Crossroads
A suburb of Cape Town. 47 moments on air in the last 30 days within 2 km, the latest on Saturday 10:04.
47 moments, each a 30-second window as it aired
Saturday 17 October1
worry about how they are campaigning on a daily basis. I worry about me also when we campaign there because history has shown us that people have been gunned down in Crossroad over the past years. And it's known councillors and me having.
Friday 16 October4
being homeless on the streets, I was in drag addiction and gangsters for 12 years in the streets of the Cape Flat, you know, and I was making money by washing taxis in Mitsu Splin, you know, also hustling what he called Scuttle in Capella.
And I know how hard it is for myself. I have no support system, right? Imagine how hard it is for other ladies within the communities of the Cape Flats. And that's where the initiative then grew from the thrift store, the another baby.
support back then you know so imagine how many other ladies are out there especially in the cape flats right that need that support and that is where you know everything started and because of my own personal experiences yeah so yeah so
professional workplace attire from her community thrift store. Dania Chussen, the self-proclaimed Duchess of the Cape Flats. I love that. Am I saying that right? Dania? Correct. Dania. Dania. Dania. No, she isn't. Says that growing up in
Thursday 15 October4
And funny enough, I know you're focusing on Cape Flats township cinemas, but I also remember the Savoy in Rosebank. I think it was opposite the Baxter Theatre. And what I remember there is that I watched Sister act at the Savoy in Rosebank.
It's an ongoing project, Lester. It's about documenting all the great cinemas of the Cape Flats, and I mean specifically the Cape Flats. Look, it's a very short form, it's an ongoing form that I'm hoping to expand. So I only managed this
so, South Africans as well. Let's not act as if we don't know the history of drugs on the Cape Flats, for example, or the history of gangsterism and gangs on the Cafes, for example. And the fact that we want to isolate all these crimes to
areas and communities, the southern suburbs are very well endowed with play parks. As I say, within a kilometer of where I live in Claremont, there are four wonderful play parks fully equipped. But go to Bishop Labis, go to Nyunga.
Wednesday 14 October10
Medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested and will appear in the Athlone Magistrates Court for
by officers on Monday, where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested
A man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested and will appear in the Athlone
by officers on Monday, where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested
Where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested and will appear in the
by officers on Monday, where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested
by officers on Monday, where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested
that statistics released by the South African Police Services, which confirms that every day in Cape Town, in those communities, in Nyanga, Langa, in the Cape Flats, at least seven young people die due to gun violence a day. And that is a
Selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested and will appear in the Athlone Magistrates Court for
by officers on Monday, where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested
Tuesday 13 October10
just yesterday, where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiration date. The man was arrested and
as bad as people might think it was. Probably the latter, yeah. But so long, meaning son Nyanga, although there is a chief whose name comes into his longer version of his name, Langa Malelu or something like that, who's also honored through
vendors. Police spokesperson F.C. van Waig says police have nabbed a street vendor at the Nyanga Junction Transportation Hub on the Cave Flats for illegally selling medication out of boxes yesterday. Upon closer inspection, it was found
from street vendors. This follows patrols by officers yesterday where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Jun Junction transport hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine
An elita Fandese, Eyewitness News. Police are warning the public against buying medication from street vendors. This follows patrols by officers yesterday where they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Jans.
foot patrols yesterday when they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medicine was past its expiry date. The man was arrested and
murder in what is believed to be a taxi violence related shooting incident in Fuleni on the Cape Flats last night. SNK police have arrested a 30-year-old man for the murder of a 48-year-old police officer. And France is bracing for another
When they found a man illegally selling medication out of boxes at the Nyanga Junction Transport Hub. Upon closer inspection, they noticed that some of the medication was past its expiry date. The man was arrested and is expected to appear
the ANC stop corruption? I think the important thing that we need to do is agree that after 30 years of democracy, our people still live in squalor under Cape Flats. They live in densely populated areas. So de-densification must become
skills development for the youth, making sure that they invest more in making sure that the child in the Cape Flats does not get involved in crime at early age, at the younger ages, 10 years, some 9, if I'm not mistaken. So we've seen how.
