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Police Minister Bheki Cele has lashed out at the Western Cape government for "lying" to residents for saying police are not doing anything in the Western Cape.

MEC Albert Fritz welcomes resumption CPF electoral AGMs under alert level 1 Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by 9th March 2021 The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, welcomes t...

Lockdown adds to increase in violent crime By Keagan Mitchell Share Cape Town - The lockdown had more of an impact on crime than the pandemic with Kraaifontein and Manenberg becoming epicentres of a resurgence in gang warfare. Experts agree that the lockdown had an effect on crime in South Africa. Manager of the crime and justice information hub at the Institute for Security Studies, Lizette Lancaster, said the lockdown had more of an impact than the pandemic itself. “Even under a level 5 h...

The Cape Flats and coloured people live in a state of constant depression By Opinion Cape Flats communities deserve better By any international measure, I live in a war zone. This weekend, over a dozen people were gunned down. Its my normal. That the Cape Flats and the coloured people in general live in a state of constant depression is a given. That every violent death we suffer can reasonably be blamed on the ANC isnt in question. We need more police officers, but at the rate they are dying t...

Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz will visit the Mitchells Plain police station and visit families of victims of gun violence in the Cape Town suburb.


Daylin Mitchell writes that in the part 11 months, the Western Cape government has risen to each challenge in the best interests of all residents.

WC bolsters law enforcement efforts in Khayelitsha following mass shooting The Western Cape govt said its activated 72-hour action plan to trace and arrest the assailants after six men were killed in a mass shooting in Khayelitsha on Saturday. Homes in an informal settlement in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town. Picture: 123rf 47 days ago CAPE TOWN – Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz said plans were underw...