Gugulethu
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Sep 16, 2026
George GallowayHOST
And it's one of my proudest achievements.
George GallowayHOST
I did eventually have to give some blood from my nose only in Gugulethu Township Police Station at the hands of a Scottish policeman called Campbell.
George GallowayHOST
I've hated the Campbells all of my life, from the MacDonald massacre of Glencoe and the massacre of George Galloway's nose in the Gugulethu Police Station.
George GallowayHOST
But the missions that I undertook undercover were missions that were easy for a white Britisher to undertake, but perilous indeed for black South Africans and brown South Africans and Jewish South Africans.
George GallowayHOST
I'll explain more later.
Ntuzelo NeneCORRESPONDENT
Mfuleni is, is still the country's number one and the province murder hotspot, uh, recording seventy-three killings in just, uh, the three months, uh, under review.
Ntuzelo NeneCORRESPONDENT
And ten of, uh, the police stations in the Cape Town, uh, Metro, um, being among the country's top thirty stations for murder, um, while areas including Delft, Mitchells Plain, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Kraaifontein and Philippi East, um, you know, they continue to feature prominently for murders and attempted murders.
Ntuzelo NeneCORRESPONDENT
Um, attempted murders did come down slightly from one thousand and fifty-six to one thousand and forty cases.
Ntuzelo NeneCORRESPONDENT
Um, but, you know, police saying that the factors that are driving this serious violence, uh, remain largely the same.
Ntuzelo NeneCORRESPONDENT
Mfuleni i-is still the country's number one and the province murder hotspot, uh, recording seventy-three killings in just, uh, the three months, uh, under review.
Ntuzelo NeneCORRESPONDENT
And ten of, uh, the police stations in the Cape Town, uh, Metro, um, being among the country's top thirty stations for murder, um, while areas including Delft, Mitchells Plain, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Kraaifontein and Philippi East, um, you know, they continue to feature prominently for murders and attempted murders.
Ntuzelo NeneCORRESPONDENT
Um, attempted murders did come down slightly from one thousand and fifty-six to one thousand and forty cases.
Ntuzelo NeneCORRESPONDENT
Um, but, you know, police saying that the factors that are driving this serious violence, uh, remain largely the same, um, and these include, like you said, again, violence, taxi-related conflict, extortion, targeted killings, hijackings, and, and, and arguments.
JP SmithGUEST
But I do think people have a sense that things are getting better, and I hear this in communities.
JP SmithGUEST
I've been in Gugulethu and Nyanga and Khayelitsha and Langa a lot in these last months, a lot, and I'm seeing a very different, uh, response to the city of Cape Town and the DA by, by extension.
JP SmithGUEST
Uh, but with the tourists, we made certain appropriate investments.
JP SmithGUEST
The provincial government, after they had made the LEAP investment into the most high crime rate areas, also made a tourism unit investment.
Mariam Juma CharikchaGUEST
So, you know, it allows us to see the interconnectedness between peoples.
Mariam Juma CharikchaGUEST
And I think that's been both inspiring and disappointing to see some being completely unable to see the interconnectedness between a Congolese child and a child in Gaza and a child in Guguletu.
Mariam Juma CharikchaGUEST
And then completely inspired on the other hand by people who are able to make broader connections between what's happening
Tasneem SaithHOST
I love that how you said it because I think Palestine is a critical issue and we also believe that we need to show sincere solidarity with all the other oppressed people around the world like recognizing like Rohingya and the Uyghurs how do you pronounce it Uyghurs right and those suffering across Africa how do you stand firmly with Palestine while also recognizing that these that these others out there that are struggling and they're connected also Uh, yes.
Khumo KhumaloHOST
So if you actually-
Utsileng KadimengHOST
I haven't heard, I haven't heard the campaign say, "Look what we've done in, um, Gugulethu City."
Khumo KhumaloHOST
Gugulethu.
Utsileng KadimengHOST
"Look what we've done in Skhokwane." L- you know, I'm just naming other places.
Khumo KhumaloHOST
Khayelitsha.
Utsileng KadimengHOST
Yeah
Khumo KhumaloHOST
... and we forgo those who do not.
Khumo KhumaloHOST
And it's an instance where you get a Gugulethu in Cape Town.
Mzamo MasitoGUEST
Good morning.
Mzamo MasitoGUEST
I was born in Cape Town, a township called Guguleto.
Mzamo MasitoGUEST
And then I grew up in Cape Flats in Vahala Park.
Mzamo MasitoGUEST
Then I also grew up in an Eastern Cape rural village called Akers.
Halima FrostHOST
He said Nduzo was also drawn to the city of Cape Town, creating an environment that unlocks private investment in the city.
Halima FrostHOST
which he envisions to emulate in Guguletu to empower local entrepreneurs and grow the township's economy, creating even more jobs for Guguletu residents.
Halima FrostHOST
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Halima FrostHOST
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Thulani MagaziGUEST
So people are excited about it, dancing, ululating, whistling.
Thulani MagaziGUEST
So there hasn't been really any form of critics because remember what they did in Guguletu is something that they have done in other communities.
Thulani MagaziGUEST
They've done this thing in Langa, for instance.
Thulani MagaziGUEST
They had a similar event in Mfuleni.
Thulani MagaziGUEST
So they've had these events in the past in different communities.
Thulani MagaziGUEST
But this was just the first time that they had this event in Guguletu, which is the second oldest township in the Cape.
Clarence FordHOST
Yeah, okay, so I'm sure people want to find out more about this.
Clarence FordHOST
Where do we go for the whole story that you've written, Tulani Magazzi?
Carter RoyNARRATOR
So far, she and her husband had spent their time cloistered in luxury hotels and exclusive resorts.
Carter RoyNARRATOR
She wanted to see where regular people lived, and Zola agreed to drive them through a township called Gugulethu.
Carter RoyNARRATOR
Located around 12 miles west of the city center, it's an underdeveloped area with a high rate of poverty and crime.
Carter RoyNARRATOR
Women are especially at risk of violence, especially at night.
Carter RoyNARRATOR
Under normal circumstances, tourists wouldn't go anywhere near Gugulethu, and no legitimate guide would agree to take them there.
Carter RoyNARRATOR
Sadly, Anni soon learned why.
Carter RoyNARRATOR
At around 10:45 PM, their taxi was hijacked by two men brandishing pistols.
Carter RoyNARRATOR
So even though he'd never committed murder before, he took the deal.
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