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CFSF welcomes police action in Khayelitsha, wants to see same energy applied in gang-ridden areas
The Cape Flats Safety Forum says while it welcomes the police’s swift action to foil a cash-in-transit (CIT) robbery in…
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Western Cape top cop: The aim was to arrest not kill Khayelitsha cash-in-transit suspects
Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile says the aim was not to kill but to arrest the suspects who were…
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8 suspected cash-in-transit robbers killed in shoot-out with cops in Western Cape
Eights suspected criminals, who were allegedly about to commit a cash-in-transit heist, were killed in a shoot-out with police on…
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Khayelitsha residents fight over Eskom closing its walk-in centre in the area
The Khayelitsha community in the Western Cape has rejected the digitisation of customer care. The community says people cannot afford…
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City of Cape Town urges public to work with law enforcement to fight Cape Flats gang violence
The City of Cape Town is urging the public to work with law enforcement to fight the scourge of gang…
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Eskom will implement load reduction in some areas in Western Cape
Eskom said that while the load shedding remains suspended, it has implemented load reduction in some areas in the Western…
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Family of schoolboy forced to walk 50km home from school still in shock
The mother of an 11-year-old schoolboy who walked about 50 kilometres from Simon’s Town to Khayelitsha after losing his bus…
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Khayelitsha mother wants harsher punishment for bus driver who left her son stranded in Simon’s Town
A Khayelitsha mother said that a suspension was not a harsh enough punishment for a Golden Arrow bus driver who…
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Golden Arrow Bus driver suspended for leaving 11-year-old stranded
The Golden Arrow Bus Service has confirmed that a driver has been suspended after a primary school child was left…
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Minister Kubayi expected to visit victims of Khayelitsha floods
Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi, together with a team from her office, is expected to visit the victims of…
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4 000 people displaced by storm in Khayelitsha
Western Cape Head of Disaster Management Colin Deiner reports that over 4,000 people in Khayelitsha have been displaced by the…
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Several cold fronts to hit the Western Cape until July 12
Heavy rains and strong winds have made landfall across the Western Cape and the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) has…
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Gun Free SA calls on SAPS and communities to rid streets of nearly 500 000 unlicensed firearms
Firearms advocacy group Gun Free South Africa is calling for joint effort by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and…
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Khayelitsha CPF chair fears what community may do if accused in mass shooting granted bail
Khayelitsha CPF chairperson Mbulelo Bambelo doesn’t think releasing the two men accused of being involved in a recent mass killing…
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Khayelitsha barbershop shooting accused expected to apply for bail
Two men linked to a mass killing in Khayelitsha last month are expected to apply for bail at the local…
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City of Cape Town pleads with Eskom to reverse decision to close community-based service centres
The City of Cape Town is pleading with Eskom to reverse its decision to close community-based service centres. This came…
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Western Cape’s high crime rate due to lack of resources, says provincial deputy top cop
Western Cape deputy police commissioner, Preston Voskuil, said that the high rate of crime in the province was due to…
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Court hears 2 men linked to Khayelitsha mass shooting no strangers to the law
The Khayelitsha Magistrates Court has heard that the two men linked to the mass shooting in Site C, Khayelitsha, are…
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Khayelitsha barbershop murder-accused say they’ll apply for bail
The two men accused of being involved in a mass shooting at a barbershop in Site C, Khayelitsha say they’ll…
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Western Cape Eskom calls for patience as it works to restore areas hit by outages due to theft & vandalism
Eskom troubles continue in some Western Cape areas as vandalism, theft, and extortion worsen in the Cape metro region, resulting…
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