Cape Flats

The Cape Flats area has seen an alarming rise in school-going youth involved in gang activity, particularly during school holidays.

Drug use on the Cape Flats are increasing and spreading among young children. Hard drugs are becoming cheaper and more available to children.

Urban expansion has disrupted traditional flight paths for sunbirds, prompting an innovative conservation effort from Cape Flats schools.

The largest sewage treatment plant in Cape Town is polluting False Bay. Millions of litres of sewage is pumped into the ocean daily.

Hi hop producer DJ Ready D shares on his role in the upcoming Showmax series ‘Spinners’ and how he curated the music for the show.

Food for Life SA’s branch prepares large pots of plant-based meals for dozens of soup kitchens across the Cape Flats.

Watch as Springbok wing Cheslin Kolbe narratives his path from impoverished child in a crime-ridden neighbourhood to global sporting phenom.

In a viral photo, an alleged gang hitman from the Cape Flats was captured posing in the driver’s seat of a marked anti-gang unit police van.

 ‘Benni McCarthy saved my life’: Former gangster Eddie ‘Bok American’ Adams and the soccer legend both fought their own ‘turf wars’…

‘Free Surfer’ – a Corona Studios documentary- honours two surfers from who share their stories of how they found freedom in the ocean.

There’s a new sheriff in town…A Hollywood movie plot is seemingly playing out in the streets of South Africa in the wake of Mamelodi’s real-life vigilante dubbed ‘John Wick’.

South Africa’s first Muslim film in Afrikaaps, ‘Barakat’, was filmed in the Cape Flats to show that there is a more hopeful side to the area.

Described as Bonteheuwel’s ‘golden girl’, Tamika van As, 8, hopes to become an Olympic athlete on the ice rink.

The incident follows just days after multiple children lost their lives to gang violence.

No arrests have been made at this stage.

Gugulethu is one of several crime hotspots in Cape Town. The circumstances surrounding the deadly shooting are still unclear

Apart from the Cape Flats line, Metrorail is looking to resume service on the Cape Town to Kraaifontein line in the next two weeks.

According to police, the teen’s body was found in Philippi on the Cape Flats. Authorities are investigating.

A flurry of criminal activity on the Cape Flats has put SAPS on high alert, as they battle to maintain law and order: Their fightback has already stated.

Two rival gangs in Manneberg have put what’s often a bloody rivalry aside to serve their community amid COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 crisis has seen the army return to the Cape after being stationed there in the fight against gang violence.

Google has ditched its free WiFi hotspot service in South Africa.

Cape Flats community leader and peace activist Wilfred Alcock has passed away.

A shotgun and automatic pistols were seized by Anti-Gang Unit officers during the operation.

Two suspects have been arrested for the alleged murder of a five-year-old boy after he was gunned down in Lavender Hill on Saturday.

Police in Cape Town are hard at work this festive season, taking drugs and criminals off the streets.

This horrific incident in Mitchell’s Plain has shocked the local community, which is still reeling from the widespread gang culture on the Cape Flats.

Langa, Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Delft, Elsies River, Philippi are going to be connected.

Defense personnel were deployed to the area to fight violent crimes.

In visiting Nyanga, Harry and Meghan know the risks this part of the Royal Tour poses. However, an incident on Tuesday may have been too close for comfort.

The wounded mothers were cared for by neighbours until the ambulance arrived.

SANDF troops were deployed in the Cape Flats in June, and their official mandate is set to come to an end in the middle of September.

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?

Over 200 charges and 14 murders for this notorious gang.

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.

Major traffic disruptions across the Mother City today; steer clear of the chaos.

Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz has a stern warning for gangsters.

It was a case of flight or fight for this SAPS officer, and they comprehensively made the decision to scram during a terrifying altercation in Delft.

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.

Law enforcement operations will continue for at least another three months.

Anyone who comes forward with information that could lead to an arrest in the Philippi East murder could be entitled to a R70 000 reward.

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.

Five men, aged 18 to 39, were fatally shot, while another was injured during two separate shooting incidents on Saturday night.

Community members say police have lost control of the situation.

Another murderous weekend on the Cape Flats.

The Cape Flats has long been held hostage by the scourge of gangsterism, drugs and violent crime.

Never shy of sticking it to the ANC, John Steenhuisen has lamented the party for not tackling crime properly in the Western Cape.

Seems Cape Town’s mayoral committee member for safety and security, JP Smith, was unfairly removed from the meeting.

According to Police Minister, Bheki Cele, JP Smith wasn’t invited to the meeting.

Cele says his department will instead increase police presence in the problem areas.

Senseless and tragic.

Disturbingly good.

All out war in broad daylight.

A Cape Town-based youth organisation has started an initiative to raise awareness about the impact of depression and anxiety on young people.

Dr. Lane Benjamin has always dreamed of making the world a better place, and so she’s started in her ‘back yard’.

Going to school should never mean putting your life at risk.

This prank got out of hand, quickly.

Artist and musician, Tyrone Appollis, lives and works in the Cape Flats and believes he was put there for a reason – to spread love through art.

Khululekani Nyobole has turned his back on his life as a gangster and has started producing affordable eco-friendly products to market in townships.

Isn’t it amazing what happens when people work together to a common goal?

A dad from the Cape Flats has converted his very own backyard into a library.

It would be an entirely different story to what happened with the SABC news crew, that’s for sure…

Ian Gabriel’s gang drama presents a striking South African coming of age story that exposes the dangers of gang culture in the Cape Flats

R1.2billion has been approved for new housing projects in Cape Town, starting this year. Areas for redevelopment include run-down areas of the Cape Flats, and will provide more housing for those living in temporary settlements.