In just five months of this year, 63 children were killed in the Western Cape. This was revealed during a sitting of the Standing Committee on Social Development in the Provincial Legislature on Tuesday. These murder statistics stem from between the first of April and the end of August. SAPS’ Major General Luyanda Damoyi advised that the child murders were driven by gang-related activity by just over 22%, followed by arguments
The Khayelitsha Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit (FCS) has appealed to the public to assist with the tracing and safe return of a mother and child who were reported as missing by the child’s grandmother, with whom they reside at Site B in Khayelitsha. The mother, Thandokazi Maxongo, and her five-year-old son reportedly left home to attend an unknown church on Sunday morning, 31 August 2025, but never returned home.
The death of a Tanzanian man in police custody in Mowbray has prompted an investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), following conflicting reports about the circumstances leading to his death. The man has been identified as 39-year-old Isakwisa Atupele Mwamasage, also known as Ras Isa. He died last Thursday following his arrest by Mowbray police during a stop-and-search operation. According to police, officers noticed a suspicious man near St Peter’s
The Western Cape MEC of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Anroux Marais, has praised the South African Police Service (SAPS) for seizing a significant cache of illegal firearms in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain. During an intelligence-driven operation on Monday, 1 September, police recovered 19 firearms and around 1,500 rounds of ammunition from a house in the area. WATCH: Firearms cache uncovered in Mitchells Plain, tied to gang violence Marais described the breakthrough
There are calls on the minibus taxi associations, CATA and CODETA, to resolve the minibus taxi conflict. The Western Cape Government would like the associations to return to negotiations to resolve the recent taxi violence and disruptions. MEC Sileku added, “If this stalemate continues, the industry will force my hand to impose even harsher sanctions.” READ MORE: Four dead, eight wounded in taxi conflict since the weekend Calls on CATA
