Factreton, Steenberg and more Cape Town areas saw bloodshed on Sunday morning, 2 November 2025, with the South Africans Police Service confirming six deaths.

Authorities are investigating two counts of murder and one of attempted murder, but no arrests have been made yet.

The Lavender Hill community is grappling with the aftermath of another violent incident after a 19-year-old man was shot and ...

The National Police Commissioner General, Fannie Masemola, says the Western Cape police remain relentless in their pursuit to detect, dismantle and dislodge gang-related activity in hotspot areas ...

More gang violence has rocked Cape Town's Steenberg community. Police on Monday afternoon responded to a drive-by shooting and officers found two victims, aged 22 and 24. Police spokesperson Wesley ...

Cape Town underworld breakthrough as suspected club gunman arrested. 4 September 2017. Cape Town – A major breakthrough has been made in underworld investigations, with a Mitche ...

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.

Over the past weekend, Cape Town experienced a surge in violence, with over 20 shooting incidents reported. This alarming ...

Stolen police firearms, missing civilian guns and smuggled weapons from neighbouring countries such as Namibia were fuelling ...

In December last year, two teenagers aged 13 and 17 were killed in a drive-by shooting in Lavender Hill in Cape Town. Videos ...

Amid escalating gang violence in the Western Cape, community leaders are urging the government to deploy the South African ...