Cape Town – Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith has called on the city’s Special Investigative Unit to urgently engage with the police’s Anti Gang Unit following a rise in gang violence in which 14 people were killed in 24 hours.
The murders of mostly alleged teenage gangsters were reported in KTC in Gugulethu, Blikkiesdorp and Athlone on Thursday night and early Friday.
Lumkile Msila, a member of the SA National Civic Organisation, said: “We have set up a meeting with SAPS, neighborhood watch and street committees for next week to figure out how we can put an end to this bloodbath.
“We are forced to take a stand on the matter as some of the boys from the KTC area allegedly went over into Gugulethu and smashed windows of certain homes of their rivals. We met with their fathers at the police station and they vowed to do something about the problem if we don’t,” Msila said.
Smith said he was particularly concerne
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