Cape Town police are looking for unidentified gunmen who ambushed and opened fire in a shack in Intambane Street, Phola Park, at 11.40 pm on Tuesday, killing three men and wounding another. According to reports, there were seven men gathered at the shack at the time of the incident. Three men managed to escape the shack, while the other three died on the scene. The wounded men were rushed to […]
By Kouthar Sambo Police officials arrested two suspects on charges of possession of unlicenced firearms and ammunition in two separate incidents today. This comes after officers conducted a search in Mfuleni when a man attempted to escape through the back door. Police detected the suspects and recovered a 9mm Norinco Star pistol and six 9mm hollow points rounds. "A further search of the premises led the offices to recover four […]
The bodies of two couples were found fatally wounded in an Mfuleni informal settlement yesterday. According to SAPS Spokesperson Novela Potelwa, a vehicle entered the Covid-19 informal settlement at 23h00 on Wednesday evening and shortly after gunshots were heard. Subsequently, residents found the four bodies on Thursday morning in two different dwellings. The identities of the victims are yet to be determined and the motive for the murders is yet […]
Detectives from the Organised Crime Unit have raided a residence at Mfuleleni near Khayelitsha as part of ongoing efforts to rid communities of drug dealing that lead to serious violent crime. They seized more than a thousand mandrax tablets as well as fraudulent driver's licenses purportedly issued in Ghana. Police spokesperson, Brigadier Novella Potelwa, says detectives also confiscated cash, cell phones and electronic items. Potelwa says the arrest and seizures […]
An alleged armed robber has been arrested on Signal Hill in Cape Town a few hours after two people were robbed at knife-point of their valuables this weekend, the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Western Cape said on Sunday. "Cape Town Central Police Station’s B Relief shift members responded to a robbery on Signal Hill where two persons were robbed of high-end cellphones by a knife-wielding suspect on […]
Cape Town police are urging residents to assist them in apprehending a man wanted for the rape of a 7 year old girl in Mfuleni. According to police spokesperson, Noliyiso Rwexana, the girl was approached by the suspect around 7:30am on Friday while making her way to school in Nqilo Street, near Corner House Chilas in Extension 3. He then allegedly dragged her into a nearby field and raped her. […]
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.
