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Friday 9 October28

  1. 10:03SAfmThe Daily Discourseheard as “Hanova Park”Hanover Park6 km

    suspect with an illegal firearm and ammunition during an intelligence-driven operation in Hanova Park. Meanwhile, two men wanted in connection with an attempted murder case dating back to December last year were also arrested in Hanova

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  2. 09:20Cape TalkThe Clarence Ford ShowAthlone9 km

    Park, we're hearing from groups calling for the additional deployment of leap officers. In Athlone, Paggard has come out with slogans like: the community needs to regain control of their neighborhood. They need to make a stronger stand

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  3. 09:20Cape TalkThe Clarence Ford Showheard as “Lansdown”Lansdowne5 km

    robbers was killed by the homeowner, who we now know is a prominent businessman in the Lansdown area. And again, we're hearing from pockets in the neighborhood that there seems to be a deliberate target on business people and establishments

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  4. 09:19Cape TalkThe Clarence Ford ShowAthlone9 km

    that tensions and violence are quelled completely. We have an incident that played out earlier this week, but it links to a few happenings in one community. The Athlone Community, in fact, the Community Policing Forum has been commenting.

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  5. 09:04Cape TalkThe Clarence Ford ShowAthlone9 km

    unit and additional tactical teams to hotspots across the area as investigations continue. Athlone CPF chairperson Vernon Pitt says communities can no longer remain silent while gangsters terrorize the neighborhood. We need to, as

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  6. 09:03Cape TalkThe Clarence Ford ShowAthlone9 km

    Is subject to an investigation by the South African Police Service. Staying in the Athlone community, the Policing Forum has called on residents to unite against gangs as a surge in violence has left the community living in fear. A series

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  7. 09:03Cape TalkThe Clarence Ford ShowAthlone9 km

    Police are investigating a home invasion in the Crawford area in Athlone. A suspect was shot and killed in the incident that happened on Wednesday night. The police says Wesley Twigg says the residents were home at the time of the incident

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  8. 08:37Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownNewlands10 km

    the corner a try instead. And it was just such an amazing moment. And I remember the whole of Newlands being black. I lived in Newlands at the time when I was like in my teens. So it was just such a visceral memory for me. So Brian from

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  9. 08:33Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownHanover Park6 km

    he has been charged. Operation Prosper members conducted an intelligence-driven operation in Hanover Park yesterday and apprehended a man who was found in possession of a firearm and 16 rounds of ammunition. Furthermore, the members

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  10. 08:32Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownAthlone9 km

    incident is subject to an investigation by the South African Police Service. Meanwhile, the Athlone Community Policing Forum says a surge in violence in the area has residents living in fear. In another incident this week, an alleged gang

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  11. 08:32Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownCrawford7 km

    remains in hospital under police guard after he was wounded during a home invasion in the Crawford area in Athlone. Another suspect was shot and killed in the incident that happened on Wednesday night. Wesley Twigg says the residents were

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  12. 08:28Cape TalkGood Morning Cape Townheard as “Filippi”Philippi6 km

    Gets a bit smelly. The N2 at the water works. And Fachensflay Road through Filippi. I don't like the smell of compost. And so, therefore, I try and avoid as much as possible. Yeah, when there's a bad smell, it's going to be even worse. But

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  13. 08:27Cape TalkGood Morning Cape Townheard as “Musenberg”Muizenberg8 km

    at Kirstenbosch. You're going to wait. And everyone's turning right if you're going towards Musenberg and then it's backed up till UCT. And everyone's turning left if you're going the other way. So it's just, it's just off. It's just stuck.

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  14. 07:59Cape TalkGood Morning Cape Townheard as “Lansdown”Lansdowne5 km

    The news, and I'm saying this now with the fact they stated on the news that the Lansdown Police Forum is warning people not to take the law into their own hands. Now, this is where the confusion is: self-defense, road justice. What is the

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  15. 07:43Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownNewlands10 km

    Watching/slash listening to the test match, the one in Newlands. That is something that I would have loved to have been part of. And well, let's just enjoy the Friday and enjoy the test match cricket. This is Dean Duplessy from Harare.

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  16. 07:23Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownGuguletu8 km

    of association, that right to choice. But Mark is standing as the ward candidate in the Guguletu area, ward 41. He joins me now. Good morning, Mark. Really appreciate your time. You're a black man from Google Letu standing under the banner

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  17. 07:22Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownGuguletu8 km

    7 o'clock. Mark Mutlani, something of a political unicorn. He's a black South African man from Guguletu, standing for the Freedom Front Plaza. Historically, a party historically associated with Afrikaner conservatism, a political tradition

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  18. 07:09Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownGuguletu8 km

    And then political unicorns. Why a black African man in Guguletu is standing for the Freedom Front Plus. Everyone has the right to choose. Everyone has the right to political association and to vote for whoever you want to vote for. But

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  19. 06:33Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownAthlone9 km

    Their concerns are not addressed. Mechi George, eyewitness news, outside Parliament. The Athlone Community Policing Forum has called on residents to unite against gangs as a surge in violence has left residents living in fear. A series of

