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The girl was rescued by police from a shack in Town Two in Khayelitsha on Monday night, about two weeks after she was snatched from her school transport vehicle in Gatesville.

The seven men, who cannot be named following a court order, face charges of kidnapping and extortion.

The seven accused have been charged with kidnapping and extortion.

Bustling Joe Nzinga Gqabi Street in Town Two, Khayelitsha, is no stranger to being a crime scene, residents say.

Drugs, gangsterism, gender-based violence and extortion are just some of the crimes that residents are already grappling with.

Two days after the rescue of 8-year-old Abirah Dekhta, no one has been charged with her kidnapping.


Cops could not confirm some reports that five suspects had been arrested during search operation which came after residents in the Cape Town suburb protested demanding action

In the latest news in South Africa on Tuesday 15 November 2022, kidnapped Abirah Dekhta (8) was found alive on Monday evening.

The first thing Abirah Dekhta wanted when she got back home was a hug from her mom and dad.

Following the kidnapping of the eight-year-old girl Adirah Dekhta in Rylands on 04 November 2022, SAPS members from various specialised units and City of Cape Town’s law enforcement officials utilising state-of-the-art technology have located her in a shack in Town Two, Khayelitsha on Monday evening. The intelligence-led integrated operation saw forces descending on the township