An outcry has followed the dismissal of the Western Cape’s head of detectives Jeremy Vearey after he was found guilty of misconduct over ’disrespectful’ posts on social media.
Cityâs rail stations in ruins
By Siyabonga Kalipa
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Cape Town - The state of some of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) central line train stations has raised concerns among the community.
The line stopped running in November 2019 as a result of cable theft and vandalism. Some of the stations have managed to get volunteers who do patrols while others look in dire need of such initiatives.
The Weekend Argus visited some of the stations which are now being frequented by people doing drugs and robbers.
The windows in ticket offices are broken and the concrete slabs used to build the platform have been taken out.
Millions spent on theft and vandalism across the metro
By Shanice Naidoo
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Cape Town - City of Cape Town has more than R15.5 million repairing and replacing infrastructure damaged by vandalism, theft and illegal connections across the metro.
The City said in a press release that has been an increase in incidents since the national Covid-19 lockdown started.
“Area south in the metro is the most affected. These illegal actions impact service delivery to residents, communities and road users, and help is needed to stop the scourge. In recent months, Jakes Gerwel Drive streetlights, Strandfontein Road streetlights and Pelican Park streetlight infrastructure was targeted by criminals and criminal syndicates,” said the statement.
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Leader of the Cape Flats Safety Forum, Abie Isaacs, has labelled this urban terror .
Isaacs has called for the deployment of more officers to Mitchells Plain. Urban terror were the words a crime activist used to describe the gun violence which claimed the lives of six people in three days on the streets of Mitchells Plain. I have been saying this for the past two, three years. There is urban terror in Mitchells Plain and on the Cape Flats and it seems there is no will to deal with this, said Abie Isaacs, the former chairperson of the Mitchells Plain Community Police Forum and leader of the Cape Flats Safety Forum.