COPS TO STIEK UIT

Zenso Mchunu has a bold plan to stop gang violence on Cape Flats

- BY KIM SWARTZ

POLICE Minister Senzo Mchunu says hy't 'n nuwe plan to fight gang violence on the Cape Flats.

During a National Council of Provinces meeting on Tuesday National Police Minister Senzo Mchunu said that 3 770 gang-related murders were reported between 1 March 2020 to 31 December 2024 and 5 463 gang-related attempted murders were recorded in the same period countrywide.

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 shot on 14 February after being struck by a stray bullet 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.