'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH'

Cape Flats residents demand action against gang violence

- MURRAY SWART

CAPE Flats communities have issued a desperate plea to the government, warning that daily gunfire, gang control and rising death tolls have pushed neighbourhoods into crisis, and demanding immediate intervention from all spheres of the state.

A fast-growing petition by the #GangsterismMustFall movement, addressed to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Premier Alan Winde, calls for emergency measures to “protect Cape Flats communities” and restore safety in areas where residents say they are “living under siege”.

The petition argues that the scale of gangsterism and gun violence now exceeds the capacity of ordinary policing.

At the time of publication, the Office of the Presidency, the Office of the Premier and the City of Cape Town had not responded to queries.