Real life news from all over the Western Cape
Philippi:- Chairperson of the Policing Portfolio Committee, Ian Cameron, together with DA MP Nicholas Gotsell, reportedly fell victim to a smash-and-grab incident in New Eisleben Road, Philippi-East earlier today. According to Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. Thembisile Patekile, suspects threw bricks at the vehicle the delegation was travelling in. Two individuals sustained injuries … Read More “Just – In” »
Reporter – Felicity Jooste Cape Town:- On Monday, 18 August 2025, members of the Anti-Economic Crime Task Team pulled over a suspicious vehicle along Koeberg Road near Milnerton. Upon searching the vehicle, police discovered drugs hidden inside. The suspect, a 39-year-old Nigerian male, was taken to his residence for address verification. A further search uncovered … Read More “Major Drug Bust in Milnerron” »
Na Reeks Skiet Voorvalle. CCN berig KAAPSE VLAKTE:- Die Wes-Kaapse Provinsiale Kommissaris, Luitenant-Generaal (Adv.) Thembisile Patekile, het Maandag ’n terreinbesoek aan die Steenberg- en Muizenberg-polisiegebiede gebring, ná ’n reeks skietvoorvalle oor die naweek waarin verskeie mense hul lewens verloor het. Die besoek is deel van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) se poging om verhoudinge met die … Read More “Provinsiale Kommissaris besoek Muizenberg en Steenberg” »
HOPEFIELD: – Die families van Charlie Pellis en Gavin Pietersen, wat in Augustus 2024 in Oyster Place, Atlantis wreed doodgeskiet is, doen ’n dringende beroep op gemeenskappe om hulle te steun. Berig- George April Twee verdagtes is in verband met die moorde in hegtenis geneem. Hulle het Vrydag in die Atlantis Landdroshof verskyn waar die saak … Read More ““Gemeenskap Staan Saam – Geregtigheid vir Charlie en Gavin”” »
CCN Verslaggewing Tuinroete:- Die polisie in die Tuinroete-distrik het die afgelope naweek groot vordering gemaak met ondersoeke na verskeie moorde, en agt verdagtes in hegtenis geneem. Pacaltsdorp, George Op Saterdag, 16 Augustus 2025, omstreeks 05:20, het polisiebeamptes op ’n toneel in Voëlnesvaringstraat, New Dawn Park, gereageer. Daar is die liggaam van ’n 25-jarige man met … Read More “Agt Verdagtes Vas oor Moord in Tuinroete” »
Berig – George April Lutzville:- Die verspreiding van dwelms in die Wes-Kaap het Vrydag, 15 Augustus 2025, ’n ernstige knou gekry, toe lede van die Namaqualand K9-eenheid saam met Lutzville-speurders ’n gesamentlike operasie uitgevoer het. Tydens ’n opsporingsaksie het die lede ’n voertuig langs die pad dopgehou toe ’n vrou daaruit geklim en ’n sak … Read More “Groot dwelmslag in Matzikama” »
Leads to Arrest in Botrivier Botrivier:- A quick-thinking off-duty police officer from Caledon SAPS foiled an attempted supermarket robbery in Botrivier, Western Cape, on Friday afternoon, 15 August 2025. The officer, who was at a local barbershop, noticed three men entering a supermarket with the apparent intent to commit a robbery. He immediately contacted his … Read More “Swift Action by Off-Duty Officer” »
ON PRIVATE VEHICLE USE Media Statement The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) has dismissed false reports circulating on social media, suggesting that it instructed South Africans not to use their private vehicles and to travel with their families. In an official media statement, SANTACO clarified that it has never issued such instructions and has … Read More “Santaco Denies False Claims” »
Reporter – Fecity Jooste MUZENBERG:- Residents of Mike Place, Xakabantu, were left shaken late Saturday night, when the sound of rapid gunfire tore through the quiet streets around 23:30. Moments later, police arrived to a gruesome discovery, the lifeless bodies of three young adults, one male and two females, aged between 29 and 32, sprawled … Read More “Muizenberg in Shock After Triple Murder” »
CCN Reporting NORTHPINE:– Quick thinking and rapid response by SJC Armed Response officers led to the arrest of two armed robbery suspects in Burtondale Street this week. According to reports, the NCID (Northpine City Improvement District) Control Room alerted Armed Response Officer Saayman after receiving information about two armed men allegedly robbing residents in the … Read More “Northpine Armed Robbery Suspects Taken Down in Swift Action” »
