Gangs

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Two people are killed in gang violence in the Western Cape every day

At least 74 were bystanders

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Opinion | 8 February 2024

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Cape Flats families bury their children on Youth Day

“It happens every day, uncle, every single day”

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Photo Essay | 18 June 2020

The SANDF was deployed to assist SAPS with crime operations on the Cape Flats in July 2019. Archive Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Hanover Park resident: “There comes the army, there goes the army”

Nearly nine months after the army was deployed to the Cape Flats, what has changed?

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News | 13 March 2020

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Not safe to go to the toilet

Residents of Kliprand informal settlement have opted for the bucket system because gangs target people using communal toilets at night

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News | 24 February 2020

Photo of Gordon De Bruin and Ershwin Engel play the leads in Dont Miss Your Turning, which aired for the first time at the Artscape Theartre.

Triumph for amateur cast at the opera house

Don’t Miss Your Turning Point received a standing ovation on Saturday night at Artscape

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Photo Essay | 17 February 2020

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“From the streets, to Hanover Park, to Artscape”

There will be one performance only of the play Don’t Miss Your Turning Point at Artscape on Saturday

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News | 13 February 2020

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Gang violence: Mother of slain Bishop Lavis woman doesn’t have much faith in the army

Police use rubber bullets during protest against violence

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News | 25 September 2019

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Protesters demand Western Cape crime summit

Threats of “a national protest and a possible tax revolt” if government does not respond

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Brief | 27 August 2019

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This is what it’s like to go to school in Hanover Park

If they hear gunshots the “kids know if they outside they have to go to the nearest classroom and hit the floor”

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News | 12 August 2019

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Mothers of slain children march in Cape Town

Protest commemorates children killed by crime and gang violence

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News | 1 August 2019

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Claremont Mosque calls for religious leaders to respond to Cape Flats violence

Vigil held for city’s residents “trapped” in conflict areas

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News | 19 July 2019

About 100 hundreds residents in Hanover Park block streets protesting against gang violence.

I’m fighting for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren, says Hanover Park pensioner

Residents block off suburb to protest against gang violence

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News | 3 July 2019

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“We close the doors when the gangs are shooting outside”

Manenberg library provides a safe haven for kids

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Brief | 27 June 2019

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“I’m doing it for all the blood of innocent people shed on the streets of the Cape Flats”

“Government keeps on saying that communities don’t want to speak up, but look what happens when you do”

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Feature | 26 March 2019

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We’re afraid to leave our homes, Lavender Hill residents tell police minister

Bheki Cele did a walkabout of Lavender Hill on Friday

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News | 8 March 2019

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It’s “war” on the Cape Flats

“We are living in fear” says Lentegeur Community Policing Forum chair

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Brief | 27 February 2019