Western Cape police have confirmed that they are investigating allegations that a 13 year old Tafelsig boy raped a 6 year old girl close to Mitchell’s Heights primary school. Yesterday afternoon, Tafelsig community members turned on police, when they came to apprehend the boy. Residents burnt tyres and threw stones on AZ Berman drive and Bokkeveld road in anger. “It is believed that the community were up in arms due […]
Mitchell’s Plain community members are up in arms after hearing that a man accused of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old Tafelsig girl had served time for rape before. A handful of angry residents protested outside the Mitchells Plain Magistrates court on Monday as the 52 year old suspect made his first appearance. The man was arrested in Tafelsig on Friday after more than 500 residents launched a man-hunt for the suspect. […]
Seething Mitchell's Plain community members are demanding that bail be denied to a 49 year old man accused of the rape of a 5 year old girl in Mitchell's Plain. The man made his first appearance at the Mitchells Plain magistrate’s court on Wednesday. He will be held at the Strandfontein police station until his next court appearance on 30th August. Angry community members and activists from the Mitchell’s Plain […]
The Mitchells Plain Crisis Forum has called for calm at court on Wednesday as a 49 year old man accused of the rape of 5 year old girl is due to make his first appearance. The man was taken into police custody on Sunday, after the girl reported him to police. Residents were alerted to the alleged rape of the girl in the bushes near Kapteinsklip station. The City of […]
Members of the Elsies River Community Police Forum (CPF) had to quell tensions amongst residents in the area on Tuesday, amid accusations that police are not doing enough in the searching for Courtney Pieters. The three year old girl disappeared outside her home last Thursday while playing with friends. This week, tensions simmered as volunteers from Manenberg and Mitchell’s Plain joined the search effort, with complaints surfacing from some volunteers […]
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