Gugs pleads for peace as exams approach

FOLLOWING three gun-related murders in Gugulethu at the weekend, a group of religious leaders picketed outside the local police station on Saturday, pleading for safety and an end to ongoing violence in the area.

- STORY AND PICTURES BY MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

On Thursday, four security officers were shot: one was killed, while three others were wounded and rushed to hospital.

Minutes later, a salon owner was killed near this scene.

On Friday evening, there was a double murder in Lotus informal settlement.

This brings the total number of reported gun-related murders in the township to 10 over the past two weeks.

The group handed over a memorandum to the police, calling for urgent measures to curb gun violence and prevent gender-based violence (GBV).