Sidelined Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has repeatedly cited extreme violence in Cape Town’s apartheid dumping grounds – the Cape Flats – as one of the reasons he ordered a police team’s disbandment.

Gang-related violence in Cape Town often makes local and international headlines. In September 2025, when six people were ...

Seven men were killed in a mass shooting in Cape Town, Western Cape Province of South Africa, on Friday night, local police ...

Acting minister for police, Firoz Cachalia, presented the police's new anti-gang plan to the select committee on security and ...

Following a series of mass shootings in Cape Town, community policing forums are urging authorities to intensify efforts ...

It's been a bloody September in Cape Town and for residents across the Cape Flats, it’s not just a headline, it’s a daily reality.

The shootings happened across the metro in areas including Mfuleni, Mitchells Plain, Lotus River, Lavender Hill, and Khayelitsha.

Gang leader’ Jerome Booysen and co-accused face close to 40 counts ranging from conspiracy to commit to money laundering, murder and corruption ...

Police in the Western Cape have launched a manhunt following the tragic shooting of seven men in Better Life Informal ...

Cape Town shop owners say extortion gangs demanding weekly “protection fees” are forcing them to raise prices or shut down, ...

Motorists across Cape Town are being warned about a disturbing trend that’s fast spiralling out of control, taxi operators ...