Roadblocks and residents being stopped and searched were the order of the day. Some homes got a surprise visit from Cape Town Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith.
More than 750 officers from the Cape Town Metro Police, Traffic Services, Law Enforcement and the South African Police Service participated in an integrated law enforcement operation in Philippi East on Wednesday.After it was explained to him that it was a law enforcement operation, the resident said: “[This is] all theatrics. This will happen for one day.
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis joined day three of the five-day operation in Philippi East on Wednesday. As the officers moved around the area, sedan taxi drivers started parking their vehicles along Sheffield Road. A group of young boys appeared and started washing the vehicles. The law enforcement officials moved into the Bhekela informal settlement, adjacent to Marikana. There, a woman told the mayor that two nights ago a group of men had kicked down her door.
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