Gangs
Cape Flats murders are on the rise
Some areas have improved, but the overall picture is grim
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 16 January 2026
Hanover Park residents threaten gangsters outside their homes
“Tell your people, the children that are being shot … it must come to an end”
Brief | 13 October 2025
Police fire stun grenades at PAGAD protesters
Residents of Cloetesville in Stellenbosch march to the homes of alleged drug dealers to demand an end to gang violence
Photo Essay | 6 October 2025
Two people are killed in gang violence in the Western Cape every day
At least 74 were bystanders
By Reagen Allen
Opinion | 8 February 2024
Cape Flats families bury their children on Youth Day
“It happens every day, uncle, every single day”
Photo Essay | 18 June 2020
Hanover Park resident: “There comes the army, there goes the army”
Nearly nine months after the army was deployed to the Cape Flats, what has changed?
News | 13 March 2020
Not safe to go to the toilet
Residents of Kliprand informal settlement have opted for the bucket system because gangs target people using communal toilets at night
News | 24 February 2020
Triumph for amateur cast at the opera house
Don’t Miss Your Turning Point received a standing ovation on Saturday night at Artscape
Photo Essay | 17 February 2020
“From the streets, to Hanover Park, to Artscape”
There will be one performance only of the play Don’t Miss Your Turning Point at Artscape on Saturday
News | 13 February 2020