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  20. 06:30Cape TalkGood Morning Cape Townheard as “Mitchellsplain”Mitchells Plain9 km

    two grand. That's not bad. I know guys that spends much more money than that driving from Mitchellsplain to town. Depending on what you drive, I drive a little yarrow, so that's light on fuel. By country roads, take me home to the place I

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  21. 06:25Cape TalkGood Morning Cape Townheard as “Mannenberg”Manenberg7 km

    Pedro, in Mannenberg, you manage a fleet of vehicles. What's your petrol ball been over the last one? My monthly budget for the fleet is 270,000 rand. So my personal fuel budget is 5,000 rand a month, right? And I've always managed to keep

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  22. 06:11Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownRondebosch East7 km

    Thing so, apologies to Aisha Mahati of the Good Party, who has lived in Rondebosch East for almost 14 years. In her words, sent us an email: I'm the candidate for the good party, and I lived in Rondebosch East for almost 14 years. Fair

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  23. 06:10Cape TalkGood Morning Cape TownGuguletu8 km

    But conservative, Afrikaans, white. But what about the candidates in Guguletu? I'll speak to Mark Mutlani, who's a Freedom Front Plus candidate in Guguletu. But lines are open. 021-446-0567. You can drop me a WhatsApp: 072-567-1567.

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  24. 04:43Cape Talkheard as “Musenberg”Muizenberg8 km

    Surf ski from Fishook and bodyguard at Musenberg and Big Bay. Tomorrow there's a sailing race around Robin Island. So the wind spin and direction is critical for these sports. I messed you up, Jenny and Claremont. I do apologize. She was,

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  25. 04:43702Early Breakfastheard as “Musenberg”Muizenberg8 km

    things. But yes, let's get those details. Sorry, it's a surf ski from Fishook and bodyguard at Musenberg and Big Bay. Tomorrow there's a sailing race around Robin Island. So the wind spin direction is critical for these sports. I messed you

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  26. who's just sent in a message on the WhatsApp line about a cycling that they are doing out in Claremont. It's always important to email you first so that you can obviously ensure that you've got all the details. How do people register? What

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  27. 04:42702Early BreakfastClaremont8 km

    you have. I should note, Liesl, I have somebody who's just sent in a message on the WhatsApp line about a cycling event that they are doing out in Claremont. It's always important to email you first so that you can obviously ensure.

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  28. 04:25702Early Breakfastheard as “Guguiletu”Guguletu8 km

    Is Guguiletu calling us there from Garjeso? Why do we not have any respect for cyclists on the road? Why? What in heaven's name did the Guguletus of this world do to us that we driving in the comfort of, quite frankly, sometimes oversized

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Thursday 8 October32

  1. 22:04Cape Talkheard as “Hanova Park”Hanover Park6 km

    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 presence on the ground. And Formula One is returning to Africa for the first time

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  2. 22:04702The Aubrey Masango ShowHanover Park6 km

    Peterson, eyewitness news. Meanwhile, additional policing resources have been deployed to Hanover Park in response to a spike in gang-related shootings. Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC Anri More says the addition of

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  3. Peterson, eyewitness news. Meanwhile, additional policing resources have been deployed to Hanover Park in response to a spike in gang-related shootings. Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC AMRU More says the addition of

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  4. 22:04702The Aubrey Masango ShowAthlone9 km

    Wounded after being caught in the crossfire of a gun battle. Athlone CPF chairperson Vernon Pitt says the brazen attacks have left communities living in fear. The one thing that I've noticed is it's not just your normal gun, but it's heavy

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  5. In Athlone includes a deadly shooting outside Heatherdale Primary School during a morning school drop-off earlier this week. There has also been a series of apparent retaliatory attacks across the area, leaving an eight-year-old girl

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  6. 22:03702The Aubrey Masango ShowCrawford7 km

    Injured in Athlone and Belgravia this week. The CPF also lamented a home invasion in Crawford where a shooting ensued, leaving a suspect dead and another under police guard in hospital. This occurred after 9 o'clock last night. Carlo

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  7. dead and injured in Athlone and Belgravia this week. The CPF also lamented a home invasion in Crawford where a shooting ensued, leaving a suspect dead and another under police guard in hospital. This occurred after nine o'clock last night.

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  8. 22:03702The Aubrey Masango ShowAthlone9 km

    we can look on this consignment as and when it is taken to other countries. Moving to the Western Cape, the Athlone Community Police Forum says it's deeply concerned about a recent surge in gang violence that's left several people dead.

