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The City of Cape Town has awarded a R30-million contract for three years to combat crime in ganglands.
BHEKI CELE

ShotSpotter redeployed on Cape Flats, detects 224 shots in first two weeks

The gunfire detection system recorded 68 gunfire incidents in Hanover Park

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Shootings continue in the area despite a gunfire detection system, known as ShotSpotter, having become fully operational again in Hanover Park in December.
CAPE TOWN

Gunshot detection system stalls while Cape Flats violence persists

Nearly 50 people were gunned down in another bloody week while implementation of the gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter was delayed by “administrative processes”

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
The City of Cape Town has awarded a R30-million contract for three years to combat crime in ganglands.
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Gunshot detection system makes comeback to Cape Flats

The City of Cape Town has awarded a R30-million contract for three years to combat crime in ganglands

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
AB ISAACS

Shootings on Cape Flats claim 14 lives in less than a week

At least 50 more police and other law enforcement officers were sent to the area in response to the spate of violence

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read