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Two men killed & boy wounded in Mitchells Plain shooting
Two men killed & boy wounded in Mitchells Plain shooting! Two men have been killed and an 11-year-old boy has…
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Cops yet to make arrests in connection with stabbing of Mitchells Plain teen
Cops yet to make arrests in connection with stabbing of Mitchells Plain teen! Police haven’t made any arrests in connection…
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2 killed in suspected gang-related shooting in Mitchells Plain
2 killed in suspected gang-related shooting in Mitchells Plain! The community of Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, is reeling from yet another…
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Justice served: Ayesha Kelly’s killers sentenced to 30 years in prison
After five years of heartbreak and courtroom battles, the family of 10-year-old Ayesha Kelly can finally close a painful chapter…
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City of Cape Town concerned by rise in vandalism of electricity infrastructure
The City of Cape Town has expressed deep concern over the escalating vandalism of electricity infrastructure, with Mitchell’s Plain emerging…
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Motorist on top 100 offenders list arrested with warrants totaling close to R200K
A Cape Town motorist with warrants totalling nearly R200,000 was nabbed during operations by the City of Cape Town’s enforcement…
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14-year-old dies after taxi carrying pupils overturns in Mitchells Plain
A 14-year-old girl has died after a Quantum minibus taxi carrying schoolchildren overturned in Mitchells Plain. The incident happened on…
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Body of elderly person found in Mitchells Plain
Police are investigating a case of murder following the discovery of an elderly woman’s body in Mitchells Plain. The deceased…
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Mitchells Plain CPF wants community & faith-based organisations to help fight gang violence
The Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF) is calling on all local community and faith-based organizations to jointly fight gang…
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Ex-DA councillor Malusi Booi’s co-accused shot dead 2 days after bail release
Abdul Kader Davids, a co-accused in the R1 billion housing tender fraud case alongside former City of Cape Town Human…
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6 teens hit, 3 dead in another Mitchells Plain mass shooting
A mass shooting incident in Mitchells Plain in the Western Cape has resulted in the death of three teenagers. The…
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240 incidents of electricity infrastructure vandalism cost at least R7 miliion to fix, says CoCT
The City of Cape Town says it has spent over R7 million to fix vandalized electricity infrastructure in a space…
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City of Cape Town says R16 million in damages recorded during recent storms
The City of Cape Town said it has recorded damage worth over R16 million as a result of the recent…
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City of Cape Town ramps up law enforcement deployment in Bellville, Mitchells Plain & Wynberg
The City of Cape Town is ramping up law enforcement with special policing deployments in three of Cape Town’s business…
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Call for more Western Cape police stations to be investigated for missing guns
The Cape Flats Safety Forum, a community safety advocacy group, is calling for all police stations in the Western Cape…
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Prasa fined R25K by City of Cape Town for contravening zoning laws
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has been fined R25 000 for contravening the City of Cape Town…
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Police investigating teen’s murder in Mitchells Plain
Police are investigating the murder of an 18-year-old boy in Mitchells Plain. The shooting happened in Tafelsig on Tuesday. The…
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City of Cape Town: Demand for MyCiTi bus service increasing
The City of Cape Town says it has seen a steady increase in demand for its MyCiTi bus service. The…
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Sad scenes: Inside Kaizer Chiefs star Luke Fleurs’ funeral – Photos
People gathered in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, on Saturday, 20 April to bid farewell to the late Kaizer Chiefs star Luke…
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Police say specialized units to remain in Mitchells Plain following killing of former gang leader
Western Cape police say specialized units have been deployed to Mitchells Plain and other areas on the Cape Flats to…
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Former Americans gang boss Mogamat Madatt killed in an informal settlement
Tears flowed in Mitchell’s Plain on Monday after former Americans gang boss Mogamat Sadeka Madatt was shot and killed at…
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SAPS bolsters police deployment at crime hotspots in Cape Town
Western Cape police say along with other local law enforcement agencies, they’re on high alert and determined to restore calm…
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City of Cape Town: Service delivery efforts won’t be derailed by construction mafia
The City of Cape Town says its service delivery efforts will not be derailed by threats of violence by the…
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Mayor Hill-Lewis to visit City of Cape Town’s R30 million MyCiti bus route project amid extortion racket
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is expected to visit the city’s R30 million MyCiTi bus route project under construction in…
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Close to 7 million Western Cape liquor outlets fined from 2022 to 2023
The Western Cape liquor authority has issued almost seven million in fines to licensed liquor outlets across the province between…
