Innehållsförteckning för 2025-12-23 från Daily Voice

WITH a surge in crime all over the Cape Flats, authorities are depending on CCTV footage to fight crime. Calls have been made for more surveillance of gang- infested areas, public transport hubs and walkways, and Cape Town’s roads. Flare-ups in gang shootings caught on camera can help identify shooters. Robberies and shootings in public spaces can be deterred by skelms just knowing that the cameras are watching. And smash-and-grabs on roads like Jakes Gerwel, R300 and around Century City also have mense on edge with Christmas holiday traffic congestions leaving cars vulnerable to skelms. The City’s mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, last week took to his Facebook page to show a shooting caught on camera by CCTV footage. The video clearly shows a group of men…

Served The family told the Daily Voice that they pray that justice will be served as the case nears closer to trial. They have also had to deal with false hope, after a man was arrested in connection with the murder last November, but the suspect was released two days later due to a lack of evidence. A family member said: “We as the family of Zubair are very pleased with the way the case is progressing. “We are very pleased with Detective Sergeant Bradley Schuurman’s excellent work on the case. We now pray that justice will be served and we not just fighting for Zubair but for every innocent child that has lost his life to gang violence.” The three will be back in court on 23 January 2026.…

Decay National spokesperson for the MKP, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, said that the president has not performed whatsoever and that he has led this country into further debt, along with the decay of infrastructure. Ndhlela said that throughout government, there is a brain drain. He wysed: “This is nothing else than a failed state. This... is a government of failures that don’t actually deserve to earn a salary. “It just shows you that they have no respect for South Africans. They have no respect for the sovereignty of this country. They have no respect for the plight of the poorest of the poor. “It’s an indictment on the people who died for this country’s freedom that you have such leaders there.” GOOD Secretary-General Brett Herron said: “Public Office Bearer salary increments are…

MORE than 400 newly-trained cops will boost SAPS’ festive operations regoor the provinsie – a move that has been given the thumbs up by the Wes-Kaapse government. The additions are expected to significantly strengthen visible policing and crime-fighting capacity during one of the busiest tye of the year. Western Cape MEC of Police Oversight and Community Safety Anroux Marais said the new cops reflect a positive response to the province’s sustained calls for increased policing resources. This as the province continues to shoulder a burden of serious and violent crime. Marais said: “This increased deployment is an important step to strenghten our collective ability to protect communities during the festive season, when crime patterns often intensify and public spaces become busier.” Stressing Premier Alan Winde echoed the sentiment, welcoming the…

Murder Police spokesperson Constable Ndakhe Gwala confirmed that a murder is under investigation.Gwala reported: “The 29-year-old victim sustained wounds on his upper body and succumbed a few metres from the scene. “The suspects proceeded to rob the driver and the passengers before fleeing.” Following a violent conflict between Cata and rival taxi association Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) that led to a government-enforced shutdown, questions are being raised over the pattern and rate of killings. Cata spokesperson Nkululeko Siteyebi, however, said that he is not sure what the circumstances are surrounding this incident. He said: “I do not know what transpired regarding this shooting, all the people are on holiday so we only have police assisting us when it comes to information. “The only people who can…