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Western Cape police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile said the police are working hard to crack down on organised crime enterprises. | itchybyte

"[W]henever we take [out a] group, there is one that takes over the space," said Patekile while on a walkabout in Sea Point to speak to the public about keeping safe during the festive season in Cape Town. Read this for free

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