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‘Extraordinary measures’ to fight Cape gang violence

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May 15, 2025

POLICE Minister Senzo Mchunu says “extraordinary measures” are planned to fight gang violence on the Cape Flats.

- KIM SWARTZ

During a National Council of Provinces meeting on Tuesday, Mchunu said 3770 gang-related murders were reported between March 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024 and 5 463 gang-related attempted murders were recorded in the same period.

DA MP Nicholas Gotsell slammed the minister on the high statistics as police members of the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) in the Western Cape for the past seven years do not have a fixed establishment or even vehicles.

Gotsell referred to Davin Africa who was hit by a stray bullet on February 14 while asleep in his home in Happiness Street in Wesbank.

A year after his death, his older sister Kelly-Amber Koopman was also killed in a gang shooting.

Gotsell asked: “How many more children must die?”

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हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।

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