Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has found very few positives from this weekend’s murder rate in Cape Town, questioning SANDF’s effectiveness in the process.
Statistics showing the deployment of the army to the Cape Flats has done little to curb the high murder rate and SANCO wants Cele and Fritz held accountable.
Bheki Cele has praised “Operation Lockdown” for bringing law and order back to the Cape Flats – but do the stats support the deployment of SANDF?
The arrival of soldiers has done little to quell the rising tide of murder in Cape Town’s gang-ridden suburbs. SANDF may now have some explaining to do.
The four are believed to be part of a gang in Manenberg and will be investigated for the murder of a pregnant woman.
With hundreds of SANDF soldiers moving between South Africa and the Ebola-hit DR Congo over the past month, citizens have voiced their worries.
Some change has been seen since the deployment of the SANDF. However, criminals have still been able to continue pillaging the streets.
Western Cape’s Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, says it is too early to assess the SANDF’s impact.
Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz has a stern warning for gangsters.
There is a shortage of four detectives at each station.
This July, an increase in police officer presence leads to 43 arrests in Bonteheuwel.
There is a positive impact since the SANDF intervention has been deployed in the Cape Flats.
The murder of a police officer in an area supposedly protected by the army has raised questions over the competence of Operation Prosper and the SANDF’s efficiency.
On Thursday afternoon, Cape Flats residents reported a heavy military presence, with SANDF vehicles and personnel streaming into Manenberg.
Armed forces fighting crime in the Western Cape.
Alarming footage showing the murder of a neighbourhood watch member this weekend has highlighted exactly why SANDF have been sent to the Cape Flats.
The NSPCA is frustrated with the lack of progress in the two cases against SANDF for gross negligence and deliberate brutality of the horses in their care.
Western Cape minister of community safety Albert Fritz welcome news the SANDF would be deployed to the province with a big sigh of relief.
Desperate times have called for desperate measures. SANDF soldiers have been drafted in to fight crime in the Cape Flats. But their mission has been postponed.
It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve officially made it to this point. SANDF will send soldiers into the Cape Flats to help tackle gangsterism.
A tough one for Major General Noel Ndhlovu to explain.
Jackson Mthembu is hoping investigators get to the bottom of the border shooting so good relations can resume between the neighbouring countries.
The debate between religious rights and the military code is set to rumble on this Tuesday, as a Muslim SANDF major is in trouble for not removing her headscarf.
Confirmed by Brigadier General Mafi Mgobozi.
South African soldiers reportedly exchanged gunfire with Mozambique border police in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.