoring them

Residents of Macassar near Cape Town who were affected by the recent floods in the province have accused the City of Cape Town of ignoring them after the disaster. About 100 people in the area have been place at a community hall beyond the three- day period according to the city’s by-laws. They are accusing the City of Cape Town of refusing to go and clean a sewerage plant near to the […]

today6 October 2023

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Flood hit Macassar community says City of Cape Town is ignoring them

Residents of Macassar near Cape Town who were affected by the recent floods in the province have accused the City of Cape Town of ignoring them after the disaster. About 100 people in the area have been place at a community hall beyond the three- day period according to the city’s by-laws. They are accusing the City of Cape Town of refusing to go and clean a sewerage plant near to the […]

today5 October 2023

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Ward Councilor Peter Helfrich urges SAPS to increase police visibility in Macassar

By Kouthar Sambo Three employees, employed by a contractor of the City of Cape Town, were attacked by 10 armed men around 13:05 in Macassar, Cape Town, yesterday. One of the victims, who did not wish to disclose their identity, said that the armed men aggressively approached them on-site, forcing them to the ground. The victim added that all the men were armed and threatened to shoot them should they […]

today25 June 2023

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“There are more drug houses in the Western Cape now than there are schools”

By Kouthar Sambo Speaking on Voice of the Cape’s (VOC) breakfast show on Monday morning, Criminologist Dr. Simon Howell cited some of the latest crimes committed in the Western Cape over the weekend. “The Strandfontein businessman who was shot at Lansdowne, four people were shot in Manenberg along with the two people wounded in Manenberg, two shot in Mitchells Plain, and three bodies were discovered in Macassar in one week,” […]

today6 June 2023

Local

Prolonged power cuts blamed for increased criminal activities in Macassar

A ward councillor in Macassar, outside Cape Town, Peter Helfrich, says prolonged power outages in the area have resulted in a dramatic increase in crime. Helfrich says there have been four bodies discovered in the space of a week. He says in the latest incident, the body of a man was found on Macassar Road. Two other bodies have been found on the same road, and the body of an […]

today5 June 2023

Local

Three bodies were found in Macassar in the space of a few days

By Kouthar Sambo Three bodies were found in Macassar in the space of a few days. The first body was found on the 27th of May, followed by another one on the 28th. The third body was found yesterday (1st June) at around 16h00 on Macassar Road. “On Thursday, 1 June 2023, at around 4pm, another body of a man was discovered on Macassar Road in Macassar. This is a […]

today2 June 2023

Local

Six-year-old drowns after trying to recover toy

A six-year-old drowned in Macassar, Cape Town, after he allegedly tried to recover a toy which fell into a deep hole filled with water, Western Cape Police said on Monday. The boy and a friend were playing at a construction site near the hole when he fell into it, police spokesperson FC van Wyk told News24. Police divers were sent to the scene. Counselling has been arranged for the family […]

today18 July 2017

News

Macassar masjid burgled of priceless artwork

Following a spate of robberies, the Nurul Latief Masjid, located steps away from the Macassar Kramat, was last night once again burgled. This time vandals  destroyed priceless calligraphy that adorned the walls of the mikhraab. According to the imam of the masjid, imam Adam Philander, the stolen items  were gifted to the masjid by Indonesia’s President. The imam says that the perpetrators entered the majid through a window near the […]

today29 June 2017

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