Earlier last week, Lentegeur police investigated a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm in Lentegeur.
Lentegeur Police Station spokesperson, Const Navon van Houten, said a man was beaten by a group of unknown men in the late afternoon of Tuesday 16 September.
The man tried to make his way home but collapsed from his injuries on the corner of Merrydale and Lavender roads and died.
Three men killed
On Wednesday, at about 20:00, Western Cape anti gang unit detectives investigated a shooting incident that left three men dead in Westridge. The incident is believed to be gang conflict-related. Provincial spokesperson, Brig Novela Potelwa, said the gunmen fired multiple shots at the men, aged 20, 23 and 32, and fled in a vehicle.
No one has been arrested.
Traffic officer assaulted
In the early hours of Friday 19 September, an off-duty traffic officer was assaulted and robbed
Authorities were first alerted to his assault when his vehicle was discovered abandoned along Baden Powell Drive near Eisleben Road.
According to City Traffic Services spokesperson, Maxine Bezuidenhout, a patrolling officer came across the vehicle just before 06:30. The car was empty, but bloodstains were visible inside and the ignition key had been broken off.
The discovery triggered an immediate response. The South African Police Service, the City’s Safety and Security Investigative Unit and Information Management Service (SSIU and SSIMS), were notified.
An aerial search was launched over the area, while SAPS K9 and Search and Rescue teams conducted a ground sweep.
Provincial media liaison officer Capt Frederik van Wyk said a 30-year-old man approached officers at the scene and said he was the owner of the vehicle a short while later. He had been assaulted and robbed and was injured.
The man, who is an off-duty traffic officer, was given medical attention.
Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident, said Van Wyk.
Guns confiscated
Last Wednesday, 17 September, Lentegeur police executed a search warrant in Moses Kotler Street, New Woodlands. They found a 9mm firearm with 10 live rounds in the house and arrested a 39-year-old man, Van Houten said.
The man appeared in Mitchell’s Plain Magistrates’ Court on Friday 19 September.
Over the weekend officers deployed under Operation Shanele II arrested two men in Tafelsig and Beacon Valley for possession of firearms and ammunition. Van Wyk said, officers were carrying out stop-and-search operations in Tafelsig on Saturday 20 September 2025, when they noticed a suspicious-looking man in Botrivier Street. The 34-year-old was searched and found with a 9mm pistol and eight rounds of ammunition.
Later that evening, at around 18:40, officers made a second arrest in Cricket Street, Beacon Valley. A 43-year-old man was found in possession of a prohibited 9mm pistol and 11 rounds of ammunition.
Both suspects were due to appear in Mitchell’s Plain Magistrate’s Court on Monday 22 September 2025.
Anyone with information about these or any other crime incidents can call 08600 10111 or use the MySAPS app.
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