{"id":322226,"date":"2026-05-28T15:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=322226"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:01:58","slug":"organisation-pleads-for-help-as-murders-continue-in-elsies-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/organisation-pleads-for-help-as-murders-continue-in-elsies-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Organisation pleads for help as murders continue in Elsies River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Elsies River Safety Initiative, a community organisation working to make Elsies River safe for all, is concerned that killings in the suburb show no sign of stopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shootings in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/Family%20and%20home\/see-all-city-facilities\/our-recreational-facilities\/Community%20centres\/Elsies%20River%20Civic%20Centre\"> Elsies River<\/a> continued this week after a 30-year-old man was shot in his living room on Tuesday. This followed the killing of a 13-year-old boy on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-killings-continue-unabated\">Killings continue unabated<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Imraahn Mukkadem of the Elsies River Safety Initiative says they are saddened that the killings continue unabated. &#8220;We would like to express our condolences to the family of the slain teenager. We would also like to express our deep concern about the number of young people dying in our suburbs over the last few months. The violence is becoming intolerable,&#8221; says Mukkadem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mukkadem, nothing seems to curb the violence. &#8220;We have the police, Law Enforcement and recently the army here, but things are still not improving. We note that the acting police minister, Firoz Cachalia, spoke about a reduction in murders in his latest crime statistics announcement \u2014 but in our community there are very few signs of that reduction. 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