Daily life in Ottery, Cape Town.

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All articles listed below are extracts from local news outlets which sadly highlight the sad truth. We collectively need to rehabilitate our neighborhoods. Reach out to our children, restore their hope, and save their lives at any cost.

Cole Bee foundation is tackling the gang problem head-on, working with parents to divert children from joining the gangs in the area.

We can do more with your kind assistance. Together we can do it, change the prospects of young lives by steering them away from the influence of the gangs. After all, it is the Ottery children who become the members of these gangs.

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Ottery shooting: 3 arrested after trying to kill rival gangster in Cape TownThree ‘Yuru Cat’s members were arrested for allegedly shooting a member of the ‘Mongrel gang’ in the back in Ottery on Thursday.

Crack down on drugs and gangs | News24The Anti-Gang unit (AGU) has been deployed to Ottery and Grassy Park to help curb gang violence that has claimed multiple lives in recent weeks.

Gang fighting turns Ottery in war zoneLatifah Isaacs, 73, has become the most recent victim of a gang war that has left a community in Ottery living in fear.

A matriculant is among six people shot as gun violence plagues OtteryIn just five days, six people have been shot in Ottery on the Cape Flats - killing four and injuring two others

Stop or leave, Cape gangs toldThe new head of the SAPS Operation Combat gave Cape Town gangsters a stern warning.

Shootings on Cape Flats claim 14 lives in less than a weekAt least 50 more police and other law enforcement officers were sent to the area in response to the spate of violence

Stop blood profits: BOYCOTT Obs & Ottery SpurIrshaad Laher, the owner of the Halaal Spur in Observatory (Eagle Eye Spur) and Ottery (Twin Peak Spur) as well as the Nando's in Athlone, has been arrested last week and is accused of supplying firearms to gangs like the Americans, Mongrels and Hard Livings. He has been granted bail of R100 000, and is walking the streets freely, continuing to make money off the blood of the innocent people dying daily on the Cape Flats in the midst of rampant gang violence. We call on a complete BOYCOTT...

Gang War: Dad of slain Ottery teen shares that she died in his arms saying 'Pa, Pa'The family of a teenager shot dead in a hail of bullets by unknown gunmen is angry with the lack of police and government support for local communities battling gang violence.

R.I.P Tamika: Thousands bid farewell to Ottery gang war victim teenMore than a thousand mourners gathered at the weekend to say their final farewells to Ottery teen Tamika Solomons, who was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting.

MEC calls for swift police action after Ottery child killed in gang crossfireCommunity Safety MEC Albert Fritz visited the family of four-year-old Scarlett Cottle who was killed in a shooting on Wednesday night.

Ottery leaders raise white flag for peace - Southern MailPastor Justin Dreyer of Victory Outreach Church in Wynberg and Brandon Eckardt, of Life Changers, motivational speaker and leadership coach in Ottery, who also co-initiated the march. In a desperate bid to bring peace to their neighbourhood, Ottery community leaders raised a white flag on the Bruce Road field which separates the turf of two […]

First girl, now mom killed: Ottery gangs kill mother and daughter seven months apartMonique Cottle died when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet just seven months after her four-year-old daughter, Scarlett was also killed in gang gunfire.

GroundUp: Recruiting child soldiers on the Cape FlatsCalvin* has spent over half of his life in Cape Flats gangs. Today, he is 26 years old and a high-ranking member of both the Mongrels street gang and the 28s prison gang. By Dariusz Dziewanski for GROUNDUP.

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