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is still heavily backed up at Rudabrum Road. There's also slow-moving traffic that's on the N2 inbound at the ramp to the M3 south. So do allow for some extra travel time there and the M5 southbound still slowing down between Pinelands and
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.
adds removing illegal firearms from the streets remains a key part of the response. We cannot allow gang groupings to dictate the lives of law-abiding residents in Hanova Park. We are responding by strengthening the enforcement police.
minimize the disruption caused by political activities. Additional policing resources have been deployed to Hanover Park in Cape Town in response to a spike in gang-related shootings. Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety MET.
Old male's body with burn wands in Sokoto Street, Leyden in Delft. The motive for this is currently unknown. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation and no arrest has been made yet. On election news, an NGO called
are probing the death of a 32-year-old man after his burnt body was found lying in a street at Delft on the K-Flats. Police spokesperson Tempakaz in Pendukana says the motive for the killing remains unknown at this stage. A matter case has
Appropriation Bill adopted and Western Cape Police probed the death of a man found burnt in Delft. For SFM News, I'm on the Lumberland. A very good afternoon. The Standing Committee on Appropriations has adopted the Second Special
7 a.m. This, this is EWN. Uma Lucy pleads format trick exams not to be disrupted and additional policing in Hanover Park after spiking gang-related shootings. Good afternoon, I'm Martin Slabbert, March and March leader.
Conversations 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
to 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,
Talk. EWN traffic. Happening now on the Into Inbound just under the main road in Mowbray. There's been an accident, so do pass with caution. And we also received a report in about an accident in Rondebosch at Avenue de Mist and Stewart.
aims to bring relief and stability for fuel prices. Police are probing the death of a 32-year-old man after his burnt body was found lying in a street at Delft on the Cave Flats, and an NGO called My Vote Counts has released the municipal
The N7 northbound after Malibongwe, the right lane is closed. On the N2 outgoing on the link to Bunga Avenue, also in Goodwood on Monta Vista Boulevard and France Cornradi Drive. And on the N1 incoming in the left lane before Clip Referee.
right lane closed there, but no delays. On the N2 outgoing on the link to Bunga Avenue and in Goodwood on Monte Vista Boulevard and France Conradi Drive and also on the N1 incoming in the left lane before Clip Referen. Cape Town is peaked
the right lane is closed, no delays there. On the N2 outgoing, on the link to Bunga Avenue and Goodwood on Monte Vista Boulevard and France Cornerti Drive, and also on the N1 incoming and the left lane before Clipperfeld, Martin Slabbert,
all being because of different age groups, so from like 12 o'clock onwards, those will be at Century City, but there'll be games the whole time at Richmond and Century City. Okay. And then the following weekend, we'll do Friday night, then
Opposite Burgundy estate. So literally like 12 minutes away from Century City. Yeah, so five courts at each. We're very lucky. So we're going to have 10 courts. Okay. And for this weekend, that's how we're also able to split. So we've got
venues. Tell us firstly where those are. So Century City, brand new purpose-built, been open a year, where the old Ratunga Junction was. Okay. So, yeah, standalone building for us. And then Richmond Park, which is an industrial complex.
So for us, like us, we've gone into an industrial area or century city, but then your land becomes quite expensive. So it's this whole juggling act the whole time that you've got to try and do. But I mean, the point is, it's there being, I
another is under police guard in hospital following a home invasion in the Crawford area in Athlone in Cape Town. The incident happened at nine o'clock last night. The police's Wesley Twiggs says a gunman demanded cash. The victims were
Spreading misinformation about South Africa abroad and police investigate Athlone House Robbery. It is one o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Martin Slobber. International Relations Minister Ronald Lamoula has supported a call to clamp down on
of Roadworks causing some delay on the N2 outgoing, on the link to Boonga Avenue and in Goodwood on Monte Vista Boulevard and France Conradi Drive. Nathalie Malkas eyewitness news: Traffic. There's more EWN on air, online, and on the EWN
businesses. For further confusion, Alma Road, Rosebank, south side of the road, comes under Rondebash Saps and the north side under Mowbray Saps. And Pippa is a near neighbour. She never. Okay, right. Why? Because the dividing line is
Following a home invasion in the Crawford area in Athlone. The incident happened at 9 o'clock last night. Here's the police as Wesley Twigg. Lennon Police registered the House of Robot Case for investigation following an incident on
area. The other being Shami Masali of Al-Jama lives in the Sabran Park area. Rashad lives in Rondebosch East. All the rest don't live in Rondebosch East. But I want to talk about the emergence of civic associations, local community groups
residence is. That's it. Simple. Rashad Davids is the chairperson of the Civic Association of Rondebosch East Care. He's contesting Ward 60 as an independent candidate, but he is contesting on behalf of the Rondebosch Civics Association.
members of the notorious Horrible Gang for a series of gang-related murders in Clark Estate in Elsies River. The Western Cape High Court sentenced the group yesterday for crimes committed between December 2019 and February 2020. During that
but a large city. So if you're driving from Atlantis to the CBD or from Gordon's Bay into town, maybe you have to drive from Simonstown to Bowville, Somerset West to Century City. And then there are the people who do this every single day.
Wednesday 7 October32
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.
