Murders drop in Kraaifontein, Kuils River

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Fifty-six people were murdered between April and June in Kraaifontein, according to the latest crime statistics. Released by Police Minister Bheki Cele on Friday ...

Show of support for victims of gender violence

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Premier Alan Winde, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Policing Oversight and Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen painted the Kraaifontein police station’s victim empowerment ...

Education MEC visits Kuils River teaching institute

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Education MEC David Maynier paid an impromptu visit last week to the Cape Teaching and Leadership Institute, to encourage its teaching staff and seek advice on how ...

Kuils River surgeon trained in radical spinal surgery

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Hailed as a first for the country, a Netcare Kuils River Hospital surgeon has trained for and performed a cost-effective spinal surgical technique that drastically ...

Keep children away from ‘dangerous’ dunes - councillor

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Sarepta’s ward councillor, Wouter de Vos, has advised parents to keep their children away from dunes that he says are dangerous. Mr De Vos’s plea comes as the area ...

Woman evicted for illegally selling RDP house, says MEC

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In a first for his department, Infrastructure MEC Tertius Simmers has evicted a Kuils River woman from her state-subsidised house for allegedly selling it illegally. ...

Sounding a clean-up SOS for Bloekombos

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A non-profit organisation will be leading the youth in a clean-up of Bloekombos on Friday June 24. Aimed at raising awareness of the pollution in the area’s waterways ...

Suspects held after two men slain in armed robbery

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Two men, believed to be employees of a cellphone shop, were shot dead during an armed robbery at the De Kuilen Shoprite Centre on Tuesday afternoon July 21 . Two ...

Councillors call for probe into illegal scrapyards

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ANC councillors in Sub-council 2 have called on law enforcement to clamp down on illegal scrapyards as cable theft surges in Bloekombos and Wallacedene. The councillors ...

Sexual offences rise in Kuils River, Brackenfell

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The increase in murders, sexual offences and commercial crimes, among others, comes amid community police forum (CPF) warnings about the scant resources afforded ...

Kraaifontein still a hot spot for murder, violent crime

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Still a hot spot for murder and other violent crime, Kraaifontein featured prominently in most of the top-30 rankings in the latest crime statistics. Police Minister ...

Council caters for traders in budget

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The city council has approved a new container market for some of Wallacedene’s traders. The market will be on the corner of Botfontein and Boesak roads. Councillors ...

Two suspected gangsters arrested in Scottsdene

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Two suspected gangsters, one of whom allegedly announced that he was on his way “to go and shoot” while carrying a pistol, have been arrested in Scottsdene. City ...

Cops searching for missing teen

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Police are searching for a Kraaifontein teenager who went missing on Monday.

Kraaifontein crime, gangs make life hard for City staff

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Gang violence and other crimes are taking their toll on municipal staff, services and infrastructure in Kraaifontein. Four cleaners were attacked and robbed of their ...

Councillor calls for review of traffic-calming policy

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The City needs to toughen up its policing of the roads and broaden its qualifying criteria for speed humps and other traffic-calming measures, says Ward 8 councillor ...

Kuils River crime fighters get certified

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The Brantwood and Kalkfontein neighbourhood watches were among new crime-fighting structures accredited with certificates by the Department of Police Oversight and ...

R5000 reward to catch pump station arsonists

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It could cost hundreds of thousands of rand to repair Wallacedene’s Swellini Street pump station, which is out of commission after it was torched on Saturday, says ...

Kuils River, Kraaifontein to get CCTV cameras

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Two multi-million projects will see the City installing CCTV cameras in Kuils River and Kraaifontein, as well as other parts of Cape Town. The City has proposed ...

Two men arrested in Kalkfontein on gun charges

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Police have arrested two men, aged 46 and 49, in Kalkfontein on charges relating to the illegal possession of a gun and ammunition.

Kuils River sub-council reports surge in fires, emergency incidents

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The number of fires, medical emergencies and trauma-related incidents dealt with by the fire department in the Sub-council 21 area more than doubled from February ...

Police nab armed man in Scottsville

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A 23-year-old man has been caught carrying a loaded unlicensed gun in Gorman Street, Scottsville, police say.

Brackenfell biker found dead

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Brackenfell biker Wonderboy Hleza, 51, who was reported missing last week, has been found dead.

Two caught ‘scouting targets’, arrested for housebreaking

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Two men have been arrested for breaking into a home in Protea Heights earlier this week. Brackenfell police Captain Erica Crous said the two men were busted on Monday ...