Community Safety MEC Alan Winde says in February alone 25 people were killed in Mitchells Plain, and since the beginning of the year, 20 people have been murdered in Bonteheuwel.
CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Community Safety MEC believes it will take more than the anti-gang unit to reduce the province’s murder rate.Community Safety MEC Alan Winde says in February alone 25 people were killed in Mitchells Plain and since the beginning of the year, 20 people have been murdered in Bonteheuwel.In rural areas, there's even been an increase in fatal shootings in the period between November and the end of February.“This doesn’t need an anti-gang unit to one little suburb.
Police Minister Bheki Cele last week reaffirmed the army will not be deployed to gang-ridden communities, but he indicated the anti-gang unit would run operations in Mitchells Plain and Bonteheuwel for three months.
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