Police have arrested four armed suspects following a shootout on Jakes Gerwel Drive in Mitchells Plain on Wednesday morning. According to the Western Cape police, members of the National Intervention Unit had been tracking a Toyota Hilux carrying suspected armed criminals after receiving information earlier in Nyanga. When the suspects noticed the police tailing them, they allegedly opened fire on the officers. Police returned fire, fatally wounding one man in the
More than 140 people have been displaced after a fire ripped through part of the Riemvasmaak informal settlement in Pelican Park. The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management spokesperson, Sonica Lategan, says a fire broke out in the D-Section of the settlement on Wednesday. Lategan says over 100 structures were destroyed, with sanitation infrastructure and electric cables also damaged. “The assessment concluded that 106 structures were destroyed, and 141 persons displaced –
Law enforcement deployments have been boosted on the N2, R300 and Jakes Gerwel Drive, following a series of recent attacks. According to reports, there were several smash-and-grab attacks on Jakes Gerwel Drive near Langa on Tuesday morning. Police are yet to confirm the details. The City of Cape Town states that it is working on an operational plan for Jakes Gerwel, confirming that additional enforcement personnel have been deployed along the route.
Residents, businesses, and stakeholders have until Sunday to provide input on Cape Town’s proposed Mobility and Access Plan for the Central Business District (CBD). The draft plan seeks to create a more efficient, safe, and inclusive transport network in the city centre. The plan proposes a multi-modal approach, combining different forms of transport to improve the CBD’s functionality and support economic growth. Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, says
The man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering eight-year-old Tazné van Wyk in 2020, Moyhdian Pangkaeker, has reportedly died in his cell at the Brandvlei Maximum Centre. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) confirmed that Pangkaeker was discovered by officials on Tuesday. Pangkaeker was serving a life sentence for a number of offences, including seven counts of rape, five counts of assault, five counts of common assault, one count of corpse violation,
