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Mitchells Plain Residents concerned on the release of the Station Strangler

By Daanyaal Matthews Mitchell’s Plain residents made their voices heard at the Lentegeur Civic Hall yesterday as The Department of Correctional Services hosted a public community engagement session to discuss the parole placement of Norman ‘Avzal’ Simons also known as the notorious ‘Station Strangler’. Simons was convicted in 1995 where he was found guilty of one count of murder and one count kidnapping of 10-year-old Elroy Van Rooyen. Simons’ pending […]

17 July 2023

Local

Mitchells Plain CPF want new police vehicles deployed to quell gang violence

The Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum said it hoped that 250 vehicles handed over to Western Cape police by Minister Bheki Cele this week would be visible in their area. The CPF said the area was experiencing flare-ups of gang violence recently with minimum to no intervention from police officers. CPF chairperson Abie Isaacs said residents were living in fear. "The authorities need to step up the intelligence...so that we […]

7 May 2023

News

Beacon Valley residents join heads to tackle crime

After a spike in gang violence in the area, residents from Beacon Valley took it upon themselves to host a meeting at the Shekinah Full Gospel Church in Beacon Valley on Thursday night to create awareness of the current crisis in the area and what the best possible way forward would be. A group of 40 residents were present at the meeting along with members from the Mitchell's Plain community […]

20 July 2018

Mitchells Plain CPF

Mitchells Plain Residents concerned on the release of the Station Strangler

Mitchells Plain CPF want new police vehicles deployed to quell gang violence

Beacon Valley residents join heads to tackle crime

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