‘Protect our children’: Hanover Park CPF issues festive season plea

Take special care of your children this festive season.

This is the desperate plea from Hanover Park resident and local community policing forum spokesperson, Kashiefa Mohamed.

2025 has been a deadly year for scores of children who have fallen victim to gang violence in communities across Cape Town a crime that's sadly become difficult to keep count of, due to the sheer volume of incidents.

Losing a child to gang violence is a pain the Hanover Park Community Policing Forum's Kashiefa Mohamed knows all too well.

Eight years ago, her teenage son was stabbed to death.

Mohamed pleaded with the gangs to stop the violence at an annual event held in Hanover Park earlier this month for about two hundred mothers who've suffered similar tragedies.

This is her message to parents and guardians this holiday season....

"This season they call a silly season. I want and need you to take care of your young children. Gangsters out there, stop killing our children," said Mohamed.

Mohamed added it's time for theresidents to take back their streets...

"Especially at this time of the year because gangters can't keep us hostage. It needs to end," said Mohamed.

In one of the latest gang crossfires at the start of this month (Dec), 14-year-old Alnika Mitchell was killed outside of her family home in Factreton.

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with her murder and the matter is being heard in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court.