A prominent safety group who monitor crime in the Table Mountain National Park have released a fiery statement on their social media pages, slamming the government and local authorities for failing to protect visitors. Visit Table Mountain at your own risk.” The embittered post was shared on Sunday afternoon, just a day after a Ukranian..
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UK Foreign Office issued a warning to visitors of Table Mountain after Ukranian businessman was killed during a hike at tourist hot-spot
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Western-Cape: 21 shootings; 20 stabbings; and 5 murders occurred this weekend – SANDF presence not making any impact in, Murders increase by 46%
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After two weeks since the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was deployed into the Western Cape to combat rampant crime, it appears that the men in camo have been losing the battle so far. How many murders were recorded in Cape Town this weekend? The province’s Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, revealed that..
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Army deployment to the Western Cape to help the police quell gang violence will cost R23.4m
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed the National Assembly that he has employed 1,320 members of the SA National Defence Force for service in cooperation with the police for the prevention and combating of crime and to maintain and preserve law and order in the Western Cape. In the letter, dated July 17, and addressed to..
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43 killed in another bloody weekend in Cape Town – 25 were shot and 12 stabbed
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Another bloody weekend in Cape Town saw 43 people being murdered, Premier Alan Winde confirmed on Monday. Provincial forensics services recorded these numbers between Friday night and Monday morning. “[The] SAPS started running a national joint operational and intelligence structure operation on Thursday night in the areas of Philippi, Steenberg and Delft,” Winde said in..
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Boer skiet drie betogers buite Uniondale in Wes-Kaap na geweld uitbreek
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Die polisie ondersoek ’n skietvoorval waarin ’n boer glo Maandag drie betogers buite Uniondale in die Wes-Kaap geskiet het. Kapt. Malcolm Pojie, woordvoerder van die polisie, het aan Maroela Media gesê twee aanklagte van poging tot moord is vanmiddag by die plaaslike polisie aanhangig gemaak. Dít volg nadat ontstoke betogers van Uniondale vanaf vroegoggend op..
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Misdaad ruk handuit in Wes-Kaap weens ernstige tekort aan hulpbronne in SAPD
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Daar is net te veel misdaad-brandpunte in Kaapstad wat terselfdertyd opvlam en te min polisiëring om al die geweld te keer, sê JP Smith, burgemeesterskomiteelid vir veiligheid. Hy sê in ’n verklaring hoewel die polisie van die Kaapstadse metroraad met die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) saamwerk om so doeltreffend moontlik ekstra operasies uit te voer is..
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Petrolbom-aanval: Vragmotorbestuurder van Paarl sterf na twee weke in die hospitaal
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Die vragmotorbestuuder van die Paarl wat ernstig beseer is toe ’n petrolbom by sy vragmotor se kajuit ingegooi is, is Vrydag oorlede het sy vrou, Ciska aan Huisgenoot bevestig. Bernard Groenewald was vir minstens twee weke in die Worcester-Mediclinic behandel. Hy het 60% tot 70% se brandwonde opgedoen. Bernard het Sondagoggend 2 Junie langs die..
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Elderly man fights off three attackers armed with a gun, knife and knobkerrie on farm near Citrusdal
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A man was assaulted by three suspects on a farm near Citrusdal, Western Cape, on Saturday June 15 2019. Three suspects armed with a gun, knife and a knobkerrie assaulted a 68-year-old man on a farm near Citrusdal in the Western Cape at the weekend. “The victim was assaulted by the suspects and transported to..
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Western Cape is becoming a war zone! Sadly there is only 1 cop for every 509 people in the province
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According to the 2017/18 crime figures, national murder rate increased by almost 7%, which translates to 57 murders a day. The latest crime statistics show that detectives in Nyanga, Cape Town, investigate 308 murders a year on average. This was 27 more than the previous financial year. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said police were..
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