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  9. 19:33Cape TalkThe Money ShowAthlone9 km

    Battle. Athlone CPF chairperson Vernon Pitt says the brazen attacks have left communities living in fear. The one thing that I've noticed, it's not just your normal gun, but it's heavy artillery that has been used. So much to the extent

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  10. 19:33702The Money ShowAthlone9 km

    Drug turf in Athlone includes a deadly shooting outside Heatherdale Primary School during a morning school drop-off earlier this week. There has also been a series of apparent retaliatory attacks across the area, leaving an eight-year-old

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  11. 19:32Cape TalkThe Money ShowCrawford7 km

    The CPF also lamented a home invasion in Crawford near Athlone, where a shooting ensued, leaving a suspect dead and another under police guard in hospital. The incident happened after 9 o'clock last night. Carlo Peterson has more. The gang

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  12. 19:32702The Money ShowCrawford7 km

    dead and injured in Athlone and Belgravia this week. The CPF also lamented a home invasion in Crawford near Athlone, where a shooting ensued, leaving a suspect dead and another under police guard in hospital. The incident happened after 9

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  13. 19:21SAfmTop SportNewlands10 km

    and that will be next week, and then ending off in the Cape, in the Western Cape, that is, at Newlands, to determine who will win this particular series. There's so much at stake. These sides met, of course, in that ICC Test Championship

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  14. 17:35Cape TalkAfternoon Driveheard as “Parkwood Mosque”Parkwood3 km

    package was not there, and I was told that it would have gone to the outline pickup point at Parkwood Mosque. Now, had she on her own gone there, she would have had to take two taxis and then another taxi to get it to Parkwood. She doesn't

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  15. 17:34Cape TalkAfternoon Drive

    Cape Talk. This is a voice note about something we've not talked about this afternoon, but it might remind you of similar experiences you've had. G'day, John. I've been asked by a senior lady to pick up her medication at the Lotus River.

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  16. 17:05Cape TalkAfternoon DriveAthlone9 km

    and reaching 20 by lunchtime on Friday. Your top story in eyewitness news this hour: the Athlone Community Policing Forum says it is deeply concerned about a recent surge in gang violence. EWN, in touch, in tune, and independent. For the

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  17. 17:01Cape TalkAfternoon DriveAthlone9 km

    In Athlone includes a deadly shooting outside Heatherdale Primary School during a morning school drop-off earlier this week. There has also been a series of apparent retaliatory attacks across the area, leaving an eight-year-old girl

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  18. 17:00Cape TalkAfternoon DriveCrawford7 km

    dead and injured in Athlone and Belgravia this week. The CPF also lamented a home invasion in Crawford where a shooting ensued, leaving a suspect dead and another under police guard in hospital. That incident happened last night. Carla

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  19. 17:00Cape TalkAfternoon DriveAthlone9 km

    And across the city on 567 a.m. This, this is EWN. Athlone Community Policing Forum concerned about the recent surge in gang violence and researchers say suspects arrested at drug labs are frontrunners for wild-connected kingpins.

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  20. 16:39Cape TalkAfternoon DriveKenilworth7 km

    Kenilworth. I'm Justine Rehnquist, and I'll have more EWN traffic in 20 minutes. There's more EWN on air, online, and on the EWN app. The Living Planet report was released earlier today, and it uses more wildlife population data than ever

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  21. 16:24702Afternoon DriveCape Flats9 km

    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.

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  22. 16:03Cape TalkAfternoon Driveheard as “Hanova Park”Hanover Park6 km

    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.

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  23. 16:02Cape TalkAfternoon DriveHanover Park6 km

    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.

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  24. 16:00Cape TalkAfternoon DriveHanover Park6 km

    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.

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  25. 15:59Cape TalkAfternoon DriveCape Flats9 km

    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

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  26. 15:58Cape TalkAfternoon Driveheard as “Ca Flats”Cape Flats9 km

    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,

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  27. 15:28Cape TalkAfternoon DriveWynberg7 km

    Play starts tomorrow morning at half past nine. Ray writes: you just need to drive past the Wynberg military camp to see how it has fallen into disrepair to confirm your sentiments of the shambolic state of the SANDF. How can anyone want

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  28. 15:07Cape TalkAfternoon DriveNewlands10 km

    even know whether it's a three-test series. I suspect it is because I know there's one at Newlands and I can't imagine that there wouldn't be one at either The Wanderers or at Centurion. And I don't know who's in the Australian squad. I

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  29. 13:22Cape TalkLunch with Pippa HudsonClaremont8 km

    Problem out in Bowward Road in Claremont. Yeah, I was going to say Claremont on the road. Yeah, very popular, very nicely done, and very good for the community. But the guys living right across the road, it was a change from a normal quiet

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  30. 13:18Cape TalkLunch with Pippa HudsonWynberg7 km

    don't have space, which is quite substantial. And I'm just going to name some in Cape Town, let's say, for example, like Sachs or Wynberg or Bishops, or there's lots of them. They don't actually have the land, so therefore, they will tip.

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  31. 13:09Cape TalkLunch with Pippa HudsonPlumstead5 km

    space. And this month we're going to be visiting the Gabriel Road Food Garden, established by Plumstead residents a couple of years ago after they got sick and tired of seeing a vacant plot go to rack and ruin. It was becoming a problem

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  32. 13:02Cape TalkLunch with Pippa HudsonCrawford7 km

    been killed, and 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

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