FACE OFF

Police and Pagad bots in Bontas and Beacon Valley

- BY KIM SWARTZ

LAW enforcement officers and members of the People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) group botsed in Bonteheuwel and Beacon Valley yesterday.

Pagad joined gatvol residents in Bonteheuwel and Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain, to march against gangsterism and drugs, but were stopped in Bontas while they were told to take off their masks innie Plain.

In Bonteheuwel, Pagad's national coordinator Haroon Orrie had planned a motorcade through the streets.

But they were met by Public Order Police, who said they did not have permission to proceed.

One angry aunty told officers: “Julle is vandag vir ons wat hier is om vir vrede te stap. Gaan daar by die gangsters and die merchants wat ons kinders doodmaak.”