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Diepsloot community pleads for speedy police intervention after 7 people killed

A community leader in Diepsloot has weighed in on the death of seven people in the area who were set alight, allegedly by a mob. The incident happened on Friday night. Community members reportedly beat up the victims, accusing them of terrorising the community. Community leader Loyiso Toyiya said the community had been complaining following several break-ins in recent days. Toyiya called on police to speedily attend to the high […]

today3 December 2023

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Nine suspects arrested following brutal mob murder of Uber driver

By Tauhierah Salie Nine suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of an Uber driver in Parkwood on Tuesday. Abongile Mafelala, from Du Noon, was beaten to death and his car stripped and set alight after being accused of attempting to kidnap children in the area. Just hours after the incident, the charred components of a burnt-out car on a blackened patch of grass at the entrance […]

today4 June 2022

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Man murdered in Parkwood mob-justice attack identified as E-hailing driver

Following a brazen attack of mob justice in Parkwood earlier this week, South Africa Police Service (SAPS) have confirmed that the unknown man murdered at the hands of irate residents has been identified as 31-year-old Abongile Mafalala. Mafalala, an innocent e-hailing driver was assaulted and set alight after he was accused of perpetrating a kidnapping. “Grassy Park police are currently executing an operation with a view to arresting those behind […]

today3 June 2022

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Police continue to search for four bodies on the Cape Flats after violent mob justice

Police divers have resumed their search for the bodies of four youths who were allegedly victims of mob justice and thrown into a river stream in Driftsands in Delft on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Novela Potelwa says they recovered two bodies from the river stream on Sunday. One of an unidentified man who was not part of the missing four. She says the second body appears to be one […]

today6 September 2021

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Oview masjid calls for calm in the wake of gang and mob violence

The Trustees of the Noorul Islam Mosques Ocean View and Simonstown have condemned the recent violence in Ocean View, sparked by a gang-related shooting which claimed the lives of 7-year-old Emaan Solomans and 31-year-old Abdul Felix. Chaos broke out after a thikr held in the little girls honour on Wednesday night, which saw the houses of alleged gangsters being set alight. “Members of the Anti-Gang Unit , Public Order Police, […]

today28 February 2020

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