Of gang-related murders in Clark Estate, Elsies River. The Western Cape High Court sentenced the group today for crimes committed between December 2019 and February 2020. During that period, seven people, including two women, were murdered,
truck that's stuck in the middle of Jungsmutz Drive and Clifffontaine Road in the heart of Athlone. Youngsmuts coming from Epping and Old Mutual, really bad. Clifffontein Road backs deep into Mowbray. Anything that feeds into that area is
Cromboham Road is all backed up. Milner Road onto Cromboham Road, into Athlone Heavy going that way as well. And even the N2 inbound is now queuing to off-ramp into that traffic on Jansmas Drive going south. With your traffic updates, I'm
heavy from Mowbray. Behind that, you've got really big traffic on Lisbick Parkway through Observatory down to Mowbray. Forest Drive, Rapenberg Road through the Clifffontaine out of Pinelands. That's heavy. The M5 south down towards Crane.
And Clifffontein Road causing absolute chaos in that Athlone area. Cliff Fontaine Road backs from Mowbray, Jan Smuts from Epping, and Old Mutual sort of side. You've got big queues on Crombourne Road and Milna Avenue as motorists go that
Business. Possible begins here on Cape Talk. In four weeks' time, I will be broadcasting from Century City, the Results Center. We won't have any results yet, but there will be politicians hanging around, and I will have voted. And I'm
In an unrelated matter, anti-gang unit members have conducted a search at the premises in Hanover Park following a tip-off. They searched the premises and found a 9-millimeter pistol with ammunition in the house. The suspects will make
They acted on information about the Red VW Golf with armed occupants driving around the Athlone area last night. And these arrests follow a gang-related shooting in Athlone's Belgravia suburb yesterday morning when a man was shot shortly
Research and found a very helpful place in Montague Gardens where they can fill a spray can with your car colour just so that I could cover those spots because otherwise, you know, as you suggested earlier, they would have rusted. And that
In Philippi on Govanbeki between Tony and Gene Road and M's Street. That road is closed off to traffic. Also, roadworks slowing down traffic. This is on the hospital bend in the right lane. Also, roadworks slowing down traffic. M3
traffic. R24 westbound from Edinburgh Road to the Gilules Interchange. Look out for those faulty traffic lights. Midranded of Victoria Road and Oliphants Condain Road in the mother city protests in Philippi on Govanumbeki between
applications in Gauteng until legal certainty is established. Kanimapanga, SABC News, Johannesburg. Police are probing the murder of a 43-year-old man who was gunned down in Bonteville on the K flats last night. Police spokesperson.
are so tough, man. Sports. But if I absolutely have to, it's going to be Cape Town FC there at Athlone Stadium. The Stormers and Alai Anag teams are wonderful. But I think nothing beats like a local soccer game on the flats, the vibe and
change was not a political decision, but the direct consequence of a binding constitutional court judgment handed down in July. These are not the stories at 12 or as they happen. EWN traffic in Philippi, there's a protest on government.
same 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
time. 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.
Cents a barrel. In your traffic in Philippi, there's a protest at Govanumbeki and New Eisleben Road. Govanbeki is closed between Tony and Geni Road and Ems Drive. Then traffic lights faulty in Mulins at Main Road and Pratier Road and in
they want to move on. Kasatu has described the fuel price increase as a devastating blow to workers, while the South African National Taxi Council hasn't yet decided what this means for taxi fares. Lauren Isaacs, Eyewitness News, Goodwood.
Unleaded? Please, thank you. Motorists queued at the engine garage along Vasco Boulevard in Goodwood until late last night. Forecourt manager Chris Cronier says he's had all hands on deck with attendance running between eight pumps since
56, which includes Factreton, Maitland, and Kensington from the DA during a February 2023 by-election. 65-year-old Julia Matruis says a lot has changed in the area since then. Carlo Peterson has more. Julia Matruis says she spent her whole
I 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.
to be from Justice Zondi. These are not the stories at 11 or as they happen. EWN traffic. In Philippi, there's a protest at Government Mbeki and New Eisleben Road. Government Mbeki's closed between Tony and Geni Road and Ems Drive.
Police have arrested two suspects for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition in the Athlone area. Last night, members of the Maitland Flying Squad followed up on information that occupants of a Red Volkswagen Golf, which was
pound, 1863 to the euro, and Brent crude is trading at $101.60 a barrel. In your traffic in Philippi, there's protests on Governor Mberke and New Eisleben Road. Governor Mberke is closed between Tony and Gene and M's Drive, and on the N2
party fights for coloured people. The PA took Ward 56, which includes Fackreton, Maitland, and Kensington, from the DA in a February 2023 by-election. 65-year-old Julia Matruis says a lot has changed in the area since then. Carlo Peterson
the N2 incoming, there's a vehicle broken down. It's in the left lane on the link to Jake Scherville Drive. And on the N2 incoming, traffic slows down at Jans Smuts. Traffic's also slow moving at Monte Vista Boulevard on the N1 incoming.
history, 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.
And 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.
they want to move on. Kasatu has described the fuel price increase as a devastating blow to workers, while the South African National Taxi Council hasn't yet decided what this means for taxi fares. Lauren Isaacs, Eyewitness News, Goodwood.
fill it up. Please, thank you. Motorists queued at the engine garage along Vasco Boulevard in Goodwood until late last night. Forecourt manager Chris Cronier says he's had all hands on deck with attendance running between eight pumps since
news. A search continues for gunmen responsible for an alleged gang-related murder in Athlone. The shooting happened outside a primary school in Belgravia before 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Police say the victim had just dropped his child