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Marikana residents say better lighting could curb crime in the area

16th July 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Marikana residents will continue without streets lights that could curb crime in the area as the City of Cape Town awaits the outcome of its appeal against a court order that it acquire the land from the private owner.

Cape CPFs divided on army deployment

16th July 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Members of the South African National Defence Force were expected to be deployed in gang and crime ridden areas of Cape Town on Friday.

Cape Flats CPFs on army deployment – ‘It’s not the answer’

11th July 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The call by the Western Cape government for the deployment of the SANDF in crime ridden areas of the City has received mixed reactions from Community Police Forums.

Manenberg residents demand visible policing

9th July 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The police minister went on a walkabout in Manenberg, one of the townships in the Western Cape where crime is spiraling. Eighteen people have been killed in a space of four days.

Housing organisations welcome Red Ants suspension

3rd July 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Organisations representing poor and working class people who have borne the brunt of the marauding Red Ants in the past, are celebrating the suspension of the company. .

Lack of services in Grabouw’s informal settlement negatively affects women

6th June 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Inadequate water and sanitation services in Siyanyanzela in Grabouw is an extra burden for women who are residents of the informal settlement. More than five […]

How controversial “racist” research opens door for a decolonisation drive

30th May 2019 Lesley Le Grange 0

There has been justified outrage about a recently published – and hastily retracted – academic article written by academics from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The article suggested […]

Theatre, the other (unexpected) platform for teaching young people about sex and sexual violence

27th May 2019 Equal Times 0

She covers her reddened cheeks with her hands and her eyes fill with tears. “It is as if they had raped me. We’re devastated, we’re […]

Responses to Zimbabwe highlight gulf between the region and the west

13th March 2019 Brian Raftopoulos 0

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe. EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State […]

Resurrections, miracles and faith healing: the religious legacy of John G Lake

6th March 2019 Barry Morton 0

South Africans have for decades been hoodwinked by unscrupulous pastors. Recently a spate of incredible “miracles” by these self-styled, flashy miracle men offering healing and […]

Bishop Lavis community protests against gang violence

12th February 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Bishop Lavis in Cape Town saw four youth shot this past weekend. The community came out to protest gang violence and police inaction this Tuesday, 12 February.

Residents demand answers from police minister

22nd January 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Residents of Bonteheuwel and surrounding townships demanded answers from Police Minister, Bheki Cele, for promises police ministers had made in previous meetings with the communities,

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