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South Africa: Troops Undergo Mission Readiness Training Ahead of Being Deployed in Cape Town
News24Wire, 13 July 2019
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) troops in Cape Town are receiving "mission readiness training" ahead of their deployment in the city's gang-infested areas, where they will be… Read more »
South Africa Govt Deploys Army Into Gang-Infested Cape Townships
Pleas by communities in the Western Cape for the government to deploy the army into their gang-infested areas, has finally been actioned, after a surge in gang-related deaths in the past 6 months. Communities are living in fear, children going to school or playing in the streets are being killed in gang crossfire, and drug peddling and murder is the order of the day.
Residents in anti-gang protests in Hanover Park township in the Western Cape
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South Africa: Crime Summit to Discuss Solutions As SANDF Gets Ready to Deploy in Cape Town
News24Wire, 13 July 2019
As the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) prepares to deploy to support police efforts in the Western Cape's gang-infested areas, police top brass will from Saturday be engaging a… Read more »
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South Africa: Gangsters, The National Defence Force is Coming to a Township Near You!
allAfrica, 12 July 2019
Look, I don't know what it's like to live in a township. I have never experienced gunshots going off on a daily basis. I have never dodged bullets on my way to school, neither have… Read more »
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South Africa: 'Things Are Moving' - Troops Start Arriving in Cape Town
News24Wire, 12 July 2019
"Things are moving," said the SA National Defence Force as troops from around the country arrived in Cape Town on Friday to support a planned police operation to rid crime-ridden… Read more »
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South Africa: 'I Can't Wait for Them to Get Here' - Some Cape Flats Residents Applaud Deployment of SANDF
News24Wire, 12 July 2019
Ebrahiem Adams, 80, is counting down the hours until SANDF soldiers take the streets of Hanover Park. Read more »
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South Africa: SANDF to Be Deployed to Western Cape Hotspots
SAnews.gov.za, 12 July 2019
The employment of members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) to the worst-affected crime areas in the Western Cape for… Read more »
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South Africa: This Is Where the Army Will Be Deployed in Cape Town
News24Wire, 12 July 2019
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will help the police contain gangsterism in the Western Cape's 10 police precincts with the highest attempted murder rates. Read more »
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South Africa: Army Deployment in Cape Town Still Going Ahead, but Not On Friday - SANDF
News24Wire, 12 July 2019
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that the deployment of the army into gang-infested areas on the Cape Flats will not go ahead on Friday, but will… Read more »
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South Africa: Policing Forums Demand State of Emergency In "Gang-infested" Areas
GroundUp, 12 July 2019
Bheki Cele announced on Thursday night that the SANDF would be deployed to several townships on the Cape Flats to assist with policing measures to curb crime Read more »
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South Africa: Premier Alan Winde Welcomes the Employment of SANDF in the Western Cape
Govt of SA, 12 July 2019
Premier Alan Winde welcomes the announcement by Minister Bheki Cele that the President has authorised the employment of the SANDF to the worst affected crime areas in the province. Read more »
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South Africa: Finally They Have Heard Us - City of Cape Town Welcomes Army Deployment
News24Wire, 12 July 2019
The City of Cape Town on Friday welcomed the deployment of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to gang-infested areas, but said it should have been done before "hundreds and… Read more »
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South Africa: First Night Raid Takes Place in Bheki Cele's Promised Response to Spike in Murders
GroundUp, 12 July 2019
It’s 3:30am in Philippi East. It’s cold and the road is wet from the light showers that fell an hour earlier. It’s also very dark, pitch black in some corners… Read more »
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South Africa: Go in, Arrest Those Gangsters - Western Cape Premier On Military Move
News24Wire, 11 July 2019
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed Thursday's announcement that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) would support the police's efforts to crack down on crime in the… Read more »
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South Africa: Army to Be Deployed in Western Cape's Gang-Infested Areas
News24Wire, 11 July 2019
The South African National Defence Force will join an operation to clamp down on Cape Town's gang infested areas on Friday, Police Minister Bheki Cele announced on Thursday… Read more »
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South Africa: Army Deployed As Gang Violence Escalates to Unprecedented Levels and Residents Cry Out for Help
Daily Maverick, 12 July 2019
Bloodshed on the Cape Flats has reached crisis proportions. It's being called 'the worst year in history' -- and not by grieving communities, but by the Western Cape government… Read more »
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South Africa: I'm Fighting For My Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren, Says Hanover Park Pensioner
GroundUp, 3 July 2019
Pensioner Maureen De Vries lost her stepson and her grandson to gang violence and nearly lost her son. On Wednesday morning she was one of about 100 residents of Hanover Park who… Read more »
InFocus
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The Western Cape areas of Manenberg, Hanover Park, Lavender Hill, Read more »
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Western Cape police have launched a 72-hour action plan involving a lockdown of Philippi East and the assistance of the K9 Unit and Flying Squad members. This comes after two ... Read more »
