Cape Town detectives have arrested a teenager in connection with the murder of a 76-year old woman in Manenberg. he woman's half naked body was found by her son at her home (at midday on Sunday). She had several stab wounds to her upper body. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says sterling work by detectives from Manenberg led to the arrest. The 15-year boy will appear in the Athlone magistrate's […]
Seventeen suspects have been arrested in Manenberg on public violence charges after unrest broke out when law enforcement agencies arrested a suspects for drugs. Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa, says they were busy loading the suspect into a police vehicle when the community began pelting officials with stones. She says members of the Anti Gang Unit, local law enforcement staff and traffic services were involved in the operation. Potelwa says five […]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert Unrest erupted across several communities on the Cape Flats on Tuesday, in what many believe is the start of worse things to come as a result of the national lockdown. A business robbery at Modacks in Manenberg caused widespread damage to other businesses in surrounding areas, as opportunistic criminals ran amok in the area. According to Fareed Phillips, secretary-general of the Manenberg Business Forum, CCTV footage […]
Western Cape police have reinforced deployments in several townships on the Cape Flats after several incidents of burglary, looting of grocery stores and public violence on Tuesday afternoon. According to police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa, a group of about 16 people stormed a supermarket in Gatesville at about 14:40 on Tuesday, threatened cashiers and took five cash registers with cash and groceries. "Athlone police responded promptly and four suspects aged […]
By Loushe Jordaan Manenberg has been identified as a priority area for upliftment by the Western Cape government and City of Cape Town, given how deeply and tragically this suburb is affected by urban decay, and the resulting crises of drug abuse and gangsterism. With plans set in place, Manenberg residents will see safer streets, innovative education facilities, excellent public healthcare and much more. The objective, ultimately, is to improve […]
A woman has died in a blaze in Irvine Street, Manenberg, when four informal dwellings caught fire at 01h00 this morning. The adjacent house sustained minor damage. City Fire and Rescue spokesperson Theo Layne said 14 others were displaced in the incident. “Four fire engines, one water Tanker and one rescue vehicle with 24 Firefighters took just under 90 minutes to extinguish the fire.” Layne said the matter is under […]
It was an emotional start to VOC’s first Ahlan Wa Sahlan outreach for Ramadan 1439 on Sunday, as three people embraced Islam and a nikah was performed at Masjid Manaarul Huda in Manenberg. This year’s AWS initiative has a twist in that VOC has partnered with Discover Islam for a Da’wah programme at each masjid where the outreach will be hosted. Given this component of AWS, a number of non-Muslim […]
As South Africans celebrate their hard-earned freedom on Freedom Day on Friday, there is no real sense of freedom for residents of Manenberg. So says Roegshanda Pascoe of the Manenberg Safety Forum, as the community prepares to hold an event to honour mothers who have lost their children to gang war fare and survivors of gang violence. Pascoe says gang violence has trapped residents in their homes and families have […]
A 67-year-old man on his way to collect his pension was shot and killed after he was caught in what is believed to be gang-related crossfire. On Monday morning, October 2, Lesley Idas set out early to go collect his pension at a pay point but wound up becoming yet another casualty of Manenberg's bloody gang war. Idas lay for hours in a pool of blood after apparently trying to […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
