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‘The exact same day of losing my son to death, another shooting took place on my road’ – Shanaaz Balaskas (52), Hanover Park.

Residents are on tenterhooks amid ongoing gang warfare in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats, and some are even too scared to hang their laundry out to dry.

A collective called the Hanover Park Concerned Residents Against Crime Committee handed the City of Cape Town a memorandum listing 19 grievances against ward councillor Antonio van der Rheede in February. Three months on, members have seen little action to address their complaints, despite the...

After gangsters killed her son in Hanover Park, Avril Andrews started a foundation that feeds the hungry and supports mothers in finding justice for their murdered children.

The re-launch of the Balls Not Guns initiative which is aimed at creating peace in violent communities is expected to start in December with the festive season.

A mother’s loss of her son to gang violence has inspired the establishment of the Alcardo Andrews Foundation (AAF) which seeks to achieve peaceful and safe communities without gangsterism.

A mother who has been championing for others has finally received justice for her and her family after her son’s killer was sentenced to 18 years behind bars more than five years after the murder.