Khayelitsha may have its roots in the apartheid project of keeping black residents as far out of town as possible, but its residents feel it's a township filled with the promise of incredible development, if only everyone would stand against crime.
Police have made a major breakthrough in a series of murders and cases of extortion in Khayelitsha and other areas after the arrest of a suspected hitman.
Khayelitsha, one of Cape Town’s largest suburbs, has been rocked by several mass shootings in the past few months. On Youth Day (with ANC councillors for the area glaringly absent) members of the community raised the situation with a delegation that included Police Minister Bheki Cele.