'The Cape Flats is a crime scene'

"THE Cape Flats is a crime scene.

- BY MARSHA BOTHMA

This was the message to police bosses and government from prominent Mitchells Plain crime fighters and community leaders.

With gun violence and gang-related crime plaguing Cape Flats communities, residents are losing faith in the police's ability to fight back and the justice system to keep residents safe.

Chairperson of the Lentegeur Community Policing Forum (CPF) Michael Jacobs said: "Sector policing is out the window. We are struggling with vehicles, and in some cases, we have none. Without resources, the link between the police and the community is broken.