The Gauteng police have debunked social media claims of 13 gang-related murders, confirming that only three murders occurred in Westbury and Sophiatown.
A Cape Flats resident mocked the new tech-driven interventions saying “It’s a bloody joke, to be honest”.
In the latest Chatsworth gangland incident, Teddy Mafia’s son-in-law survived a daring attempted assassination on Wednesday morning.
When you have public beheadings using an axe, in broad daylight as police watch on, you know you’ve descended into lawlessness.
The quarterly crime statistics, released last week, emphasise how out of control gang violence is in the Western Cape.
Gangster hitman Francisco Peter Muller was found guilty of assassinating a rival gang leader, as gang wars rage on in Jozi and Cape Town.
In recent months, the Mother City has seen a steep rise in gang violence. Sources on the inside have now connected all the dots.
The escalating violence in Hout Bay’s Imizamo Yethu informal settlement has now claimed three lives, the victims killed in a shack fire as angry residents take to the streets.
It was less a welcome home party and more a case of starting where they left off for gang generals released from prison yesterday. Residents of Hout Bay were left seeking refuge.
The Cape Flats are notorious for the intense gang violence that threatens the safety of many communities. Manenberg is not a place you would want to visit for this reason, let alone live, and these residents have had enough of the threat to their safety. Strength in numbers…
A brave resident popped their head about their wall to film this street shootout between gangs in Manenberg, earlier this week. Manenberg has fallen under the political and media spotlight recently, with drug-related gang violence spiralling out of control in the Cape Town township. [Source : YouTube]
Over recent weeks there has been an increase in gang violence in the Manenberg area and as a result 14 schools will close their doors on Thursday and Friday as they fear for the safety of the teachers and pupils.
This morning a man was shot in the neck outside the Cape High Court, and is currently fighting for his life. His attackers are unknown and immediately fled the scene. According to people who know the victim, he was attending a murder trial involving five members of the Junky Funkie Gang.