Monday 12 October3
the environment surrounding this election. What does it mean in practical terms? We live in communities where violence is omnipresent, particularly on the Cape Flats. But we're also talking about what's happening online: disinformation.
for peace. But then we go home to a country where women are afraid of men, where migrants are chased out of their communities, where gangsters terrorize the residents of the Cape Flats, where violence is so ordinary that we discuss.
1990s. And that fuels a lot of the gang violence we see, specifically in places like the Cape Flats, as well as in colored areas around the country. So the Mandrax outside syndicates are bringing in the product because the raw ingredients
Sunday 11 October2
PA in Cape Town, is expected to launch its election manifesto today in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats. The party is expected to outline its key priorities and plans for the upcoming term. The party, City of Cape Town Mayor or candidate
funded to the amount of 2.7 million to build a wall to protect his school children from the gangsters and the violence that happens on the Cape Flats. Okay, I know it's a six-meter high wall, and does it go right around the perimeter of?
Saturday 10 October2
that is a state in which many South African families live almost permanently. And I'm thinking of the families whose kids walk to school dodging bullets on the Cape Flats day in and day out. There are a lot of people who do, unfortunately.
Suppose, is that properties not only in the CBDs and the areas? If you look at areas like the Cape Flats, properties are generally very expensive. So there's a huge housing issue within Southern Africa. And so there is a huge market for
Friday 9 October1
got married. So in Scorpio, Benny is a newly married guy for the second time and coming to terms with this new life and pinching himself to have found such a wonderful woman. While Vaughan Cupido, who hails from the Cape Flats, he lives in
Thursday 8 October3
worst abusers of Mandrax. And it has been like that since the 1980s, 1990s. And that fuels a lot of the gang violence we see specifically in places like the Cape Flats, as well as in colored areas around the country. So the Mandrax.
Audio no longer heldAsk loclConversations with many people who experience the Cape Flats on a daily basis. I do have a couple of colleagues, and they don't like the army. So it's a very small data set for me. They don't like having the army where they live. They don't
Audio no longer heldAsk loclto me. We also need to appreciate that there are sections of our local communities on the Ca Flats that call for the army because it represents a power and strength they don't otherwise see. They, much like some people in Burkina Faso,
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Wednesday 7 October6
I'm advantaged to speak so many languages in South Africa, though, being taught, I can speak Nyanga, I can speak Bemba, I can speak Israeli. That's how I'm blessed. And now I know who I am, I know my roots, and I've encountered such things.
Audio no longer heldAsk loclsame services you have to for the same complaint in Mitchellsplain, any other community on the Cape Flats, it's maybe a week or two that you have to wait. So a well run city for who? When we keep on saying that the DA is doing the best and
Audio no longer heldAsk locltime. But let's go to Dereline. Dereline, your view. Travis, Action ESA is not yet. Are you guilty? Okay. Sorry. Action ESA is not here to perpetuate the inequality that's already existing in the Western Cape, especially on the Cape Flats.
Audio no longer heldAsk loclI think by now we all know what is unfolding on the Cape Flats, and we all know the challenges, we all know the shortcomings. I want to speak about the solutions, the solutions that Action ESA has to offer the residents of the Cape Flats.
Audio no longer heldAsk loclhistory, in the community? You got a sense of what is possible here? I mean, you know, when you grow up on the Cape Flats, you have to be solution-driven. When there's no meal to eat, you think about the next meal. You gotta make a plan.
Audio no longer heldAsk loclAnd that has always kind of been part of our mission. We want to see the reconstruction of communities. And I mean, over the last couple of years, we've seen that, how we've been able to kind of start the journey from the Cape Flats.
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Tuesday 6 October1
So until you address the social economic conditions of the Cape Flats, so you'll pump money, billions, and everything to be another wasteful expenditure because you are not dealing with the road crosses of what drives such time in such
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