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Investigators probing if more police involved in disappearance of guns in Mitchells Plain, says Masemola
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said investigators were hard at work to find out if more police officials are involved…
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City of Cape Town calls on Ramaphosa to urgently address corruption within SAPS ranks
The City of Cape Town is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently tackle the growing scourge of corrupt officers…
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Suspected gang member accused of Mitchells Plain murder appears in court
An alleged gang member accused of the murder of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from Mitchells Plain is expected to make his…
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Calls for anti-gangsterism summit after stray bullet kills Cape Town school girl
The murder of a Cape Town primary school girl has led to ANC MP Faiz Jacobs calling for safety of…
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Mitchells Plain family to lay 12-year-old daughter to rest after she was caught in gang shooting
Funeral preparations are underway at the family home of 12-year-old Firdous Kleinsmidt, who was shot and killed at her school…
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Police hunting suspects after 12-year-old girl killed in gang violence in Mitchells Plain
Police are hunting the gunmen responsible for the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Mitchells Plain. The child was killed…
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Mitchells Plain school reeling after pupil knocked down by vehicle dies
A Mitchells Plain school is reeling following the death of a grade 1 learner after being knocked over by a…
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Grade 1 Cape Town learner ran over by car has died
A grade 1 pupil from Westpoort Primary School in Mitchells Plain died after being knocked over by a private scholar…
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More suspects arrested in connection with online child p0rn ring
Police have arrested three more people in connection with an online child p0rn ring. A man who posed as a…
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Cape Flats Safety Forum lauds justice system for drug kingpin Fadwaan Murphy’s conviction
The Cape Flats Safety Forum lauded the justice system for the conviction and sentencing of drug syndicate leader Fadwaan Murphy.…
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Cape Town scholar transport operators who had vehicles impounded unsure how to make ends meet
Some scholar transport operators who had their cars impounded Thursday morning said they don’t know how they’re going to feed…
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Cape Town taxi driver arrested for alleged drunk driving & overloading scholar transport vehicle
A taxi driver has been arrested for alleged drunk driving and overloading his scholar transport vehicle during a transport safety…
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Bodies continue to pile up near Baden Powell
Killers, in an effort to get rid of evidence have long taken to Baden Powell Drive, to dump the bodies…
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Western Cape police arrest 17 suspects over fraud & possession of unlicensed firearms
Western Cape police arrested 17 suspects in two separate incidents on Friday on charges of fraud, possession of unlicensed firearms…
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Fire sparked after child allegedly threw a firecracker at an old mattress
A fire razed the homes of 30 families in the Barcelona informal setmetlent after a child allegedly threw a firecracker…
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Notable difference by safer festive campaigns in fight against Western Cape crime, says Bheki Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that the safer festive season campaigns have made a significant difference in preventing crime over…
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City of Cape Town denies failure to provide water & sanitation to central line relocatees
The City of Cape Town on Thursday refuted claims that there was a lack of water and sanitation at a…
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Prasa hopes to get Cape Town Central Line operational by February
The City of Cape Town said it is doing the best it can to provide water to households that have…
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2 women found dead at Cape beaches
Mystery surrounds the deaths of two women who were found at Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain beaches on Saturday morning. The…
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Process to move over 2K families from City of Cape Town’s central line in Phillipi begins
The process to move 2,648 families from the central railway line near Philippi train station has begun. The central line…
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2 people, including a young boy killed in Mitchells Plain shooting
Yet another child has been shot and killed in Cape Town – this time in Mitchells Plain. The motive for…
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NC prison warder arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into prison
A prison warder was arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into a prison in De Aar, in the Northern Cape. According…
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Mitchells Plain residents to approach court over shack relocations
Officials are hoping to shunt residents off the central line to get trains chugging along it soon. But barriers are…
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City of Cape Town to set up 3 fan parks for Springboks supporters to watch Rugby World Cup final
Three fan parks will be activated across Cape Town for locals to gather to back the Bokke in the Rugby…
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City of Cape Town deploys more officers at public transport facilities
The City of Cape Town has deployed additional law enforcement officers at public transport facilities across the metropole to curb…
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