The Gugulethu community wants Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale to shut down the local police station because it not serving them properly.
SA Youth Council provincial secretary Zuko Mndayi, who was at the Imbizo, said they were convinced that the outreach would reinforce the model of community centred approaches to crime and policing, particularly against GBV and various other government issues.“With some of the things, we can’t say this is what we are going to do. We must go back and look at the things they have raised.”
Among the attendees was provincial police commissioner Thembisile Patekile and the Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for State Security, Zizi Kodwa, who pleaded with the community to unite in community and social mobilisation in fighting crime.