Western Cape

WESTERN CAPE - Continued efforts to keep our communities safe and to eradicate the illegal possession of firearms yielded positive results when an integrated operation was conducted between Kleinvlei SAPS, Law Enforcement and Metro police in the Kleinvlei policing precinct on Tuesday, 22 August 2023. The members searched a premises in Noord Street, Stratford Green, [...]

WESTERN CAPE - Efforts to rid our communities of the illegal possession of firearms landed a 25-year-old man behind bars for the possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition on Monday, 21 August 2023. Members of the Western Cape Flying Squad, deployed in Manenberg policing precinct to curb the ongoing gang violence in the area, [...]

WESTERN CAPE - The determination to create a safe and secure environment in our communities yielded success when police members arrested two suspects for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and the possession of a hijacked vehicle on Sunday, 20 August 2023. Members of Operation Restore deployed in the Khayelitsha policing precinct were busy with [...]

WESTERN CAPE - On Saturday, 19 August 2023 at about 21:30, members of Operation Restore conducted an intelligence driven operation in Belhar which led them to an address in Platteklip Crescent, Belhar where a person is involved in alleged in criminal activities. Upon arrival at the premises, a 28-year-old male, fitting the description provided, granted [...]

CAPE TOWN - The vigilance of Maitland Flying Squad members contributed to the recovery of a hijacked vehicle and the arrests of six suspects in two separate incidents. Last night the members embarked on patrols in Nyanga after they were informed of a vehicle that was hijacked in the area. They recovered the abandoned vehicle [...]

WESTERN CAPE - On 17 August 2023 at about 21:00, members attached to Operation Restore conducted an intelligence driven operation and responded to information from a concerned member of the community indicating that dagga being sold at a premises in Samson Crescent, Belhar. The members operationalised the information and approached the identified premises where they [...]

WESTERN CAPE - The determination by police in the Western Cape to rid the streets of illegal firearms in the hands of criminals and to prevent the commission of serious and violent crime yielded success when suspects were arrested for the possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. In the early hours of Friday morning, 18 [...]

WESTERN CAPE – The Acting Provincial Head of the Western Cape Brigadier Ruanette Walters welcomes the arrest of Siphokazi Ndundane, former Deputy Director General of Fisheries who is currently the Head of Department for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform. The former DDG of Fisheries was arrested yesterday, 14 August 2023 by the Bellville Hawks’ Serious [...]

The FF Plus welcomes the decision that the Mossel Bay Municipal Manager, Mr Colin Puren, must pay back the R573 805,75, which was unlawfully paid to him by the Mossel Bay Local Municipality. Puren must pay back the amount between 30 September and 28 February 2027, when his term as municipal manager comes to an [...]

WESTERN CAPE - The swift response by various police units to a business robbery perpetrated in George led to the arrest of three suspects and the confiscation of two unlicensed firearms. On Saturday, 12 August 2023 at about 13:00 various police units and a local security company in a combined effort cornered a vehicle believed [...]

WESTERN CAPE - The Western Cape High Court Judge Noluthando Nziweni who presided over the case of three men who orchestrated the murder of Cape Town lawyer advocate Pete Mihalik, has sentenced them to life imprisonment today 10 August 2023. The accused, Sizwe Biyela (31), Nkosinathi Khumalo (28) and Vuyile Maliti (40), were all found [...]

WESTERN CAPE - SAPS detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of three men aged between 28 and 36, and the attempted murder of two men who’s ages are yet to be determined last night in Delft. At around 20:25 three unknown gunmen opened fire at the victims at a residence in Eendrag Crescent [...]